Weird Wildlife News: Man Bites Snake
Cobras use their hood as a warning when they feel threatened. Photo: Vikas Sharma / CC BY-NC 2.0
Syntax makes all the difference. “Snake bites man” doesn’t usually make the news. “Man bites snake” is another matter entirely.
Last week, Mohamed Salmo Miya was working in his rice paddy in Nepal when a cobra bit him. Although the snake tried to make its escape afterward, Miya wasn’t going to let it get away with the assault. Instead, the spry 55-year-old chased the snake, caught it, and then bit it back—several times.
Although Miya survived his bite, the snake didn’t. The venomous bite of the common cobra is highly neurotoxic, causing respiratory paralysis and tissue damage. With the ability to spread out the sides of its neck to form what looks like a hood, the cobra usually will not bite unless it feels threatened. Fortunately for Miya, he was rushed to the hospital after being bit by (and biting) the snake, according to The Guardian.
“I could have killed it with a stick but bit it with my teeth instead because I was angry,” said Miya in an interview, according to The Guardian.
Unlike the king cobra, the common cobra is not threatened; a good thing for Miya who won’t be facing any charges for killing the snake.
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That's a nice pet!
It would be nice to have something like that as a pet. Everyone would give you his seat in a bus. :)
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King Cobra
I have seen lot of snakes in my life. But I feel fear every time when seen cobra . In that case I think miya did this becz he is in angry!
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It's really me I would never
It's really me I would never come across such a snake! he was very brave to take the snake and still biting, brave or crazy? I think it's crazy because I would never do that!