>> Supposedly they came from a research lab destroyed in a hurricane.
NO! They came from the Walt Disney propagandized “no kill” do-gooder snake fanciers. Bert the snake was cool when he was a little guy eating a mouse or two a week, but when he moved into chickens and took up half the patio, it was time for a “Born Free” replay. Dumb a$$es.
Now, that havin been said, some years ago a friend saw a cobra crossing Loop Road near 40-mile bend on the Tamiami Trail. That coulda been from Bill Haas’ old Miami Serpentarium.
Oh yeah, and one other thing - the Gummn’t has spent so many years running civilians off “the Gummn’t’s land” that these things can grow unmolested. How about opening up the ‘Glades and putting a $50 bounty on these snakes and see what happens?
At $100-$200 for large snakes, it may be enough of an incentive in this economy to turn ol’ Bert into doggie chow.