Zoho CEO's ‘brave’ encounter with 12-foot king cobra in Tamil Nadu village

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Updated At : 03:49 PM Sep 22, 2021 IST

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Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, September 22

Snakes can be scary and encountering a king cobra can make chills run down the spine.

CEO and founder of Zoho Corporation Sridhar Vembu has tweeted two pictures of a 12-foot king cobra that visited him recently.

In one of the photos, Vembu and a group of forest rangers are seen holding the snake.

He captioned it, “A rare 12 feet long King Cobra paid us a visit”, adding that, “Our awesome local forest rangers arrived and caught it for release in the nearby hills. Here is the brave me attempting to touch it. A very auspicious day!”

Late in 2019, before the outbreak of the Covid, Vembu had moved to Mathalamparai, a village near Tenkasi in the picturesque Western Ghats in southern Tamil Nadu.

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