A little girl is lucky to be alive after a cobra slithered into her bedroom and bit her on the face as she slept. Six-year-old Mikayla-Sue Grove awoke complaining of a toothache at home on a farm near the town of Ballito in eastern South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. But the cobra then spat its venom into Inge’s eyes, temporarily blinding her. The reptile was later identified as a Mozambique spitting cobra, which sprays venom through the tips of its fangs into enemies’ eyes. Mr. Grove told South African media how he then rushed the family to the Alberlito Hospital around 10 or 15 minutes’ drive away.

Source: Punch January 18, 2018 14:01 UTC