Bihar: An unusual incident in Bihar involved a man who bit a snake back after being bitten, believing it would counteract the venom. The snake died, and the man, who survived after receiving medical treatment, was identified as railway employee Santosh Lohar. Lohar was working on railway tracks in a forested area of Rajauli when he was bitten by a snake on Tuesday night. Acting on a local myth that biting the snake back would neutralize the venom, Lohar bit the snake twice. His colleagues quickly took him to Rajauli subdivision hospital, where he was treated by Dr. Satish Chandra Sinha and discharged the next day. The type of snake involved is unknown. In India, snakebites cause approximately 50,000 deaths annually, with the "big four" snakes—common krait, Indian cobra, Russell's viper, and saw-scaled viper—responsible for about 90% of the estimated 3-4 million bites each year, according to the Times of India.