A 10ft long king cobra was rescued after getting stuck in a family's kitchen sink while hunting for rats.<br /><br />The snake's tail was seen poking out of the narrow sink hole at the home in Pathum Thani, central Thailand, on Friday January 17.<br /><br />Shocked residents called the emergency services who arrived to begin the difficult job of freeing the venomous reptile.<br /><br />Rescuer worker Chonnatee Kruachot recorded one of the team smashing through tiles and a concrete wall before pulling the steel pipe out.<br /><br />The cobra was then pulled out, with the plug hole still stuck around its neck, before being laid out on the ground so it could be cut free.<br /><br />The snake suffered minor wounds during the ordeal but was saved and released back into nearby woodland.<br /><br />Chonnatee said: "The snake probably thought it could go through a narrow tube, but it was too big to make it.<br /><br />''I suspect it was chasing a rat or mouse into the hole and its instincts to catch the victim were so strong that it continued trying to force itself through the pipe.<br /><br />''We had to help the snake without injuring him and ensure that the residents were safe, too.''
