CAPE TIMES (Cape Town, S Africa) 08 April 08 Cobra bite lands 'snake boy' in hospital (Nadine Visagie)
A 15-year-old boy, who claims that his room is home to nearly 150 snakes, is recovering in hospital after he was bitten by a deadly Cape cobra.
However, this is not "Snake Boy" Bokamosho Nthelang's first visit to hospital. He has been bitten twice before, once by a cobra and once by a puffadder.
After the previous two incidents all the dangerous snakes were removed from his house by the department of environment and conservation.
Last week Nthelang, from Mothibistad near Kuruman, was admitted to Kimberley Medi-Clinic after he was bitten by yet another lethal snake.
According to the spokesperson for Kimberley Medi-Clinic, Denise Coetzee, Nthelang was admitted to hospital on Wednesday, 24 hours after he was bitten.
Cobra bite lands 'snake boy' in hospital
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ZAF Press: Cobra bites 'snake boy'
Replies (3)
This is the kid!!
Sad, hope he is ok!!
That kid really needs to learn some proper handling skills, or better yet, stop keeping lethal snakes. The way he's holding that puff is a recipe for disaster, not to mention the cobra in the second pic. He's survived 3 bites, I think his luck may run out soon!
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Abhishek Prasad
Yeah
Its kinda hard. I spoke to him 18 months ago, and told him to calm down and stop being crazy. I then saw him again in December, same antics, and once again tried to educate him. I took him the newest field guy on SA snakes and some t shirts. The cultural aspect is one that needs to be remembered, while not a "bushman", he is very much a natural kid. He is very in tune with nature, and it would be like telling a snake charmer to stop "charming" snakes.
Guys like this can be of great use to the scientific community, he described a snake perfectly that would be a huge deal if it turns out to be correct.
Yeah, lucky, he is, get bitten again, almost guarantee it, but taking venomous snakes away from him is pointless, he lives in cape cobra country, they are everywhere!!
Don
