Kenyan plucks out leopard’s tongue
<b>NAIROBI, Wednesday – </b>Daniel M’Mburugu, 73, a peasant farmer, dropped the machete he was carrying and forced his hand into the leopard’s mouth, pulling out its tongue in an act of self-defence, according to the report in a Kenyan daily. <br>
NAIROBI, Wednesday – Daniel M’Mburugu, 73, a peasant farmer, dropped the machete he was carrying and forced his hand into the leopard’s mouth, pulling out its tongue in an act of self-defence, according to the report in a Kenyan daily.
The Standard newspaper said wednesday that the incident was confirmed by the Kenya Wildlife Service.
M’Mburugu was working in his potato garden near Mount Kenya in the centre of the country when the animal, apparently aggressive, hurtled from a nearby grass and charged towards him.
“It let out a blood-curdling snarl that made the birds stop chirping. I froze for some seconds, then it dawned on me that death was staring at me in the face,†he said.
“A voice, which must have been from God, whispered to me to drop the panga (machete) and thrust my hand into its wide open mouth, I obeyed,†he said, explaining that the leopard sank its teeth into his wrist, but he would not let go.
The Standard newspaper said wednesday that the incident was confirmed by the Kenya Wildlife Service.
M’Mburugu was working in his potato garden near Mount Kenya in the centre of the country when the animal, apparently aggressive, hurtled from a nearby grass and charged towards him.
“It let out a blood-curdling snarl that made the birds stop chirping. I froze for some seconds, then it dawned on me that death was staring at me in the face,†he said.
“A voice, which must have been from God, whispered to me to drop the panga (machete) and thrust my hand into its wide open mouth, I obeyed,†he said, explaining that the leopard sank its teeth into his wrist, but he would not let go.