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THE INDEPENDENT (Johannesburg, S Africa) 07 January 08 Machete-wielding man saves girl from anaconda
Rio de Janeiro: A seven-year-old girl was saved from being dragged off into the Brazilian jungle by an anaconda when a quick-witted young man hacked off the snake's head.
The girl was only slightly harmed after being dragged off by the nine-metre, 200kg reptile which coiled itself round her legs and had effortlessly begun dragging her off, media reports said on Sunday.
The young man - identified only as "Miguel" by taxi-driver witness Raimundo Carvalho - used a machete to lop off the snake's head. The reptile twitched for several minutes before finally dying.
The reports said the girl had only slight injuries and shock after the incident last Wednesday in Alca Viaria district close to the provincial capital of Belem in northern Para state.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=122&art_id=nw20080106220238368C280153

GLOBO (Brazil) 04 January 08 Cobra de nove metros ataca menina em Belém - Taxista disse que criança de 7 anos foi arrastada pelo animal.
http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Brasil/0,,MUL246746-5598,00-COBRA DE NOVE METROS ATACA MENINA EM BELEM.html

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