A farmer in western India saw a cobra in his farm pond and called a snake rescuer to fish it out on July 12.<br /><br />The venomous reptile had fallen into the water chasing a prey and was unable to slither up the smooth slope of the pond in Nuvadunge village in Ahmednagar district.<br /><br />The farmer called Akash Jadhav and team of the Wildlife Rescue Society to rescue the snake. <br /><br />Team member, Nawaz Shaikh, strapped himself to a harness and went down the pond. He managed to bring the cobra to safety with the help of a snake stick, which was later released in the wild. <br /><br />“The snake was about five feet long and aggressive. It is now back in the forest, where it belongs,” said Akash.
