THE HINDU (Chennai, India) 31 January 07 Boys catch Russell's Viper

Photo at URL below: Prize Catch: Nausheer (left) and Dolphie Gama who brought a Russell's Viper they caught in their village to Pilikula Nisargadhama near Mangalore on Tuesday. (R. Eswarraj)

Mangalore: Three boys from the neighbourhood of Pilikula Nisargadhama walked into the office of the warden of the wildlife enclosure on Tuesday afternoon and handed over a sack saying they had caught a snake in their village.

The official in charge of the snake park found a Russell's Viper coiled in the sack.

The boys Nausheer and Dolphie Gama, both studying in the eighth standard, and Abhishek, a third-standard student, had brought the venomous reptile to the wildlife enclosure for safekeeping.

The viper had swallowed a rodent and was resting when the boys caught it.

Lester Mahesh of Animal Care Trust, Shaktinagar, told The Hindu that snakebites kill 50,000 people in a year in the country, and Russell's Viper bites were fatal.

Mr. Mahesh warned people to keep away from such snakes.
Boys catch Russell's Viper

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