Cobra rescued after spending four days with it’s head stuck in a beer can

Vets saved a cobra which had been stuck inside a can of beer of four days. See SWNS story SWCOBRA; The highly venomous reptile had been crashing around the inside of an abandoned water tank with its head stuck inside an empty can of Budweiser. The terrified snake had almost slit its own throat and vets painstakingly cut away the metal and performed a two-hour op to stitch it back to health. The thirsty cobra found in the tank in Bhubaneshwar city in the southern Indian state of Odisha is expected to make a full recovery in around a month. Rescuer Subhendu Mallick, who took the cobra to vets at the Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, said: "The cobra will be completely fine in one month. "If need be the snake may undergo another surgery. However, it is out of danger now,” said Prof Jena. Such incidents, wherein snakes sustain injuries after getting their heads stuck in cans, are on the rise, said Subhendu Mallick. They usually venture inside cans in search of water.