This is the moment a huge python was rescued after getting stuck in a manhole cover under the pouring rain.<br /><br />Footage was taken by passerby Khun Terawat while he was driving to work in Chonburi, eastern Thailand on May 4. <br /><br />In the video, the suffering snake is stuck in the metal drain cover while the volunteers pull it out with difficulty. <br /><br />After they had taken the serpent out, it tried to slither away and protect itself by giving a hiss.<br /><br />Terawat said they were driving past the alley when they noticed the snake trying to get in the drain but it was stuck.<br /><br />He said: "We then stopped to help the python. The kind residents told us that it was hit by a motorcycle during the heavy rain. We called the rescue team, but because of the storm, they came to the scene five minutes later when we had finished helping the snake."<br /><br />The python was taken away from the residents and released back into the woods.
