A resident of Pune in western India noticed a large rat snake hiding under the bonnet of their car.<br /><br />Worried that it may have gone inside, he called snake rescuer Saidas Kusal to recover the serpent. <br /><br />Saidas spotted the snake as soon as he lifted the hood and grabbed its tail. <br /><br />But his attempt to pull the snake out failed as it was reluctant to come out and had entwined itself with the engine's parts. <br /><br />Saidas said: “Its tail was near the top of the hood and the head was moving towards the chassis. It was resisting my attempt to ease it out of the car.” <br /><br />Holding on to the tail, he grabbed the upper part of the snake with his left hand and then pushed its tail down. <br /><br />With the entire snake at the bottom of the hood and with Sai keeping a firm grip, there was no escape for it. <br /><br />After a while, the nearly eight-foot-long non-venomous rat snake gave in and slid out of the car smoothly. <br /><br />Saidas put it in a bag and released it in a nearby forest later.
