A stressed cobra regurgitated a lizard after being rescued from a mob wanting to kill the snake, after being found in a garden in eastern India.

A local snake rescuer applied medicine to the 12-foot king cobra's wounds and gave it water last Monday (Febuary 25) when it was found in Buguda, Odisha state, but this did not stop the snake from throwing up a recently swallowed monitor lizard when it was released in a forest.

The founder of Snake Helpline praises the rescuer for saving the cobras life on such short notice, that the rescuer: "had no time to go with safety equipment as the mob was threatening to kill the snake. He saved the snake taking considerable personal risk.”

A 12-feet long king cobra was found inside the garden of a house in Buguda in eastern India on February 25.

After the family raised an alarm, a crowd quickly gathered and a few men wanted to kill the snake fearing that it might bite someone.
Harish Padhy a local snake rescuer rushed to the spot and managed to save the majestic reptile from the mob. He caught the king cobra, gave it water and even applied medicine to its wounds.

But when he went to release it in a nearby forest, the cobra regurgitated a monitor lizard it had swallowed.

Snakes regurgitate their prey when stressed and want to get away quickly.

Subhendu Mallik, founder of Snake Helpline, lauded Harish Padhy for saving the cobra’s life. “Harish had no time to go with safety equipments as the mob was threatening to kill the snake. He saved the snake taking considerable personal risk.”