[Guardian] A Thai company that runs snake shows has paid $3,200 in damages to a Chinese tourist after she was attacked by one of their pythons when she tried to kiss it.A video clip posted online shows two men during a show calmly holding the python. A long-haired woman wearing a backpack leans over to kiss it.
The python launches at the woman, grabbing onto her nose and holding tight while she tries to pry it away. Members of the crowd scream.
The local Phuket News named the woman as 29-year-old Jin Jing and said she had been taken to Phuket international hospital where she received treatment. Thai media published a photo they said was of the woman with several stitches in her nose.