Woman grabs a snake with her hands as her kid crawls towards 8-ft-king cobra

Team Udayavani, Jun 7, 2021, 10:22 AM IST

Source: ANI

An incident where an 8-foot long king cobra was rescued by a woman in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj from near her house has come to the light.

The woman, Sasmite Gochhait, and her husband Akil Munda were scared when they saw their 2-year-old child crawl towards the snake.

Akil Munda grabbed his son and jumped out the window while Gochhait, who has never touched a snake before this, grabbed the reptile.

Odisha: A woman rescued a King Cobra who entered a residential area in Mayurbhanj

"It was found in front of a house of a local. I rescued it and released it in its habitat with the help of the forest department and Range Officer," said Sasmita Gochhait (05.06) pic.twitter.com/dCfsaAkrSs

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Akil said, “As soon as I saw my baby crawl towards the cobra I grabbed him and jumped out the window to call officials. We went to call range officer Krishna Gochhait and told him about the incident. He rushed home with me.”