Basanti Bhoi was shocked to see a big cobra swallowing a smaller snake at her home in Naranagada village near Khordha in eastern India on April 16. <br /><br />The snake, after finishing its meal, entered a burrow inside her compound and vanished.<br /><br />She made a call to Snake Helpline, which sent a volunteer, Susant Behera, to help her. <br /><br />After he dug the burrow, a four-feet long Indian spectacled cobra came out with a hiss, and tried to flee. <br /><br />He managed to catch the tail of the cobra and it began to regurgitate its meal.<br /><br />As the stunned villagers watched, a three-feet long long cobra came out its mouth.<br /><br />Susant captured the live snake and released it in its natural habitat later. <br /> <br />Subhendu Mallik, founder of Snake Helpline said: "CannibalIsm is a common behaviour in cobras.”<br /><br />“When snakes feel threatened they regurgitate their prey and try to make a quick getaway,” he added.
