The men can tell by the traces on the ground at the entrance of a burrow if a snake has gone in recently.One way to get the cobra out is to dangle cockroaches or baby frogs before the hole.If this does not work,two men start digging while the third keeps watch a bamboo stick ready in his hand.If there is a cobra inside the hole,it may come out hissing,its long,forked tongue flickering angrily.The man with the stick quickly,but gently,pins the cobra's head to the ground,then lifts it up by the tail and deftly coils it into a clay pot