Mysuru: In a rare incident, a cobra that strayed into the Mysuru Zoo was bitten by a jaguar yesterday afternoon and the cobra in turn bit the jaguar. Later, the reptile died due to bite injuries and the feline died due to snake venom. The jaguar was one among the two jaguars sheltered in the Zoo.
According to Zoo Executive Director Ajit M. Kulkarni, the 13-year-old Jaguar, named as Raja, was in its open enclosure when a cobra sneaked into the enclosure at about 1.30 pm. As soon as Raja saw the cobra inside its enclosure, it pounced on it and bit it and in retaliation, the cobra bit Raja back.
