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'HISS OF DEATH' Tourist barely notices when he is bitten on side of the head by deadly cobra while posing for photo… before dropping dead an hour later
Video shows a snake charmer trying to put the snake around the man's neck
By Jon Lockett
10th April 2017, 8:21 pm
Updated: 11th April 2017, 7:27 am
The moment the serpent strikes out at the tourist
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The moment the serpent strikes out at the tourist
He feels the side of his face but does not seem bothered
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He feels the side of his face but does not seem bothered
Instead the snake – by now clearly agitated – lashes out biting the middle-aged man on the cheek with its venomous fangs.
Although the man doesn’t seem overly bothered by the bite, within AN HOUR he was dead.
He even asks the charmer if he had been bitten, but the entertainer ignores him and carries on with the demonstration.
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Within minutes the man begins to lose consciousness, but rather than take him to hospital, onlookers took him to a local medicine man, reports the Mail Online.
The shocking incident took place in Jodhpur, in the northwestern province of Rajasthan, India.
There are five different kinds of cobra native to the country.
Within an hour the man was reportedly dead
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Within an hour the man was reportedly dead
All contain poison that is potentially deadly to humans, though none appear on the list of top ten deadliest snakes in the world.
According to the most conservative estimates, at least 81,000 snake attacks and 11,000 fatalities occur in India each year, making it the most heavily affected country in the world.
The Malayan pit viper and banded krait are two other species involved in a significant number of venomous bites.
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