Man bits snake after attack

BEIJING, April 20 (Xin***) -- A Kenyan man survived a Python attack,
partly because he bit the snake after it tried to drag him into a tree.

According to local media Wednesday, Ben Nyaumbe, a local farmer, was
attacked by the 13-foot snake and fought him for several hours. The enormous
reptile wrapped him in its coils and hauled him up a tree, but Nyaumbe was able
to cover the snake's head with his shirt, and reach his cell phone, where he
called police for help.

The man's employer arrived with police and local villagers who tied the
python with a rope and pulled them both down from the tree with a thud. They
found that Nyaumbe had also bitten the python on the tail, causing his lip to
split open where it came in contact with the sharp tip.

When asked why he bit the python, the man explained: "I stepped on a spongy
thing on the ground and suddenly my leg was entangled with the body of a huge
python. I had to bite it."

(Agencies)