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LEVASHI, RUSSIA (ANN): Doctors surgically removed a 4-foot-long snake from inside a woman after it slid into her mouth while she was sleeping.
The animal managed to get inside the woman’s mouth (name withheld) while she was sleeping in the courtyard of her house in Levashi, Russia, according to the Daily Mail yesterday, August 31. After the incident, the woman was taken to a hospital.
The medical workers then placed her under general anesthesia as they prepared to remove the snake. Images from the procedure show a doctor inserting a black tube into the woman’s throat while she lay unconscious on an operating table.
Seconds later, the tube managed to latch onto the snake, which the doctor pulled out with the help of a colleague. After removing the entire reptile from the woman, medical staff placed it inside a plastic tub.
It is unclear how long the snake was inside the lady and if it was still alive during the operation, according to the report.
Dagestan’s health ministry, which covers Levashi, has not commented on the incident. Locals also noted that while rare, snakes do sneak into the mouths of people sleeping outside.
People who have also experienced the same incident have complained of “something alive” inside them after a snake also managed to slip out of their mouths, according to the report.
Meanwhile, others speculate that the animal was a parasite or a giant worm. However, the report noted that it looked too big to be a parasite. Philippine Daily Inquirer / Asia News Network
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