A wildlife volunteer had a close call with a cobra snake while teaching children about reptiles at a school in northern Thailand.
Nick Wildlife’s Facebook page posted that a staff member of the Asorapit Wittaya Serpentology group accidentally released a cobra during a snake awareness session.
The post shows the cobra quickly slithering up the trainer’s ankle, working its way into his trousers. The trainer remained calm and slowly lowered his trousers to avoid alarming the snake, which could have led to a fatal bite.
A video posted on the Facebook page shows wildlife volunteers slowly helping remove the cobra from inside the trainers’ pants.
The trainer said it was an important learning experience, saying that a small mistake could have had dire consequences. He stressed the importance of remaining still when encountering snakes, as movement can provoke them.
He said that when encountering a snake at close range, a person should first remain still. Once the snake calms down, the person can slowly back away in a straight line, as moving side to side may startle the snake and cause it to go into defence mode.
He said snakes generally don’t attack unless they feel threatened and are more likely to flee due to their natural fear of humans.
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