Rescuing venomous snakes is one of the most dangerous tasks in the world. With this, several snake catchers tend to record a video of the rescue mission in a bid to enlighten people how to face such similar situations.

Recently, a video of a snake catcher rescuing a potentially-dangerous serpent in Karnataka, narrowly avoiding getting attacked has gone viral online. The footage shows the snake catcher trying to rescue a snake from a bathroom.

According to ETV Bharat, the snake catcher is identified as snake expert Ashok from Belthangady, located in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. The area has a sizable population of snakes. 

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Initially, only the tail of the 14-foot king cobra was visible, peeking out of the bathroom’s doorway. The snake catcher bends down to grip the tail and begins pulling it towards himself. However, the snake catcher was forced to jump back in horror when the snake, a venomous king cobra, suddenly rears its head and jumps out, ready to strike.

Ashok was lucky and managed to avoid getting attacked by the snake, retreating just in time.

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Sharing the video on Twitter, Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan cited it as an example of “How not to rescue a snake. Especially if it’s a king cobra.”

It can be seen that the video has been viewed more than 60,000 times since being shared on the microblogging platform this morning. 

Many Twitter users took to the comments section and said the snake rescuer had a lucky break. On the other hand, several others found humour in the situation and imagined the snake’s thought process too.

Here are some tweets:

According to ETV Bharat, the video was filmed in late August, after a man named Gopalakrishna Bhat found the deadly snake in his bathroom. The snake was eventually rescued and released into a forest.