NEW: Toddler bites, kills venomous snake

A 17-month-old boy chewed a venomous snake to death while playing in his family's garden in Mostardas in Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil.

According to RT when his mother, Jaine de Souza found the boy with the snake in his mouth, she shouted for her husband Lucier.

Both parents took the boy to the Sao Luiz hospital, along with the snake which turned out to be a pit viper, or jararaca.


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