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.
That’s a lot more than a forty of King Cobra!
Oh. The snake. I was kinda hopin’ a Mustang was involved. Nevermind....
No one said anything about keeping the snake though.
Time to start building a supply of anti-venom.
What kind of moron would keep a cobra as a pet?
“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.”
That was the first question that came to mind when I read this.
IBSEPS
in before someone else pings salamander
Some people whil burglarize a house with a dog. But how many will a house with a cobra?
That is disturbing to say the least.
Through sheer pucker, I just rose up several inches in my chair.
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.
Lived in India and the King would actually come towards you when we saw them on the golf course. Aggressive
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
AND THEY'RE HEADING NORTH!
LOL... you beat me to it.
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