Shipped from Amazon Rainforest? Bengaluru couple finds live cobra inside e-commerce package
The couple from Bengaluru had ordered an Xbox controller from Amazon. The spectacled cobra is a highly venomous snake, and its bite can be fatal.
While we have all heard about order mix-ups and people getting soap bars instead of mobile phones while buying things online, a couple from Bengaluru was in for the shock of their lives after they found a venomous snake crawling out of the package that was delivered to them.
Cobra inside Amazon package
The couple from Sarjapur Road in Bengaluru had ordered an Xbox controller from Amazon and, to their utter shock, found a spectacled cobra sticking out of the package. The spectacled cobra is a highly venomous snake, and its bite can be fatal. However, luckily for the Bengaluru couple, the spectacled cobra was stuck on the Amazon delivery package's tape and was trying to wiggle out.
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Video goes viral
In a video that has gone viral, the half-opened Amazon package can be seen kept inside a bucket. It showed the cobra stuck in the packaging tape attempting to crawl out.
¡°A family ordered an Xbox controller on Amazon and ended up getting a live cobra in Sarjapur Road. Luckily, the venomous snake was stuck to the packaging tape. India is not for beginners,¡± a social media user wrote.
A family ordered an Xbox controller on Amazon and ended up getting a live cobra in Sarjapur Road. Luckily, the venomous snake was stuck to the packaging tape. India is not for beginners ?
¡ª Aaraynsh (@aaraynsh) June 18, 2024
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According to reports, the spectacled cobra was successfully captured and later released in a safe place out of people's reach.
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What Amazon said
Responding to the viral video, Amazon said, "We're sorry to know about the inconvenience you've had with the Amazon order. We'd like to have this checked. Please share the required details here, and our team will get back to you soon with an update."
How social media reacted
Many on social media reacted to the video with shock and wondered how the venomous snake ended up on the package in the first place.
"Instead of Xbox, they got Ssssssss box," said one social media user, while another joked that the package was shipped from the Amazon rainforest.
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