Man bites head off snake while sleeping

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Man bites head off snake while asleep

A man has been hospitalised in India after biting the head off a snake that slithered into his mouth while he was sleeping. The man, identified only as Raghuvanshi, a resident of Kulkarni Ka Bhatta, was woken by his mother who found him "asleep and covered in blood". He told her he had felt like he was chewing on something in his sleep and then discovered the headless snake on the floor by the bed. He was taken to hospital and is recovering after vomiting up the snake's head and being treated with anti-venom.

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