Cobra that spooked couple is no pet

Wild visitor: (From right) Mohammad Izani, security guard Mohd Khairy Ismail, 31, and Muhamad Sufian, 28, showing a photo of them capturing the cobra at the Taman Pauh Jaya Flat in Bukit Mertajam, Penang. — ASRI ABDUL GHANI/The Star

BUKIT MERTAJAM: The former snake charmer who helped catch the 4.2m-long king cobra that was spotted slithering along the outer wall of a five-storey block of low-cost flats in Taman Pauh Jaya here believes it is a wild snake.

Mohammad Izani Ramli, 25, who is now an insurance agent, said snakes kept captive in cages or aquariums usually have scars on their mouths and their skin are clean.