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Article: Cobra bite lands 'snake boy' in hospital for third time.(News)
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- Cape Times (South Africa)
- Article date:
- April 8, 2008
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BYLINE: Nadine Visagie
KIMBERLEY: 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, ...