Child bitten by cobra hatchling survives

Bhubaneswar | Tuesday | 7th August, 2018

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From its description, shape and size, we can safely assume it was a cobra hatchling," said Snake Helpline founder Subhendu Mallick. BHUBANESWAR: A seven-year-old boy survived the bite of a snake , suspected to be a cobra, on Monday.Rishab Patra, a resident of Patia , was bitten by a snake hatchling that had curled up inside his school shoe. I asked him to take off his shoe and found a tiny snake curled up inside. "Rishab had worn the shoe and walked for four or five steps when he felt a tingling sensation in his left foot. "Once we found a snake in a child's school bag," he further said..