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A man from Nepal who was bitten by a cobra snake bit it back and killed the reptile in a tit-for-tat attack.

Nepali daily Annapurna Post said Mohamed Salmo Miya chased the snake, which bit him in his rice paddy, caught it and bit it until it died.

"I could have killed it with a stick but bit it with my teeth instead because I was angry," said the 55-year-old Miya, who lives in a village some 200km southeast of the Nepali capital of Kathmandu.

The snake, called "goman" in Nepal, is also known as the Common Cobra.

Police official Niraj Shahi said the man, who was being treated at a village health post and was not in danger of dying, would not be charged with killing the snake because the reptile was not among snake species listed as endangered in Nepal.

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Aug 27, 2012

milagro

if it was among da snake species da poor was going to be arrested for protecting his life?
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Aug 27, 2012

Limpopoist

These guy is brave ,IF he pitch in my house with these snake and demand my wife, I wil sayl "of course sir ,you can take also a bonus ,my daughter" just to set myself free.. for that moment lol
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Aug 27, 2012

svavava

escuse me, charge him for protecting his life and probably someone else ??
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Aug 27, 2012

mathopeed

You sowetan really, this inciedents happened last week tuesday and is now you report it today. Your journalists honestly are a bit lazy.
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Aug 27, 2012

little

dis Guy ke Posso


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Aug 27, 2012

Britata

Which Country is this?how can people be charged for self defence
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Aug 27, 2012

Shredder

@Britata - "Which Country is this?"
It is Nepal

Good. The snake must also feel how it is like to be bitten.
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Aug 27, 2012

Secretary

Give that man Bells
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Aug 27, 2012

VENDALIOUS

Mxm old news.......this is copy & paste journalism
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Aug 27, 2012

Deelock

Asia lol.....
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