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A snake handler is lucky to be alive after collapsing in front of shocked crowds when he was bitten by a venomous King Cobra.
Yuttapong Chaibooddee, was performing at the animal show in Phuket, Thailand, on Friday, December 7 when the deadly reptile sunk its fangs into his left arm.
The 35-year-old entertainer pulled the black hooded serpent away from his arm and hurled it to the ground before stumbling away.
But shortly after he was rendered unconscious as the venom flowed into his bloodstream.
Father-of-one Yuttapong stopped breathing and was rushed to hospital where medics pumped him full of anti-venom.