A villager in east India heard his hens clucking loudly in alarm on the morning of June 21 and then discovered a live cobra stealing their eggs.

When Nabaghana Behera, a resident of Pipili area in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, went to check his poultry, he saw the cobra hurriedly swallowing eggs.

A Snake Helpline volunteer, Biranchi Narayana Acharjya, went to the spot quickly and rescued the four-feet long Indian cobra. The cobra had swallowed 5 eggs which had formed a line of lumps in its stomach.

As soon as Biranchi caught it, the cobra regurgitated all the eggs it had swallowed one by one. He released it in a far away natural habitat later.

Founder of Snake Helpline, Subhendu Malik, said: "Snakes usually regurgitate their meal if they fear for their safety and try to make a quick getaway.”

An Indian villager, Nabaghana Behera, woke up to the loud clucking sound of his hens on the morning of June 21.

When the resident of Pipili area in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar in eastern India went to check, he saw a big cobra swallowing eggs hurriedly. The hens were clucking in fear and flapping their wings.

A Snake Helpline volunteer, Biranchi Narayana Acharjya, went to the spot quickly and rescued the four-feet long Indian cobra. The cobra had swallowed 5 eggs which had formed a line of lumps in its stomach.

As soon as Biranchi caught it, the cobra regurgitated all the eggs it had swallowed one by one. He released it in a far away natural habitat later.

Founder of Snake Helpline, Subhendu Malik, said: "Snakes usually regurgitate their meal if they fear for their safety and try to make a quick getaway.”