This is the scary moment a snake rescuer catches an Indian cobra and climbs a steep wall of a farm pond.<br /><br />The deadly snake can be seen dangling inches away from the legs of the rescuer, ready to have a go at him.<br /><br />The snake had been spotted in a large farm pond by villagers near Ahmednagar in Maharashtra, India. <br /><br />The 12-year-old and 6-feet long cobra had slipped into the water and was unable to climb up. <br /><br />A call was made to Animal Welfare Society, whose volunteers rushed to save the reptile from drowning.<br /><br />The rescue was tricky as there was no place to stand at the bottom of the pond. <br /><br />As a large crowd watched snake expert Akash Jadhav, 28, went down and caught the snake. <br /><br />The cobra, which had been in water for nearly 12 hours, was extremely agitated. It had flared its hood to strike at anything that got close. <br /><br />Jadhav climbed the steep wall holding the cobra in one hand and a rope in the other taking care to keep his legs inches away from the hissing snake. <br /><br />Eyewitness Vishnu Joshi, 42, said: “From a distance it looked like the cobra was going to bite him. We were stunned to see a man risking his own life to save a snake.”<br />Jadhav said: “There were tense moments, but I am trained to rescue poisonous snakes. It was perhaps as risky as a driver taking out his car on a slippery road on a rainy day.” <br /><br />Later, he spoke to the crowd and urged them not to kill the snakes as they were crucial to check rodents.
