A man in Qingdao, Shandong province, infected with COVID-19 had a fever and put his pet snake over his forehead to lower his body temperature.

In the video filmed on December 17, the red snake with black rings was slowly crawling over the man’s forehead while he was lying in bed.

The man named Mr You said that the fever had lasted for two days and there was no particularly good way to cool down.

So he put the snake on his forehead and did not expect the temperature of the snake to be just right, not very cool and not hot.

According to Mr You, his pet is a Nelson's milksnake, a nonvenomous species.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

12月17日，山东青岛。一男子因为感染新冠后发烧，他让宠物蛇趴在自己额头上，进行物理降温。当事人尤先生介绍说，这个叫纳尔逊奶蛇，因为这两天一直发烧，也没有什么特别好的降温的方法，突然看见角落里的蛇柜，就把这个蛇拿出来盘一下，没想到这个蛇的温度刚刚好，不是很凉也不热。