A cobra bit a six year old girl on her face while she was asleep in her bedroom, the victim Mikayla-Sue Grove, woke complaining of a toothache at home on a farm near the town of Ballito in eastern South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
But when her mum, Inge, and dad, Ludwig, came into her room, he realised a snake in there was the real cause of the problem.
He ushered out Mikayla-Sue and her sister Izabella. But the cobra then spat its venom into Inge’s eyes, temporarily blinding her.
The reptile was later identified as a Mozambique spitting cobra, which sprays venom through the tips of its fangs into enemies’ eyes.
Mr. Grove told South African media how he then rushed the family to the Alberlito Hospital around 10 or 15 minutes’ drive away.
His blinded wife took a bottle of water with her and continually rinsed her eyes on the journey, which he says probably saved her sight.
No comments:
Post a Comment