Two giant king cobras were caught in a house and a school sports field on the same day in snake species-rich Thailand.

The first serpent was captured in the morning at a football field, where teachers at Tano Maero School in Yala province spotted it on January 21.

Footage shows the Betong Animal Lover Club rescue volunteers using a long bamboo pole to help secure the 13ft (4m) reptile weighing 2st (10kg )into a sack.

The team members were then called to a nearby home to help extract a king cobra that slithered from the small backyard garden into a family's home.

Video shows the volunteers in the kitchen, pinning down the 3ft (1m) serpent with a metal pole. They put it in a plastic basket.

Resident Chayapol Chanwirawong, 35, said: 'We did not know what to do with the snake. The dogs saw it, and it was so big.'

Phatcharin Prathummek of Betong Animal Lover Club added: 'We encourage residents to call us for help if they see these snakes. It is very dangerous to deal with them on their own.'

Both snakes were later released into the forest away from homes and buildings.

Researchers found that 7,000 people are treated for snake bites each year in Thailand. Suchai Suteparuk from the Division of Toxicology at Chulalongkorn University reported that 30 of those die, with cobras being the biggest killer.