Snake bites man, video goes viral

Texas, June 07: In a shocking incident, A man was bitten by the severed head of a rattlesnake he had killed by cut into two pieces.

The victim's wife Jennifer Sutcliffe told media, that her husband was working in the garden when he saw the four-foot (1.25m) rattlesnake and decapitated it.

When he picked up the snake's remains to dispose of them, the head bit him.



A snake's bite reflex can be triggered up to several hours after it has died. Ms. Sutcliffe told media her husband immediately began to have seizures.

He was airlifted from his home near Corpus Christi to hospital where he was treated with the 26 anti-venom CroFab.

More than a week after the incident, the man is reportedly in stable condition, with some weakened kidney function.

Leslie Boyer, an anti-venom doctor at the University of Arizona VIPER Institute, warned against attempting to kill snakes, particularly by cutting them.

"It's cruel to the animal and it leaves you with a smaller piece that's venomous to pick up," she told media.