Even Samuel L. Jackson wouldn’t want to cross this snake in a drain.
A 13-foot-long king cobra was caught slithering in a drainage pipe at a southern Thailand housing estate on Sunday — and the extra-long reptile didn’t go easy from its dank, damp home, according to Phys.org.
Rescue group Krabi Pitakpracha Foundation was alerted to the 33-pound intruder by a security guard who spotted the slitherer. Seven rescue workers needed an hour to successfully capture and remove the cranky beast from its sewer home. It put up a fierce fight, splashing in the pooled water, but rescuers eventually were able to pull it by its tail from the cramped spot.
One of the rescuers, 26-year-old Kritkamon Kanghae, said it was the third-largest snake the group had ever found.
The venomous hamadryad was subsequently released into the wild — a controversial decision as, while some snakes in Thailand help control the rat population, king cobras generally eat rodent-devouring snakes.
Snakes have also been shaking things up in the United States recently. A two-headed rattlesnake was found in New Jersey in September. And in Florida, a large, record-breaking python turned up in the Everglades last week.
