A baby snake died after being bitten by a 16-month-old child in Ujalpur village in Begampur union of Chuadanga on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the morning when the child named Jannatul Ferdous bit the snake while was playing at her house.
Jannatul’s parents immediately took her to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital along with the snake. The hospital kept her for observation for three hours after giving first aid.
Duty doctor Afrina Islam said the species of the snake has not been identified yet.
“If the snake had bitten the child, she would have shown some symptoms during the three hours of observation. As she did not, we sent her back home,” said Dr Mahbubur Rahman Milon, junior consultant child specialist of the hospital.
“As Jannatul bit the snake’s trachea it died immediately. The snake’s species was not identified but it was poisonous,” he added.
Jannatul’s mother said: “Jannatul was playing with her cousin when suddenly she went under the bed and after a few moments we found the severed body of the snake in her hand. Fortunately, it did not bite her and she was unharmed.”