A king cobra was caught hiding inside a car engine after fleeing from a family's pet dog.<br /><br />The serpent slithered across the front yard of the home in Saraburi, central Thailand, on February 22.<br /><br />But the family's pet dog began barking and chased away the deadly reptile, which took refuge inside the white Mazda.<br /><br />Motorist Prapaiphon Thipdee, 19, said she was shocked to see the 13ft long snake slithering into the vehicle while she was walking out to see what the noise was.<br /><br />Prapaiphon said: "I heard lots of barking then I saw the snake fleeing from the dog. It went under the car then climbed up into the engine.''<br /><br />The teenager later called the emergency services, who arrived and caught the cobra with their bare hands.<br /><br />Footage taken by a rescuer Tanakorn Chuennok shows two reptile catchers pulling the cobra out of the car engine. Neighbors clamoured to see the serpent and record the incident on their phones.<br /><br />The fierce cobra was put into a sack and will be released into the jungle.<br /><br />Tanakorn said: "This is the biggest king cobra we have ever seen in our village."
