Bangkok Snake Wranglers in Action

One of the wranglers holds the head of the captured snake, Feb. 28, 2016. (Z. Aung/VOA)

Khun Pinyo handles a cobra snake, Feb. 28, 2016. (Z. Aung/VOA)

Khun Pinyo removes a cobra snake from a box, Feb. 28, 2016. (Z. Aung/VOA)

Babban Hafsan sojojin saman Najeriya da Takwaransa na sojojin Ruwan Najeriya

A nearby rescue station delivers snakes they caught within the week to Khun Pinyo for release, Feb. 28, 2016. (Z. Aung/VOA)

A 3-meter long Python being captured from the small garden of a resident’s compound in Bang Ken district, Bangkok, Feb. 28, 2016. (Z. Aung/VOA)

Khun Pinyo explaining to a resident about the Banded Rat Snake (non-venomous) captured inside her compound, Feb. 28, 2016. (Z. Aung/VOA)

VOA videographer Zinlat Aung recording firemen preparing to free a reticulated python which was captured in Bangkok, Feb. 28, 2016. (S. Herman/VOA)

VOA Correspondent Steve Herman holds a Burmese python for an on-camera report prior to releasing the snake in Petchaburi province, Thailand, Feb. 28, 2016. (Wanvida Jiralertpaiboon for VOA)

Bangkok fireman Pinyo Pookpinyo eyes a pair of monocled cobras, which were captured in Bangkok, being released into the wild, Feb. 28, 2016. (S. Herman/VOA)

Khun Pinyo holds on to a copperhead rat snake, Feb. 28, 2016. (Z. Aung/VOA)

Fireman Pinyo Pookpinyo points to a reticulated python wrapped around his waist. These snakes kill their prey by squeezing off blood flow, Feb. 28, 2016. (S. Herman/VOA)