Highly venomous cobra on the loose in Texas town

The HILL ^ | 5 Aug 2021 | LEXI LONAS

[DUMBGRUNT]

A highly venomous cobra is on the loose in Grand Prairie, Texas, after it went missing from a home on Tuesday.

The owner was permitted to have the snake by the State of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

A bite from the West African Banded Cobra could be lethal to humans, and the snake is aggressive.

“I left to go get food for my other animals down the street and I came back, and the cage door was open by an inch," he said. "She must have found a way to open it up."

He believes the snake is either dead inside the walls of his home or died outside in the heat.

[DUMBGRUNT]

It will not pee gasoline but it might slow down a few illegals from moving to the neighborhood?

[House Atreides]

“ He believes the snake is either dead inside the walls of his home or died outside in the heat.”
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He hopes! I’m betting he’s not sleeping soundly.

[Roadrunner383]

This particular cobra is very aggressive, up to 7ft long and will rush forward to bite. Listed as the 4th most venomous of the various cobras.

[Red Badger]

Well, Carroll Shelby was a Texan...................

[Beowulf9]

Because there’s all these idiots out there owning poisonous snakes as if its cool. They get away;

[Red Badger]

I can’t imagine a cobra ‘dying from heat’...................

[Fai Mao]

Why would ANYONE think it was a good idea to keep such an animal as a “pet” is beyond my understanding.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

If people insist on owning dangerous imported pets like cobras and chimps and tigers, they should be willing to accept the consequences if their pets escape and harm or kill others. Those consequences should include a baseball bat to the skull by the loved ones of anyone harmed by their escaped pets.

[Perseverando]

Cobras and stupid people, what could go wrong?

[Vaquero]

Bingo. Texas heat is nothing compared to it’s home turf.

[Jewbacca]

Nor can I.

I grew up in rural Israel. Various kinds of cobras would consistently be around. Very, very aggressive.

Had one strike my car rear view mirror as I was driving down a rutted road. It was going for my arm that was hanging out of the truck.

[TexasGunLover]

“ He believes the snake is either dead inside the walls of his home or died outside in the heat.”

It hasn't even been above the low 90's the last week. I live about 5 miles north of this nut.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Sheila Jackson Lee must be home to visit her constituents again.

[Leaning Right]

> I’m betting he’s not sleeping soundly. <

If I were him, I’d get me a mongoose ASAP.

[DUMBGRUNT]

—”Well, Carroll Shelby was a Texan...”

And clearly, he was a huge Cobra fan!

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Sorry; just going by the headline as usual.

[Magnum44]

[DUMBGRUNT]

—” idiots out there owning poisonous snakes as if its cool.”

A friend of my brother was a snake charmer or collector or something...

He owned lessor venomous snakes and dreamed of possessing cobra, why I will never know.

To this day I have never returned to his neighborhood, not even in a truck.

[william clark]

Time to call Rent-A-Mongoose

[Bonemaker]

“Highly venomous cobra on the loose in Texas town...”

What won’t these democrats think of next?