This is the amazing moment a thirsty king cobra was given a drink of water after slithering onto a building site in Thailand.<br /><br />The parched serpent was seen sluggishly moving through the property in Chonburi, eastern Thailand, on July 10.<br /><br />Builder Jaraput Srichantuk noticed the dehydrated snake and rather than flee - or attack it like some locals - he kindly tended to the deadly animal.<br /><br />Footage shows Jaraput calmly holding his water bottle to the king cobra's mouth as it gratefully laps up the liquid. <br /><br />Jaraput said the snake was around 14ft long but was tame because it appeared to have recently shed its skin.<br /><br />He said: "I saw the snake was having difficulty in a neighbour's property so I rescued him and gave him some water. <br /><br />''I found his skin nearby and kept it as a souvenir to help me study snakes.<br /><br />''People should not interact closely with wild snakes like I did, but I am used to them and have doen it before.''
