A DOG in China’s Hunan province sent Internet users into fits of laughter after its face swelled to resemble a mushroom after it was bitten by a snake, reported Sin Chew Daily.

According to its owner, the dog was bitten by a Chinese Moccasin after sneaking out of the house in the middle of the night.

When the dog returned home with a heavily swollen face, the owner realised what had happened and immediately administered antivenom, which made the swelling subside quickly. 

The owner added that this was not the first time the dog, who is mischievous by nature, was bitten by a snake. 

While many thought the video of the dog was funny, others sympathised with its predicament. 

“You are a mushroom-headed warrior after being bitten. I hope you remember this lesson longer this time,” one netizen wrote.

The Chinese Moccasin, commonly known as wu bu she (five-pacer), is a venomous snake found in provinces of southern China such as Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei and Guangdong. 

Locals believe that once bitten, a victim will only be able to walk five steps before dying, hence the name ‘five-pacer’.   

> A deaf e-hailing driver in China sparked an uproar after he was caught secretly filming female passengers and uploading the videos on social media, the daily also reported. 

One of his victims, a woman from Shanghai, called him out online after discovering a video of her on a video-sharing platform.

She said she regretted giving the driver a 10 yuan (RM6) tip.

Over the past two years, the driver had uploaded more than 200 videos of women, all of which contained vulgar captions. 

In most of the videos, the women were either taking a nap or scrolling on their phones, unaware that they were being filmed. 

The videos have since been taken down. 

E-hailing company Didi said they will take serious action against the driver if the allegations are found to be true.

Shanghai police later released a statement that the driver has been arrested and is being investigated for infringing on other people’s privacy.

  The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.