Sent from Amazon? A couple from Bengaluru found a live cobra in an e-commerce package

Although we’ve all heard of orders getting mixed up and people getting caught bars of soap instead of mobile phones while shopping for items online, a Bengaluru couple got the shock of their lives when they saw a venomous snake crawling out of a parcel delivered to them.

Cobra in an Amazon bundle

A couple from Sarjapur Road in Bengaluru ordered an Xbox controller Amazon and to their utter shock, they found a spectacled cobra sticking out of the package. The spectacled cobra is a very venomous snake and its bite can be fatal. But luckily for the couple from Bengaluru, spectacled cobra he got stuck on the Amazon delivery package belt and was trying to get out.

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SCREEN RIPPING

The video goes viral

In the video that went viral, a half-open Amazon package can be seen being held in a bucket. It showed a cobra stuck in packing tape and trying to crawl out.

“The family ordered an Xbox controller on Amazon and ended up buying a live cobra on Sarjapur Road. Fortunately, the poisonous snake stuck to the packing tape. India is not for beginners,” wrote a social media user.

According to reports, the spectacled cobra was captured and then released in a safe place inaccessible to humans.

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What Amazon said

In response to the viral video, Amazon said: “We’re sorry you experienced an inconvenience with your Amazon order. We would like to check it out. Provide the required details here and our team will contact you soon with an update.”

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How social media reacted

Many people on social media reacted to the video with shock and wondered how the venomous snake even ended up on the packaging.

“Instead of an Xbox, they got a box Sssssss,” said one social media user, while another joked that the package was sent from the Amazon rainforest.

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