A driver was shocked after finding a king cobra coiled up inside his car engine.<br /><br />Prachuab Kikkham, 46, was concerned by his dog barking intensely at his vehicle in Trang, southern Thailand on Tuesday (March 24) afternoon.<br /><br />He checked his car and was horrified when he lifted the bonnet and found the 9ft long reptile coiled up on the engine.<br /><br />Rescue workers arrived and spent 20 minutes removing the deadly snake.<br /><br />The car owner said he realised something was wrong because it was strange that his dogs were barking and running around the car. <br /><br />He said: "My dogs kept barking constantly at my car and running around it like they were trying to scare out something.<br /><br />"I went to check it and was shocked as I saw the moment when the king cobra slithering up into my car engine."<br /><br />The rescuers put the snake in the sack ready to release it back to the wild away from the local village.
