A rescue team in Padang, Indonesia shows the correct way to catch and remove a king cobra.

The video, filmed on Monday (September 21) shows the team playing with the female cobra, wearing her out before catching her and releasing her back into the wild.

A witness at the scene explained: "the snake suddenly appeared and we were shocked and immediately called a reptile lover, whose home is not far from the fire department, I suspected the king cobra came out of a ditch not far from my guard post."

The evacuation of the female cobra was carried out in about 30 minutes by playing until the snake is tired and tame to put in a sack, so that it can be released into the wild.

A king cobra snake attempted to evacuate properly by a reptile lover man in the city of Padang named Danu from the fire office on 21 September 2020.

The evacuation of the female cobra is carried out by playing until the snake is tired and tame to put in a sack, so that it can be released into the wild.

A firefighter as an eye witness said "the snake suddenly crossed his guard post and was shocked and immediately called the reptile lover, whose home is not far from the fire department, he suspected that the king cobra snake came out of a ditch not far from his guard post."

Dhanu said "the technique of inviting him to interact so that the snake is tired and the evacuation technique does not hurt the snake, initially he tried to run aggressively but was resolved for 30 minutes of playing and the 3 meter long snake got into the sack"

evacuate a female king cobra along the 3 meters from the Padang City Fire Rescue Office