A cobra in India vomited up another cobra after being caught by a snake rescuer on a construction site on 24 June.

Workers at a construction site at Bhubaneswar in eastern India spotted the cobra and called the Snake Helpline for help.

Biranchi Narayan Acharjya, a volunteer at Snake Helpline reached the spot and found a 4-foot-long (1.2m) cobra after a search.

But after he caught it, the workers insisted they snake they had seen was much smaller in size.

Suddenly, the cobra, which had a bulge in its belly, started regurgitating a freshly-swallowed 3-foot-long (0.9m) spectacled cobra, which had been sighted by the workers earlier.

Subhendu Mallik, the general secretary of Snake Helpline, said: "Cannibalism is common in cobras. Bigger snakes usually prey on smaller ones."

The surviving cobra was released in a natural habitat later.

Rescued cobra vomits another smaller cobra

Workers at a construction site at Bhubaneswar in eastern India spotted a cobra on June 24 and called Snake Helpline for help.

Biranchi Narayan Acharjya a volunteer of Snake Helpline reached the spot and found a four-feet -long cobra after combing the area.

After he caught it, the workers insisted they snake they had seen was much smaller in size.

But the cobra, which had a bulge in its belly, started regurgitating a freshly swallowed three-feet-long spectacled cobra, which had been sighted by the workers earlier.

Subhendu Mallik, general secretary Of Snake Helpline said: "Cannibalism is common in cobras. Bigger snakes usually prey on smaller ones."

The cobra was released in a natural habitat later.