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Tourist Bitten by a Python at Phuket Snake Show Receives Compensation

PHUKET — A Chinese tourist who was bitten by a giant python at a snake show in Phuket on Saturday has received compensation from the company that organized the show.

Jin Jing, 29, was bitten by a 2.5-meter long python at a medicinal herb shop  on Saturday morning in Muang district of Phuket which ran a free snake show. The woman reportedly bent down towards the snake as if she was trying to kiss the non-venomous creature and was bitten on the nose.

The incident was recorded in a video which has later went viral online.

The show was organized by a company called Phuket Biotechnology.