In a tale of courage and claws, a fearless tabby cat saved the life of a bedridden 12 year old girl from a venom-spitting cobra snake in her bedroom in Saraburi Province. The incident took place yesterday at the girl’s home in Kut Nok Plao Subdistrict. The cat, a female white and brown tabby, defended its young owner by standing guard over the snake and raising the alarm, causing the girl to wake up in shock and run out of the room.

 

The girl, known as Kaimuk, was at home with only her elderly grandfather as her parents were out working. While she was asleep in her bedroom, a black cobra appeared by her bed. The cat, seeing the threat, jumped towards the snake, hissing loudly. On seeing the snake, the girl quickly fled the room and called her parents for help.

 

Upon their return, the parents found the snake ready to strike at the cat, which stood its ground fearlessly. The cobra managed to spit venom at the cat, which hit its eyes, causing the cat to flee the room. The parents quickly closed the door, trapping the snake inside, and called the Saraburi Reptile Rescue Team.

 

The officials found the cobra near a blanket by the little girl’s bed. They used a metal hook to try and capture the snake. It managed to evade capture at first, spitting venom at the rescue team. It then slithered under the blanket where the rescue team finally managed to capture it.

 

By Bob Scott

Caption: Image via Sanook

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/fearless-tabby-cat-thwarts-venomous-cobra-attack-on-ill-child-in-saraburi

 

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22 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

saved the life of a bedridden 12 year old

 

22 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

On seeing the snake, the girl quickly fled the room and called her parents for help.

So she was not really bedridden then was she .

Seems like the shock cured the "bedridden" girl as well.

Sod the kid, what we all want to know is what happened to the cat? It got venom in its eyes poor thing...

 

18 hours ago, NE1 said:

 

So she was not really bedridden then was she .

Some miracles do happen.... 

So what happened with the cat?

1 minute ago, TheFishman1 said:

So what happened with the cat?

If cats could talk it would say ' Me  ow '

21 hours ago, NE1 said:

 

So she was not really bedridden then was she .

Perhaps her boyfriend had just jumped out of a window????

22 hours ago, NE1 said:

 

So she was not really bedridden then was she .

According to the original article she was off school ill in bed

 

4 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

So what happened with the cat?

According to the original article the owner caught the cat and washed its eyes with saline 

Cats have very fast reflexes and can bat away the head of a striking snake and even catch and kill small ones but this one didn't count on the snake spitting venom. Glad to read in the original article that the owner washed the cats eyes out