A deadly snake slithered up a pilot's shirt in South Africa during his flight. The large cape cobra was found in the plane's cockpit.

Rudolf Erasmus, a pilot in South Africa, thought he had four passengers on his flight. As it turns out, he had five: four human passengers, and one deadly Cape cobra.

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The pilot made an emergency landing after feeling a Cape Cobra slither under his shirt while flying across South Africa. “I had a moment of stunned silence,” he said.

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The players were right to be alarmed at the snake's presence, as the Cape cobra, primarily found in South Africa, is regarded as one of the most dangerous species of cobra on the continent.

He glanced down to see the head of a fairly large Cape Cobra “receding back under the seat,” he said. “It was as if my brain didn't know what was going on,” he told The Associated Press.