A toddler in India bit a venomous cobra so hard that he killed it.
  • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
    55·
    1 month ago

    The cobra lunged at the child and coiled itself around his tiny hands during the incident on Friday, his relatives said.

    But instead of screaming, Govinda put the snake’s head in its mouth and clenched his jaw, Mateshwari Devi, the boy’s grandmother, recounted.

    He quickly lost consciousness after ingesting some of the deadly venom, but was treated in hospital and has since been discharged.

    Fuck

    • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
      27·
      1 month ago

      Dr Saurab Kumar, associate professor in the GMCH Bettiah’s paediatrics department, told The Telegraph: “I received the child active and alert but his mouth and face was swollen because of the reaction to the venom in the oral cavity.

      “We were surprised and cross-checked with his parents multiple times to ensure the child was not bitten by the cobra to rule out that venom had not gone into his bloodstream. They told us he bit the cobra and the snake died on the spot.”

      He continued: “The child had eaten a part of the cobra and the venom had gone into his digestive tract, unlike in the cases where the cobra bites the person and venom goes into blood and triggers neurotoxicity.

      “We gave him anti-allergy medicine and kept him under watch. As he didn’t develop any symptoms for 48 hours, we discharged the child on Saturday.”

      Dr Kumar said the cobra had died apparently because of the trauma to the head and mouth from the child’s bite.

      “Seriously we triple checked like 8 times, in our medical opinion, that kid just fucking mashed him.”

      • notabot@piefed.socialEnglish
        16·
        1 month ago

        Dr Kumar said the cobra had died apparently because of the trauma to the head and mouth from the child’s bite.

        Nah, I’m going with it dieing of a combination of shock and embarrasment. That is not how a snake bite is supposed to go.

        If the kid’s first reaction to somerhing deadly is chomp, I pity anyone who crosses them in the future. I don’t think it would be inappropriate for them to wear the fangs as a trophy, and a warning.

  • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
    38·
    1 month ago

    But instead of screaming, Govinda put the snake’s head in its mouth and clenched his jaw

    Ozzy’s been reborn!

  • Komodo Rodeo@lemmy.world
    15·
    1 month ago

    Fuck yes, that kid’s got big things in his future. Hopefully less cobra mauling, but it’s looking promising, I want to see him in politics in 20 years. Can you imagine someone topping a campaign slogan like;

    • “Govinda killed a cobra as a toddler, can you imagine how hard he’ll fight for you now that he’s an adult?”

    • “A cobra couldn’t kill Govinda as a little baby, what chance does Opposition Party stand?”

    • “Vote Govinda, he’ll cut the corruption off at the head.”