A pet dog in China almost sacrificed its own life after it was bitten by a viper while saving its owner.
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The owner, Meng, and her family moved to a village in northern China’s Hebei province in June.
They made the move so that her two pet Shiba Inu dogs, two-year-old Hetao and one-year-old Duoduo, had more space to play.
On the morning of August 29, Meng heard Duoduo barking in the front garden.

She thought he was barking at a stranger, but when she and Hetao went out, she saw a snake.
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