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Blood-thirsty man bites Viper

2007 Reader Submission
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Darwin says, "Thanks for the submission, Ronald. But there are so many snake stories, and so little antivenin time."
MIRI: A 34-year-old man, who was drunk when he bit a snake in an attempt to drink its blood, fell into a coma from which he has not recovered.

The man’s aunt, when met at Miri Hospital yesterday, said the incident happened after her nephew had a drinking session at 4 pm last Wednesday. According to her, her nephew’s friend had caught a snake of an unknown species not far from his house.

Curious, the nephew, who was drunk at that time, went over to have a look. The nephew told his friend that he wanted to drink the snake’s blood, so proceeded to cut the dead snake into several parts. He then bit the snake’s head in an attempt to drink its blood, but suddenly fell unconscious.

The man, originally from Betong, was rushed to Limbang Hospital where his condition was said to deteriorate as his mouth swelled and the area around his lips turned septic.

He was transferred to Miri Hospital at 1 pm yesterday, accompanied by his aunt and relative.

The man was still unconscious at press time.

Submitted on 04/06/2007

Submitted by: Ronald Ling
Reference: http://www.theborneopost.com/?p=16097, 6th April 2007

Copyright © 2007 DarwinAwards.com

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Thailand is home to a number of venomous snakes, and even if I was drunk I wouldn't try biting the head of a dead one even if I was 100% certain it wasn't poisonus. Since he's still alive he only qualifies for an HM though. Thanks for sending this in, Ronald!


James said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
If this cat offs, then it's a definite DA. When we had to hunt snakes on survival training, we were told to bury the head (for OBVIOUS reasons)! So after cutting up the snake (to drink its blood), WHAT part does he bite first??? I would think that MOST of the blood would be in OTHER parts of the snake! Drunk or no, this act of bravado has to be one of the more bizarre and stupid snake related incidents I've read in some time! Thanks, Ronald, and let us know if this needs to be upgraded to a DA!


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