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King Cobra On the Loose After Escaping Home in Orlando
NBC Miami ^ | Sep 3, 2015

Posted on 09/03/2015 9:04:42 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Wildlife officials in Florida say they're searching for an 8-foot-long king cobra snake that escaped from a home in Orlando.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Greg Workman says the snake was reported missing Wednesday by its owner.

Officials say the non-native, venomous snake is green and yellow.

Workman says the snake's owner has the proper permit to keep it as a pet and officials say the owner is an experienced snake handler.

Wildlife officials say they've been canvassing the area looking for the snake. Officials warn residents not to approach the reptile if they see it and instead urge them to contact the agency's alert hotline.


TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: florida; floriduh; snakes
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1 posted on 09/03/2015 9:04:42 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

That’s a lot more than a forty of King Cobra!


2 posted on 09/03/2015 9:06:51 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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Oh. The snake. I was kinda hopin’ a Mustang was involved. Nevermind....


3 posted on 09/03/2015 9:07:15 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (I got nothin'.)
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To: nickcarraway
Workman says the snake's owner has the proper permit to keep it as a pet and officials say the owner is an experienced snake handler.

No one said anything about keeping the snake though.

BORN FREE

5 posted on 09/03/2015 9:08:16 AM PDT by OddLane
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To: nickcarraway
Male or female?

Time to start building a supply of anti-venom.

6 posted on 09/03/2015 9:10:59 AM PDT by stboz
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To: nickcarraway

What kind of moron would keep a cobra as a pet?


7 posted on 09/03/2015 9:12:12 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Political Correctness is Supression of Free Speech. Thank the Commies for Political Correctness.)
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“You can’t bring that in here!”

“It’s just my Service Cobra, Fluffy.”

“You’re insane!”

“Yes I am. Fluffy helps keep me calm.”


8 posted on 09/03/2015 9:13:48 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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What kind of moron would keep a cobra as a pet?

That was the first question that came to mind when I read this.

9 posted on 09/03/2015 9:14:56 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: nickcarraway; Salamander

IBSEPS

in before someone else pings salamander


10 posted on 09/03/2015 9:16:33 AM PDT by wardaddy (White boy wiggers in pickups Rebel Flags and cowboy rap....FMR meanwhile war on whites steams ahead)
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11 posted on 09/03/2015 9:20:23 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: from occupied ga; BuffaloJack

Some people whil burglarize a house with a dog. But how many will a house with a cobra?


12 posted on 09/03/2015 9:21:34 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Snickering Hound

That is disturbing to say the least.


13 posted on 09/03/2015 9:23:14 AM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: Snickering Hound

Through sheer pucker, I just rose up several inches in my chair.


14 posted on 09/03/2015 9:24:06 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: nickcarraway

people in Florida need to take driving lessons from Texans.

We had some kind of Cobra get loose and it did not make it a quarter mile before someone drove over it and killed it.


15 posted on 09/03/2015 9:24:50 AM PDT by hadaclueonce (I thought Ethanol was the devil, now i find it is America is an Oligarchy)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Don't let the smooth taste fool ya!

16 posted on 09/03/2015 9:25:52 AM PDT by W. (Get a rope. Now.)
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To: tumblindice

Lived in India and the King would actually come towards you when we saw them on the golf course. Aggressive


17 posted on 09/03/2015 9:28:34 AM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: nickcarraway; Yudan

I grew up on the edge of Jackson MS near Yudan about a decade earlier in an area now ghetto which spawned David Banner....gangsta rap southern black style

We were on edge of rural with creeks and swamps and deep woods

Full of water moccasins and southern diamondbacks ....big fat enormous headed pit vipers the latter

Folks got bit

We had neighbors with 4 teen boys who caught them and kept a dozen in a terrarium type tank

They would handle the biggest rattler a bit especially if wasn’t hungry

Nobody messed with the cottonmouths....they would strike a stick like nothing

I think rattlers could sense human arm?

We’d all catch rodents to watch them feed

One rattler was so big he had his own tank

He got out one day and momma laid down the law

They took the snakes out on a nearby farm and let them all go

I inherited some decent sized corn snakes....they lived to bite me


18 posted on 09/03/2015 9:28:52 AM PDT by wardaddy (White boy wiggers in pickups Rebel Flags and cowboy rap....FMR meanwhile war on whites steams ahead)
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As though Florida didn't have enough problems already!

AND THEY'RE HEADING NORTH!

19 posted on 09/03/2015 9:29:32 AM PDT by Savage Beast (We the People OF THE UNITED STATESÂ…do ordain and establish this Constitution FOR THE UNITED STATES.)
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To: OddLane
No one said anything about keeping the snake though.

LOL... you beat me to it.

20 posted on 09/03/2015 9:31:09 AM PDT by ken in texas
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