A viral video of U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picking up two writhing black snakes with his bare hands has put his often bizarre adventures with animals back in the spotlight.

Kennedy is an unusual government minister, surrounded by controversy over his fringe views that edge into conspiracy theories.

He's expressed skepticism about vaccines, falsely linking childhood immunizations to autism, and insisted that fluoride in public drinking water is unsafe.

And numerous stories have emerged about Kennedy's offbeat antics involving animals, accentuating his eccentric image.

In 2024, Kennedy acknowledged in a video that a decade earlier, he had put a dead bear cub in New York City's Central Park........

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