An 11-year-old Indian girl considers venomous snakes her best
friends and despite having been bitten several times, she continues to
sleep and eat with them.
“I have a lot of fun with the cobras.
It hurts when they bite me, but sometimes it’s my own fault because I
tease them. It’s quite funny.”
The girl’s father has worked as snake catcher for 45 years, and his
both children are already in the family business: 31-year-old son Gulab
and now Kajol.Bitten several times, Kajol had gone though tough recovery periods:
“It hurts when they bite me but they
don’t mean it,’ she said. I get a little frightened when I see the blood
but my father sorts me out. He rushes into the forest and comes back
with the medicine.”
The antidote is received from a wild plant which remains top secret.
The substance also mixed with butter and black pepper should be applied
to the wound quickly to save the person’s life.While the girl’s father is glad to pass the family knowledge, Kajol’s mother wants her to come back to school, from where she was expelled for taking her pets to class. The worried woman said:
“She now refuses to study and will
play with the snakes all day. I try to make her study at home but she
keeps the snakes with her and gets distracted.”
The mother also worries about her daughter’s future saying it might
be difficult for Kajol to find a husband who would share her interests.More photos of the courageous girl below:
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