According to media reports, the child miraculously survived the incident which took place on Sunday, November 1.
the boy was playing outside Nohis home in Mostardas, a city in Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, when he encountered the snake.the boy was playing outside
Nohis home in Mostardas, a city in Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, when he encountered the snakeJaine Ferreira, the boy’s mother told local radio Gaucha that she found him with a wriggling snake in his mouth when she went to check on him.
Nohis home in Mostardas, a city in Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, when he encountered the snakeJaine Ferreira, the boy’s mother told local radio Gaucha that she found him with a wriggling snake in his mouth when she went to check on him.
Apparently, the boy had clamped the snake down, preventing it from being able to bite back.
Ferreira said the boy was immediately taken to the hospital, where doctors confirmed he had no injuries or symptoms of being poisoned.
Experts identified the snake as a Bothrops jararaca, which is an endemic pit viper in South America.
It is believed that the bites of a jararaca carries a fatality rate of 70 percent if left untreated.
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