This was the moment a man in Indonesia demonstrated how to help a king cobra shed its skin.

The clip, filmed on June 15, shows Danu bathing the snake before helping it shed its skin.

Because of the aggressive nature of a teenage king cobra, Danu proceeded with caution when holding his head and washing it.

"Pet king cobras sometimes need help with shedding their skin. They do it to keep it clean and also when they get bigger and older," Danu told Newsflare.

"Uniquely, once the cobra is bathed, it will calm down, then it will come to get a drink, the king cobra will raise his body up to drink," he added.

a reptile lover shows a dangerous scene. he du helping with a friend trying to help a 2-year-old king cobra with a length of 3 meters in front of his pet shop named king pet shop in the pangilun mountain area of ​​the city of Padang (15 June 2020).


danu said "we must help the snake to exchange its skin because in the wild king cobras usually exchange skins for twigs, because he is a pet then he is helped".

with caution from the aggressive nature of the teenage king cobra calmly danu tried to hold his head and his friend holding the tail until he could help exchange his skin. "

King Cobra should be assisted with the exchange of skin for a month to keep it clean and make its length increase and the mark of its age also increases," said Danu.

after helping to cleanse the skin, danu tried to help wash it with spray and give it a dangerous snake drink. "Uniquely, the cobra is bathed, it will calm down, then when it comes to drinking, the king cobra will raise his body up to half the body," he added.

until now danu has not been able to merge with the teenage king cobra because of his aggressiveness and the snake almost killed several of his siblings and he gave the snake the name "red killer".