Gaya (Bihar): In an unusual incident in Gaya district of Bihar, a one-year-old child caught a snake mistaking it to be a toy and bit it but the child survived while reptile died.
The toddler in a village in Gaya spotted a snake while he was playing on his terrace and allegedly bit the reptile at Jamuhar village under Fatehpur police station area in Gaya district recently. While the snake died, the boy is out of danger, leaving his family as well as doctors stunned.
Boy's family was told that the snake was not venomous. The child took the snake in his hand mistaking it for a toy, his mother said.
The family rushed him to the local hospital as soon as they spotted the dead snake near him. A viral video shows the little boy, carried by a woman, looking into the camera as a man gently tries to make him open his mouth. The man holds up a phone with a photo of the reptile, with a part of its body appearing crushed after being bitten.
The staff at the health centre told the family that the child was physically fine after the incident, explaining that the snake was non-venomous and commonly seen during the rainy season.