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Letter: Letters: Snakes alive

Published 4 July 1992

From ANTHONY CAMPBELL

If she had been unfortunate enough to have a cut or sore inside her
mouth, the outcome might have been less favourable.

The cobra, of course, was aiming at her eyes, since the venom can pass
across the conjunctiva and cause at least temporary blindness.

Anthony Campbell London

Issue no. 1828 published 4 July 1992

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