The Khaleej Times reports that 30 year old Bimbala Das in a ceremony held near Bhubaneshwar in the state of Orissa was married last Wednesday to a cobra residing in a nearby ant hill. The snake was not actually present, and a brass proxy was used in the ceremony.

One wonders if anyone had ever actually determined the gender of the snake.

Some readers may recall the British woman who married a dolphin last December in Israel.