A 10ft-long king cobra was caught after rampaging through a beauty salon.<br /><br />Terrified hairdressers and customers ran away after the killer snake appeared with its hood flared at the door of the building.<br /><br />Rescue workers arrived and dragged the snake outside in Trang, Southern Thailand on Tuesday (November 12) afternoon.<br /><br />Head of Bantao Wangwiset rescue team Sawai Keawjua joked that the cobra ''might have just wanted a beauty treatment."<br /><br />He said: ''The snake appeared at the front of the door. I can understand why everybody ran away. But maybe the snake only wanted to be beautified.''<br /><br />Salon owner Khun Saisunee said that the day was going normally until there was "a massive cobra expanding its hood in front of the door'.'<br /><br />She said: "At first, I was shocked, then I composed myself to figure out what to do next while my customers ran away. Finally, I called the rescuers."<br /><br />Rescue volunteers said the reptile was not too aggressive and it was easy to catch. It was removed from the beauty salon in only ten minutes, without anyone being injured.<br /><br />The reptile was stretched out and estimated to be 10ft long. Locals crowded round to seebefore it was released back to the wild.
