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 I guess the kid acted out of a childish instinct when he put the snake in his mouth 

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The 1-year-old, named Imad Gadir from Shfaram in northern Israel, found the 35-centimetre-long snake in his room Thursday morning and was chewing on it when his mother found him, the Ynet newssite reported Friday.

Her horrified screams alerted a neighbour who rushed to the house and grabbed the remains of the snake from the boy's hands.

"I guess the kid acted out of a childish instinct when he put the snake in his mouth," Ynet quoted snake catcher Eli Cohen as saying. "Luckily for him, the coin snake isn't poisonous; otherwise, it could have ended in a tragedy."

The bite of a coin snake is not poisonous but can be dangerous to anyone allergic to it. The snake chokes its prey, Cohen said, adding that had it been larger, Imad could well have been strangled.

The infant sustained no injuries from his encounter but was taken to a hospital in Haifa for a medical check to be on the safe side.

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Jan 27, 2012

sakhomba

you go boy.
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Jan 27, 2012

tumzangwana

cheeeeeeeeeeesa ngwana, wa e shetlola noga, moer. how the tables turned ironically on this one. o lenyora la stapora baby. *applause*
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Jan 27, 2012

Bee-Kay

Skhokho
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Jan 27, 2012

eKapa

sure..sure my laitie!!
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Jan 27, 2012

dimpho_4U

o.k,people ,do not try this at home LOL
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Jan 27, 2012

Tabza325is

Wow your first k1ll at age 1, Palistinians better watch out.
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Jan 27, 2012

DinuZulu

Niyathakata kodwa maBhunu!
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Jan 27, 2012

TKay

The snake was dead already when the boy found it...there is no way that he can bite the snake's head and get away with it
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Jan 27, 2012

Mpiyahlehla

Brutality against reptiles,, o batlile o bona masepa!!
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Jan 27, 2012

MORNACHIES

Give that child a bells ,he derseve it !!!
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