Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Volunteer animal rescuers were called to a temple in India to rescue a nearly 3-foot cobra that became stuck in the steel mesh covering a floor drain. Atul Baral, a volunteer with the Snake Helpline, said he was called to the temple in Bhubaneshwar after a cobra was discovered stuck in the steel mesh covering a flood drain. Advertisement The cobra had apparently tried to slither down the drain and became stuck due to its swollen abdomen from a recent meal, Baral said. Baral removed the mesh from the drain and took the snake to the nearby College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, where a veterinarian used wire cutters to remove the mesh from the snake's body. The snake, freed from the mesh, then regurgitated a toad it had previously eaten. Read More Louisiana woman films owl struggling to eat large snake Deadly snake attempts camouflage by hiding in garden hose spool Cause of mystery toilet flushing turns out to be snake in the wall