Manoharan is awaiting a sponsor for a chance to make a performance for the Guinness Book jury

'A rule is proved by its exception,' wrote Fowler. If fear of snakes is the rule, Manoharan is the exception. Manoharan lives in Tandaiarpet, Chennai. His father is working in the Port Trust. A 9th standard drop out, snakes mean simply nothing for Manoharan. He does not belong to that cadre of snake charmers, who merely catch them with bare hands, box them or basket them, carry them around to make a living. For him snakes mean something unusual. Snacks. Yes. He eats them alive! At least the Chinese cook them before eating. Manoharan eats (to be grammatically correct: 'was eating') snakes alive. Not only snakes. His weird menu includes lizards, insects and who knows, all the deadliest creatures that came out of Pandora's box!