A rare golden cobra slithered into a rubber plantation in Satun province in southern Thailand on Thursday.
Sitthinai Soisuwan was walking in the rubber plantation behind his house in Satun province when he spotted an unusual golden snake. Sitthinai said the snake flared its hood and threatened him.
Captivated by its beauty, Sitthinai didn’t think about the snake’s potentially deadly venom and wrangled the snake, put it in a sack, and carried it home. He said he planned on raising the golden snake as a pet.
When Sitthinai posted photos of the one-metre-long golden snake on Facebook, commenters warned him to release it immediately.
Netizens told Sitthinai that he was dealing with a highly venomous spitting Sumatran cobra.
Not only is it a deadly venomous snake, but like a Siamese spitting cobra, it can spit venom at targets with great accuracy.
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