IT was a painful snake show for a 29-year-old man when the snake turned on him as he tried to entertain passersby watching the Sinulog Grand Parade yesterday afternoon.
Jerome Camota of sitio Tender heart, barangay T. Padilla, Cebu City sustained a two inch cut in his right arm after his neighbor’s pet snake a “sawa” (python) bit him as he played with it along Imus Road.
“Nasakitan siguro tong bitin kay morag nabunal man to sa tangkal (the snake might have been hurt when it hit the wall of the cage when he took it out),” said Dico Ramos, Camota’s neighbor and owner of the snake.
Ramos said this was the first time that the two-meter snake bit somebody.
He said Camota had been used to taking the snake out his cage and play with it and Ramos wasn’t expecting it to attack Camota.
Ramos is also willing to donate the snake to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources if they want it.
Ramos also assured Camota of financial assistance for his medical costs if he would asks for it. Correspondent Norman V. Mendoza