Yea, you heard it right. Last week, Anoop and I were working on few things and suddenly my neighbour calls be to tell me there’s a snake in the parking lot. We rush to see it and it was…. wait for it…. Indian Cobra! A spectacled cobra - a new born, probably a week old. It was probably 40 cms long. I used a long stick and put the guy in a translucent bucket. Anoop stood next to with a lid for the bucket. There… We did it… We caught a snake at least once in my life. Well, its not a grown snake.. but still.
Take a look at the picture below. We called Anwin and he came along with his camera and we got a few pictures. Man… he was beautiful. He was a tiny little fellow. We called “People for animal” and got Mr. Prem Koshy take the snake away to a safe place next morning. He same with a jar in hand and took that beautiful creature away. If at all I could feed him mice and frogs consistently, I might not have let him go!
But in the mean time, we had a great time with the snake. I couldn’t capture all the beautiful things he did in the camera, but I saw him show his spectacle with all its beauty… over and over again! I’m sure there are a few more hatchlings around and I’m looking for them. If I see any more, will tell you another story.
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1 Anwin – Me Myself and the World Around Me » Spectacled Cobra in Bangalore house // Jun 19, 2009 at 12:07 pm
[...] were, Nafisa and I. At home, just back from office. I was a bit tired. When Nafisa got a call from Karthik saying he had caught a “King” Cobra. So I did go and take some pictures of the [...]
2 rocksea // Sep 4, 2009 at 4:03 pm
great to know that the snake was saved and released
cheers,,
3 Zeon // Sep 7, 2009 at 10:17 am
Oh yea, we can’t afford to kill the satan now can we? I’m sure there are a few around as well. In the bushes just opposite to my house.
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