Lipun Behera, a resident of a village near Bhubaneswar in eastern India, found a snake swimming in his well on March 25. <br /><br />He could see that it was an extremely venomous Russell's viper. <br /><br />He called Snake Helpline and volunteer, Asis Behera, rushed to the spot to rescue the snake. He found that the deadly viper had taken refuge inside a crevice of the stone wall. <br /><br />Though Ashis is trained to pull out snakes from wells with the help of a hook, in this case only a small portion of the snake’s body was visible. <br /><br />With no option left, Ashis had to climb down the well using a ladder and rope, risking his life. <br /><br />He managed to pull the snake out of the crevice with the help of a snake tong and then put it in a bag. The snake in the bag was then lifted up by the local villagers. <br /><br />Founder of Snake Helpline Subhendu Mallik said: "Our volunteers are trained to rescue snakes without getting into the wells. But in this case there was choice.” <br /><br />The snake was later released in a nearby forest.
