An eagle-eyed schoolboy kept his classmates from harm after spotting a 5ft-long rat snake entering their classroom in Thailand.<br /><br />The children were busy working when the alert five-year-old saw the reptile slithering into the Watbansang School building in Ang Thong province on 29 May.<br /><br />He immediately informed his teacher, who then gathered the pupils outside the room and called a reptile catcher for assistance.<br /><br />Footage shows the official grabbing the snake barehanded as it tried to slip away behind baskets and shelves full of toys.<br /><br />Still unequipped, the specialist casually handles and controls the flailing snake trying to lunge at her, before it was hauled away and returned to the wild.
