Watch: Man Catches Massive King Cobra With Bare Hands
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The king cobra is the world's longest venomous snake
A dramatic video from Thailand shows a volunteer worker catching a huge king cobra with his bare hands. According to news website Thaiger, locals in the southern Thai province of Krabi informed authorities after the snake slithered into a palm plantation and tried to hide in a septic tank.
The giant cobra reportedly measured 4.5 metres (nearly 14 feet) and weighed over 10 kilograms. It took Sutee Naewhaad, a volunteer with the Ao Nang Subdistrict Administrative Organisation, nearly 20 minutes to capture the snake. Mr Naewhaad, 40, first lured the snake out onto an open road and then proceeded to begin his attempt at catching it.
A video he shared on Facebook shows the king cobra resisting all attempts to be captured. At one point, the snake lunged forward with its jaw open, but Mr Naewhaad managed to move out of its way.
