A rampaging king cobra was caught after attacking a python during a reptile battle in a pond.<br /><br />Concerned locals heard the two deadly snakes splashing around in the water in Chonburi, eastern Thailand, on June 5.<br /><br />Onlooker Surapong Chomphupruek, 59, called the emergency services to separate them. They arrived with catching gear and dragged away the king cobra, which had overpowered its opponent. <br /><br />The 10ft python was tangled up in a fishing net attached to the banks of the pond while the cobra was lurking in the surrounding water.<br /><br />Rescue workers caught both snakes and released them back into the wild, far from homes.<br /><br />Surapong, a farmer, said he was frightened when he saw two gigantic reptiles in his back yard.<br /><br />He said: "I found a wild cobra trying to kill a python that struggled to move out from the net. I knew I could not help the snake so I called for help."
