By Tim Binnall
A boy in India managed to escape from a terrifying cobra snake attack when the quick-thinking youngster killed the creature by biting it to death. According to a local media report, the very strange incident occurred this past Monday in the village of Pandrapath as the eight-year-old named Deepak was playing in his backyard. Suddenly, the boy found himself in a perilous predicament when a cobra snake pounced upon him. The venomous reptile "got wrapped around my hand and bit me," Deepak recalled, "I was in great pain." Despite the agony he was experiencing, the boy proved to be remarkably cool under pressure and quickly turned the tables on the cobra snake with an attack of his own.
"As the reptile didn't budge when I tried to shake it off, I bit it hard twice," he explained, "it all happened in a flash." The child's impromptu chomps proved to be fatal for the creature, which allowed Deepak to free himself from its grip. Alerting his parents to what had happened, the boy was quickly taken to a medical facility where he was given an antivenom. Fortunately, the treatment actually wound up being unnecessary because the snake's initial bites had been dry and Deepak's rapid response to the reptile wrapped around his hand ultimately prevented the cobra from unleashing its deadly poison.