A cobra rescuer in western India had a close encounter when rescuing one snake that had fallen into a well when it decided to take a bite at him. <br /><br />Residents of a village near Ahmednagar in western Maharashtra noticed an adult cobra inside a 60-feet well and thought it would climb up on its own.<br /><br />When they noticed it was still inside the well after a few days, they made a call to Wildlife Rescue Society. <br /><br />When Akash Jadhav and his team arrived at the village on October 19, 2019, they saw that the cobra had spent a few days inside the well, unable to climb out, and was thoroughly exhausted.<br /><br />There was no time to lose and they immediately started their rescue work. <br /><br />Team member Nawaz Shaikh went down the well with a harness and tried to pull it up with a stick. <br /><br />But as he was dangling mid air in an awkward position, and the agitated snake wriggled to escape, almost reaching his hand to bite. <br /><br />After a few heartstopping attempts, Nawaz dropped the snake and climbed up. He went back again and this time managed to safely catch it inside a bag. Akash and team released the snake in the wild later.<br /><br />Akash said: “I am happy we rescued the snake on time. Any more delay would have been perhaps fatal to it. It was a very dangerous rescue.”
