A cobra spat up a smaller snake during its rescue after it took shelter in a storeroom in eastern India on September 6.

The five-foot-long cobra, found in Berhampur, Odisha state had just finished a heavy meal and was moving slowly.

As rescuer Tara Prasad Das watched, it started regurgitating its meal, another three-foot-long cobra, to lighten up and make a quick getaway.

Das put it in a snake bag and later released it in a nearby forest.

Snake Helpline founder, Subhendu Mallik, said: "Cobras are known cannibals. It is not rare to see a large cobra feeding on a smaller one.”

A cobra took shelter in a store room in Berhampur in eastern India on September 6.

A local snake rescuer Tara Prasad Das, who caught it, found that it had a bulge inside it's abdomen.

The 5-feet-length cobra had just finished a heavy meal and was slow in movement.

As Das watched, it started regurgitating it's meal - another three-feet-long cobra -
to lighten up and make a quick getaway.

Das put it in a snake bag and later released it in a nearby forest.

Snake Helpline founder, Subhendu Mallik, said: Cobras are known cannibals. It is not rare to see a large feeding on a smaller cobra.”