A 5-feet-long long rat snake was spotted with its head trapped inside an abandoned beer can in Bhubaneswar in eastern India. A few local youths saw the stranded snake and called Snake Helpline.
The snake comes sixth in the 12-animal rotation used by the Chinese to represent the year, following the loong and preceding the horse. Others in the zodiac include rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, sheep/goat, ...