Snakes on a Plane is an infamous Samuel L. Jackson movie from the mid-aughts. It’s also what one South African pilot came face to face with this week. When flying on Monday, Rudolf Erasmus encountered ...

A South African pilot is being praised for keeping his cool after he discovered a most unwelcome passenger midflight: a Cape cobra. Pilot Rudolf Erasmus was piloting a Beechcraft Baron 58 with four ...

A ferocious cape cobra is seen eating and swallowing another snake whole in a matter of only a few minutes. Karsten Vollmer was able to capture this incredible sighting in South Africa and shared it ...

A startling scene was caught on camera last week in South Africa’s Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park by a sightseer. Engineer Klaus Bohmer was on safari in the park when he came across something he’d never ...

SOUTH AFRICA -- South African authorities are applauding a pilot's courage for safely landing an aircraft after feeling a venomous stowaway cobra slithering on his body mid-flight. The pilot, Rudolf ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A pilot in South Africa made a hasty emergency landing after discovering a highly venomous cobra hiding under his seat. Rudolf Erasmus had four passengers on board the light ...

Stellenbosch Snake Removals of South Africa sent an expert to remove the cape cobra from the home Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A pilot in South Africa made a hasty emergency landing after discovering a highly venomous cobra hiding under his seat. Rudolf Erasmus had four passengers on board the ...