admincobra, district police chief Uma Prasad Chatrubedi told AFP.
“A farmer in Bardanga village has killed a white cobra with his teeth out of anger,” he said.
“The snake bit him while he was working in his paddy field on Tuesday evening and the man chased it and killed it.”
Miya was treated at a local clinic and is recovering at home.
“I was very angry after the snake bit into me. Then I followed the snake, grabbed it and bit it to death,” the 55-year-old told the Nepali-language Annapurna Post.
“I could have killed it with a stick but I was mad with anger and wanted to take revenge. I killed it with my teeth.”
Nepal has a wide variety of poisonous and non-venomous snakes, which are particularly active during the summer monsoon, including the Indian rock python, which can grow up to 10 metres long, and the deadly king cobra.
Conservative estimates suggest that there are 20 000 cases of snakebites in Nepal a year, almost all in the Terai southern plains, causing around 1 000 deaths.
The two-metre common cobra, which accounts for the majority of bites, is worshiped by Hindus in some parts of Nepal. — AFP.
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