Man arrested for eating a snake, claims ‘kept COVID-19 at bay’
A man from India’s Tamil Nadu ate a dead snake to “protect” himself from contracting the COVID-19.
The 50-year-old Vadivel was arrested and charged with a fine of Rs 7,000 after he posted a video of him eating a poisonous snake on social media.
He claimed that snakes are good antidotes to Covid-19 and keep the deadly virus at bay.
As per reports, the man caught the reptile in a field and killed it before eating it.
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A forest officer in Madurai district said the agriculture worker had been prompted to eat the snake by other people. He had been drunk at the time of the incident.
Fortunately, the man didn’t bite into the venom glands of the snake, identified as a common krait, a species of highly venomous reptiles native to the Indian subcontinent.
Its venom consists of powerful neurotoxins that can even be fatal for humans if not treated. The reptile had been found dead in a drain, the forest officer said.
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