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TRUSTED HER COBRA TOO MUCHQF all her snakes, 64-1 yr-old Grace Wiley J* loved cobras best. TheyIlt;kwlt;vcrc the most intelligent,[as she thought, and the most m easily tamed.Grace WlUy handled her reptile* »»;»! ion* *y, nnd lovingly. filled one rot in of hoi Cnllfornlnn home with more than a 100 ot Pom. molndngbdtoKin* and C)u«'en. the cobras: loreRmcy. h OH python; I'crky h water mcrr u.sin.AhwfMElRecently Ilt;i readily agreed to jxse for picture with the newest pci. .• 5ft. cobra she hnt\ Ju.-t rctr. «’.J from IndiaTo get it tut position for the plotur*1 he patted its head, stroked t's back. qtietl.* coaxed it to extend its hoodAm ilie robra’x hnul began tlt;i bob rlivthndcatly back nnd!j|t( forth. Mrs. Wiley felt sutl-; 7 «f«*nly Ihal it wasn't respond-ine wdl. 1 ('»; getting nervous. she said. I'd better put it awa.v. m;lAs she reached for it the! 'ICCrpi®it •levVI r.VOllsaw■i'bra struck. IblmWhen sJip hr.il torn l lie snake loose and carefully re-lurned If to p op 00 she cchn-ly instructed thn photographer to apply *• iviifjuets to her wrist and c»bov . told him v here to Ibid .stimulants and needles.sho:u011pileBut the n'''*lt;il'-- wen* rux*y rnd viab brok« in tiv pholog-rnpher's hand. ^Take m’ to a hosul'pl at orce. she ordered. This is I F serious. .gottieknewas**'ortv af'cr the»ohra struck M-s Wi'ey was»n f onprb*»'*ch Vtiinieip-'l this-, pil -l. Ti c only nwH-venniu j ***-pm Ibere wan from North.. . American ^’’-ikes and useless| .I«r robra bit**s. alTier thrort mu hnd be- ag° p.in to mini lt;rf rnvnniis'yMrs Wiley, now almost un-H d. raticonscious. hook her headLv^fhopelessly. acShe was put into an iroiiieac June, but if ” *•- fro late; par- Con lysis was creeping through her chestWhen it reached her heart muscles »n hour end 40 nun-i:*nlt;; after rh° hnd been bit-t*m Oracc Wilev died.tipi W i Ire dail ties ally
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Toodyay Herald

Toodyay, Western Australia, AU

Thu, Aug 12, 1948

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