A cobra, which was in labour pain, took a swipe at a filmer, who was trying to record it laying eggs. <br /><br />The terrifying moment of the extremely venomous Indian spectacled cobra lunging at the filmer, who had got too close, was caught on camera. <br /><br />Volunteers of Snake Helpline in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, rescued the cobra and brought it to their office after noticing that it was pregnant and had begun to lay eggs. <br /><br />They placed the gorgeous 4.5-feet cobra in a well ventilated 16×13×8 inches plastic box. <br /><br />Subhendu Mallik, secretary of Snake Helpline, began to film the rare sight of an Indian cobra laying eggs. <br /><br />The cobra was highly agitated and raised its hood to keep Subhendu at a distance. <br /><br />Subhendu said: “It never attacked. All its aggression was in self-defence and to protect its eggs.”<br /><br />The cobra, which continued to lay eggs at regular intervals, grew tired and lowered its guard. <br /><br />As it appeared to relax, Subhendu decided to go for a close-up and slowly approached the now-docile snake, which, however, kept staring at the mobile camera. <br /><br />The cobra finished laying an egg, flickered its tongue a few times and then suddenly lunged forward to strike at the mobile phone. <br />Subhendu immediately stopped filming and put a lid over the box. <br /><br />He said the incident left him terrified. “The snake struck the phone cover and missed my fingers by a few inches. The cover saved my day.”<br /><br />The cobra laid a total of 23 eggs and was later released in its natural habitat.
