Forest personnel today rescued a five foot long Indian cobra from a haystack in Purussottampur village, close to Mahakalpada forest block in Odisha's Kendrapara district.
The adult cobra, a protected species under Wild Protection Act, 1972 had strayed into the village.
However, it did not harm either the humans or the domesticated animals, a forest official said.
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After rescuing the cobra, the forest officials released the reptile in the mangrove forest of Bhitarkanika, a safe habitat for snakes and lizards, he said.
Indian cobra is a venomous snake and biting by cobra often proves fatal.
However, unless provoked, cobras never attack humans and they are found attacking humans only in self-defence, forest officials said.
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