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Baby snake killed after bit by 16 months old in Chuadanga
A baby snake was killed bit by a 16-month old child at Ujalpur village in Begampur union of Chuadanga on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the morning when the child named Jannatul Ferdous bit the snake as she was playing at her house.
Parents of Jannatul immediately took her to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital with the bitten snake where the doctors kept her for observation for three hours after giving primary treatment.
Duty doctor Afrina Islam said the species of the snake has not been identified yet.
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“If the snake had bitten the child she would have shown some symptoms during the three hour of observations. As she didn’t 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 snakes’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.”
Rare red coral kukri snake rescued in Thakurgaon
A red coral kukri snake was rescued by local residents from the Bara Balia area of Thakurgaon Sadar upazila on Thursday night.
"Instead of killing the snake, a local resident, Jaynal, informed the forest department," said Sahidul Islam, Wildlife Conservator and Rescuer.
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Md Mahbubur Rahman, deputy commissioner of Thakurgaon district, said the snake "is safe in the custody of the district authorities".
According to researchers, this rare mild venomous snake was spotted not more than 30 times across the world.
In a span of three months last year, this snake was spotted five times in the northern district of Panchagarh in Bangladesh.
On February 7, 2021, for the first time, the first one was found in an injured condition in Panchagarh. Then again on February 26, a dead one was found in Chaklahat.
On April 20, a third one was found alive and the fourth one on May 10 was found dead in the same district last year.
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According to an Indian media report, this rare snake was first spotted in the Lakhimpur Kheri area of Uttar Pradesh state in 1936 from where it got its scientific name ‘Oligodon kheriensis’.
The suffix ‘kukri’ in its name comes from kukri or curved knife of the Gorkhas as its teeth are curved like the blade of the weapon.
It has been spotted a few times in India's hilly state of Uttarakhand.
12ft-long python rescued in Bagerhat
A 12ft-long python was rescued by forest officials from a paddy field in Sarankhola upazila of Bagerhat on Monday. The snake was later released in the Sundarbans.
However, the python had attacked a 15-year-old boy, named Omar Hawladar, during the rescue operations, according to the forest officials. The boy received primary treatment at the Upazila Health Complex.
"The reptile weighing 16kg was rescued by the forest department on Monday afternoon from the paddy field in Jilbunia village. It was released in the Sharankhola range of the Sundarbans at night," said Md Belayet Hossain, divisional forest officer (East).
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Originally from the Sundarbans, the python entered the village by crossing the Bhola river, according to the DFO.
“In the past one year, more than 100 pythons have been rescued from the Chadpai and Sarankhola range,” said DFO Belayet.
He also urged people to inform the forest department whenever they spot any wild animal in their localities rather than harming them.
Rare red coral kukri snake spotted again in Panchagarh
A rare red coral kukri snake was spotted again in Kajoldighi union of Panchagarh on Tuesday night.This time, it was rescued by a local name Md Shahiduzzaman Shahid.The snake was released at a suitable habitat at Natunhat area in Boda Upazila at the advice of Wildlife Inspector of Forest Department Abdullah Sadiq.
Also read: Tk75 crore snake venom seized in DhakaShahid said, "Many people gathered to see the snake at a neighbouring house when it entered there. I rescued it and kept it with me before handing it over to the experts."Wildlife photographer and conservationist Feroz Al Saba was among the three people who took the snake from Shahid and brought it to forest department officials.
He said, "This rare species of snake has been spotted in Panchagarh three times in a row."
Read Crocodile lays 44 eggs at Karamjal Wildlife Breeding Centre"As these snakes cannot bear sunlight, the rescued snake was released at a suitable place at night," he added.According to researchers, the mild venomous snake was seen no more than 30 times in the world.It has been spotted thrice in Bangladesh -- in Panchagarh on every occasion. The last time the snake was seen was in February this year. It was spotted the first time in the district last year.
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