Chef Peng Fan from China faced a shocking incident while preparing a special dish using a cobra. He was cooking in a restaurant in Guangdong province, where he was making cobra soup using a highly venomous snake known as the Indochinese spitting cobra.
After cutting off the snake’s head, he left it aside and continued cooking the rest of the body for about 20 minutes. When he went to throw away the severed head, it suddenly bit him on the hand. Even though the snake was dead, its head still had active nerves and could deliver venom.
The bite released deadly poison into his body. Chef Peng collapsed quickly. Staff tried to get help, but he passed before any medical treatment or antivenom could reach him.
The incident caused panic in the restaurant, and diners were shocked by the unexpected turn of events. Experts later explained that snakes, especially venomous ones, can still move and even bite after being killed, because their nerves keep working for a short time.
This rare and tragic case shows how dangerous it can be to handle venomous animals, even after they appear to be dead.
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