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Brit dad bitten twice and left blind by king cobra curled up under sofa
Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A British dad has opened up on the terrifying moment he was bitten twice by a king cobra, leaving him blind.Ian Jones, 50, from the Isle of Wight, was in northern India last year, battling with Covid-19 for the second time, when he was attacked by one of the world’s deadliest snakes.The charity worker spent three weeks in hospital, in and out of a coma, and was given anti-venom, oxygen and CPR to help him survive, The Sun reports.Although Ian is now permanently blind from the effects of the bites, he has been told by doctors that he was incredibly lucky to survive, as one bite has enough venom to kill 20 men, let alone two.This was the 50-year-old’s first encounter with a snake in his