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00:00 - It's huge. - Yeah, bigger than I thought.
00:02 - You want more pliers? - Incredible.
00:04 Whenever there's a construction site, and a snake is just not a good mix.
00:15 - If you see underneath the concrete, there's a pipe. - Okay.
00:19 - There's a pipe that goes down. - Okay.
00:22 - But it can't go through. - Okay.
00:24 - So it's just in there. - In there somewhere.
00:27 - It's big. - Big how? - 1.5 metres at least.
00:30 - Okay. We'll have a look at it. - I'll leave you to it.
00:34 Whenever you put your head in a hole without knowing what it is, they raise.
00:38 Even if you're told it's a forest cobra, it could be a cobra crasher.
00:41 So it's under this.
00:46 The guys there have dug a trench, which is quite deep.
00:50 And now it's stuck between the conduit and the foundations of the property.
00:55 It's not great. There's not much space.
00:58 And it's the biggest cobra of the African genus of the Naja.
01:02 It's going to be tough.
01:04 - I see it. - You see it? - Yes.
01:07 I now understand why the workers are so scared.
01:11 It's a huge forest cobra.
01:13 It's the heaviest venomous snake in Africa.
01:18 Despite its size, the forest cobra is incredibly agile.
01:23 As much on the ground as in the trees.
01:25 If you haven't spread your legs to see its hood,
01:30 know that the bite of this cobra is equivalent to a powerful cocktail of neurotoxic venom
01:36 that can make you go from life to death in 30 minutes.
01:39 I don't know what size it is, but if it's big enough, we might be in its line of sight.
01:44 - Do you need gloves? - No. I'll try to get it out with a hook.
01:49 I'm going to need a bit of space.
01:52 I'm going to get stuck when it comes out.
01:55 If I scare it, it might sink even further under the house, and then we're going to lose it.
02:03 It's there.
02:05 It would be better if I could clear some of the ground.
02:09 It's better if M'Bali keeps his distance.
02:13 - Are you excited? - Yeah, we don't catch them that often.
02:18 It's good to see that. We'll have to see how it reacts.
02:22 It doesn't attack, it prefers to run away.
02:25 It's better to avoid being bitten.
02:27 They have a powerful neurotoxic and cytotoxic venom.
02:30 - There's a lot of ground. - Come on.
02:33 - I don't know which way I'm holding it. - The tail.
02:37 Yeah, it's the tail.
02:39 That's it.
02:41 It might not like that.
02:43 Where's my other hook?
02:45 Watch out.
02:46 Working with venomous snakes in a confined space is always dangerous.
02:50 But if it's big, it's even more dangerous.
02:53 - It's going to disappear. - Do you want the glove?
02:57 - Don't let go. - It's going to disappear.
02:59 Back off, all of you.
03:01 It's risky, I don't know how big it is.
03:04 - It's strong. - Yeah, snakes are very agile.
03:07 It's on top of that. It can wrap itself around something.
03:11 - It's big. - Yeah, you'd better back off.
03:14 - Yeah, I'm backing off. - I don't want you to get bitten.
03:17 - It's big. - It's strong.
03:20 - Wow, it's huge. - Yeah, bigger than I thought.
03:23 Do you want more pliers? Incredible.
03:25 - It's beautiful. - I'm like, "What a big snake."
03:30 I've never seen a forest cobra this big before.
03:33 - Big, big cobra. - Watch out, they can stand up.
03:38 - Do you want the other hook? - Wow.
03:40 Beautiful.
03:42 I think I'd be given a place if I got out of there with that.
03:45 She doesn't look too bad. She's a female.
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