Snake dies after biting priest
Found on Ananova on Monday, 11 July 2005
A king cobra snake has died after biting a Hindu priest in India.
The 3ft 6ins cobra bit Biswanath Kanwar while he was feeding it milk at Barapgahar in Jharkhand.
The snake lay motionless on the floor, vomited blood and died, reports United News of India.
The priest regularly fed milk to the snake at the Nagdevata temple at Barapgahar.
Members of the priest's family took him to a local hospital where he is now reportedly out of danger.
The dead snake was also brought to the hospital to be examined by doctors but there was no sign of any physical injury.
Talk about luck...