Kenyan man bites python in struggle to survive
A Kenyan man bit a python that wrapped him in its coils and hauled him up a tree in a struggle that lasted hours, local media said on Wednesday.
Ben Nyaumbe, bit a 13ft (4m) python which wrapped him in its coils and dragged him up a tree during a fierce three-hour struggle.
The serpent seized farm worker in the Malindi area of Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast over Easter weekend. Nyaumbe bit the snake on the tip of the tail during the exhausting battle in a small village in Malindi.
The victim told police he managed to reach his mobile phone from his pocket to raise the alarm when the python momentarily eased its grip after hauling him up a tree. Nyaumbe used his shirt to smother the snake’s head and prevent it from swallowing him.
His employer arrived with police and villagers, who tied the python with a rope and pulled them both down from the tree with a thud. The snake was later taken to a sanctuary but it later escaped. “We want to arrest the snake because any one of us could fall a victim,” said Peter Katam Police superintendent.
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