{"id":403360,"date":"2026-03-25T16:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/403360\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T16:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:33:09","slug":"thai-snake-rescuer-avoids-danger-after-cobra-loose-in-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/403360\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai snake rescuer avoids danger after cobra loose in car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/news\/national\/krabi-snake-catcher-bitten-by-king-cobra-draws-public-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Thai snake rescuer<\/strong><\/a> and YouTuber shared a video of a <strong>cobra<\/strong> emerging inside a moving car, saying he and a friend <strong>avoided injury<\/strong> after the snake <strong>escaped<\/strong> from a <strong>fertiliser bag<\/strong> during transport.<\/p>\n<p>Nirut \u201cNick\u201d Chom-ngam, better known online as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nickwildlife1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nick Wildlife<\/a>, posted the clip on Facebook on March 23 and wrote in the caption, \u201cA snake out in the car. We don\u2019t know what to do at the moment. This is a true story, not a staged one for engagement\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, the snake, reported to be a cobra, is seen moving across the steering wheel before sliding onto the driver\u2019s lap. The driver, identified as Nick\u2019s friend Ton, is heard being told to stay as still as possible and pull over.<\/p>\n<p>After the car stopped, Nick got out first and instructed Ton to remain still. Once it was safe, Nick told Ton to exit the vehicle while he searched inside for the snake.<\/p>\n<p>Nick later found the cobra on the floor of the back seat and removed it from the car with his <a href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/news\/national\/krabi-rescue-volunteer-catches-giant-king-cobra-with-bare-hands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">bare hands<\/a>. He then moved to a footpath and took time to place the snake into a white cloth bag, which he tied tightly.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-992398 wprlazy\" alt=\"Cobra escapes fertiliser bag in moving car\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thaiger-Cover-Picture-2026-03-25T172745.005.jpg\"\/>Photo via Facebook\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/1DfyB3cPy7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nick Wildlife<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The video drew praise from many followers for Nick\u2019s handling of the situation, while others accused him of staging it for views. Nick later posted again to deny the claim, saying he and his friend would not risk their lives for <a href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/news\/national\/cobra-content-turns-deadly-for-thai-man-in-khon-kaen-resort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">social media engagement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nick said the cobra had been caught by a local rescue team in Ayutthaya province. He said the rescuers placed the snake in a fertiliser bag before handing it to him so he could take it to what he described as a suitable habitat for release.<\/p>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-992397 wprlazy\" alt=\"Thai rescuer escapes danger after cobra escapes in car\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thaiger-Cover-Picture-2026-03-25T172923.694.jpg\"\/>Photo via Facebook\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/1DfyB3cPy7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nick Wildlife<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>While travelling to the release location, Nick said, the cobra bit through the fertiliser bag and escaped, leading to the incident shown in the video. He said it was fortunate the snake appeared disoriented and focused on exploring the car, and had not shown panic or aggressive behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Nick added that the incident happened about two years ago, but he shared the video as a warning to other rescuers about using fertiliser bags to contain venomous animals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Latest Thailand News<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Home<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/news\/national\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thailand News<\/a>\/Thai snake rescuer shares safety warning after cobra escapes inside car<a class=\"post-cat tie-cat-9\" href=\"https:\/\/thethaiger.com\/news\/national\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thailand News<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Thai snake rescuer and YouTuber shared a video of a cobra emerging inside a moving car, saying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[273],"tags":[9183,18,19,17,133,20562,391,461],"class_list":["post-403360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-cobra","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-snake","tag-thailand","tag-wildlife"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116290781442785462","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}