Bengaluru:

A family at a village in Karnataka was shocked with what they found in their refrigerator – a huge cobra.

The incident happened in Karnataka’s Tumakuru.

Forest officials rushed to the house after the family sent an SOS. They came with a snake-catcher.

A video of the house shows the snake-catcher prodding the rear of the refrigerator with a long rod. The snake had made its way down to the circular compressor.

The man then gently pulls out the snake and puts it inside a jar.

Snakes are known to search for warm areas in winter at night. Forest officials said the cobra could have coiled around the refrigerator’s compressor as it gets warm.