the man 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 dose not work , two men start digging while the third keeps watch with 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