The will to survive

A Kenyan man had to fight with a snake that caught him by surprise.  The article doesn't mention how big the snake was, but did mention that it was large enough to haul the man up into a tree and escape from three bags secured by people who were familiar with securing wildlife. 

At one point, the guy even bit the snake, which seems to have distracted the snake long enough for the man to reach his cell phone, which ultimately led to his deliverence.

I like to post stories a lot about people struggling with animals, because I maintain this image of people as being at a huge disadvantage to natural predators that spend their entire lives fighting and struggling for survival, and while 9 times out of ten the wild animal wins, it's just fantastic to me to see a person win.  It's even more fantastic when that person doesn't live in the bush, as it were, but either way, our teeth, our hands, our feet, and even our joints aren't well suited to hand-to-claw combat.
Posted by Turbomacncheese at 4/19/2009 11:45 AM
Categories: Social Studies
 

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