A resident of Bhubaneswar in eastern India got the shock of his life on Wednesday (August 14).<br /><br />He was getting ready to go to his office at 9 am and went to put on his shoes but as picked them up, he heard a low hissing sound coming from one of them.<br /><br />When he looked inside, a cobra raised its hood. <br /><br />In a panic, Rakesh called the Snake Helpline.<br /><br />Founder of Snake Helpline Subhendu Mallik rushed to the spot, caught the nearly two-month-old baby monocled cobra and later released it in its natural habitat later.<br /><br />“The snake was a juvenile, but it had enough neurotoxic venom to kill an adult human,“ said Subhendu Mallik. <br /><br />“People should look inside their shoes before putting them on as they are a favourite hideouts for snakes and scorpions,” he added.
