Video: Thirsty King Cobra given water from bottle by villagers of drought-hit Karnataka's Kaiga

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Humans generally avoids encounter with snakes. No one takes any risk of going in front of a snake when it's a King Cobra. But, what happened in a village in Karnataka was just unimaginable.

Some kind-hearted villagers in drought-hit Karnataka's Kaiga found a king Cobra who was looking thirsty. According to reports, the King Cobra broke into the village in search for water.

When the villagers spotted the Cobra looking for water, they made the Cobra dring water from a water bottle. 

One man, who was holding a snake catcher for his safety, poured a bottle of water over the head of the Cobra and the snake drank water from bottle.

The man who made the cobra drink water was assisted by his friend who held the snake's tail for his safety. 

News Agency ANI on Thursday released the video of the incident that happened on March 24.

Watch: Drought-hit villagers in Karnataka's Kaiga made King Cobra drink water from a bottle

#WATCH: Drought-hit villagers in Karnataka's Kaiga made King Cobra drink water from a bottle (March 24th) pic.twitter.com/SVEvg4GUKD

— ANI (@ANI_news) March 30, 2017