This is the moment an Indian farmer walks into a town seeking help with a snake coiled around his leg.
The reptile had sunk its fangs into Satyanarayan Mandal’s right leg, just above the ankle, when he was working in his farm near Madhepur in eastern Bihar state.
The snake’s curved teeth got stuck in his flesh and unable to free itself, it had coiled itself around his leg.
Terrified and unable to remove the stubbornly attached snake, Mandal walked for three kilometres to the Madhepura town, where people saw his plight and rushed to help.
Eyewitness Mohammed Asharf said: “It was scary as we were not sure if the snake was poisonous or not.”
“Many in the crowd wanted to kill the snake and free him. But two men offered to help saying they would try to save both the man and the snake.”
The two men tightly wrapped a piece of cloth around the slippery snake and managed to uncoil it. They then held its head and gently removed the teeth from Mandal’s leg.
They wrapped the snake in a bag and released it later in a nearby forest.
Mandal was taken to a hospital, where doctors examined him and said he didn’t have any symptoms of poisoning.
Snake expert Subhendu Mallik reviewed the videos and said the snake was a non-venomous checkered keelback.
“Rescue workers should insert a hard substance such as a wooden stick or a screwdriver into the snake’s mouth or nostril to make it loosen its grip. It becomes easier to remove it after that,” he added.
The reptile had sunk its fangs into Satyanarayan Mandal’s right leg, just above the ankle, when he was working in his farm near Madhepur in eastern Bihar state.
The snake’s curved teeth got stuck in his flesh and unable to free itself, it had coiled itself around his leg.
Terrified and unable to remove the stubbornly attached snake, Mandal walked for three kilometres to the Madhepura town, where people saw his plight and rushed to help.
Eyewitness Mohammed Asharf said: “It was scary as we were not sure if the snake was poisonous or not.”
“Many in the crowd wanted to kill the snake and free him. But two men offered to help saying they would try to save both the man and the snake.”
The two men tightly wrapped a piece of cloth around the slippery snake and managed to uncoil it. They then held its head and gently removed the teeth from Mandal’s leg.
They wrapped the snake in a bag and released it later in a nearby forest.
Mandal was taken to a hospital, where doctors examined him and said he didn’t have any symptoms of poisoning.
Snake expert Subhendu Mallik reviewed the videos and said the snake was a non-venomous checkered keelback.
“Rescue workers should insert a hard substance such as a wooden stick or a screwdriver into the snake’s mouth or nostril to make it loosen its grip. It becomes easier to remove it after that,” he added.
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