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A South African teenager has endured his third potentially lethal snake bite and is recovering in a hospital, according to the Independent Online.

Bokamosho Nthelang, 15, who was bitten by a deadly Cape cobra this time, has been bitten twice before, once by a cobra and once by a puffadder, wrote the Independent Online.

The teenager claims he has about 150 snakes in his bedroom.

A hospital spokeswoman said Nthelang was admitted to the hospital 24 hours after he was bitten by the snake, reported the Independent Online.

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