I thought there were venomous snake farms for that purpose. That’s not your average pet to me. YMMV.
Lots of private owners sell venom to labs.
Many people have hots for display animals, much the same as other people keep venomous/poisonous fish and other beasties in aquariums.
The whole world is not exclusively warm and fluffy.
I sincerely despise journalists, especially stupid ones.
“Highly aggressive cobra”?
Crap.
“Ecology and behaviour
Monocled cobras are terrestrial and most active at dusk and in the evening.
In rice-growing areas, they hide in rodent burrows in the dykes between fields and have become semi-aquatic in this type of habitat.
Juveniles feed mostly on amphibians, and adults prey on small mammals, snakes and fish.
_When disturbed they prefer to take flight._
*However, when threatened, they will raise the anterior portions of their bodies, spread their hood, usually hiss loudly, and strike in an attempt to bite and defend themselves.*
They are often found in tree holes and areas where rodents are plentiful.
NO snake is “aggressive”.
ALL of them are only defensive.
Every snake on earth will flee, if given half a chance and any “attack” on their part was motivated by the fear of something that they either could not escape or that occurred to them so suddenly they reacted instantly.
People are idiots.
There are a few venomous snake farms as you call them but not many. The problem is, the genetic diversity of the snakes to get quality venom must be varied. They discovered an enzyme that apparently helps to stop seizures in patients a year or so ago. The enzyme was found in a single specimen of snake. No others of it’s species has this enzyme. It’s a genetic mutation in the venom production that is probably going to have a major impact on medicine.
This is why it’s important to not be a pansy and freak out over venomous snakes. Far too many medicines are being discovered due to their venom.
Knee jerk reactions like the Lacey Act ban on Burmese pythons has already had a major negative effect on research. Burmese pythons enlarge their heart after eating. It’s not known why yet but they can control it. Scientists think that with enough examples of pythons to study, they might be able to find a cure for all diseases related to enlarged hearts. The problem is, they can’t get the samples now because of knee jerk pansies that demanded the Burms be put on the Lacey act. They can’t get enough diverse genetic material to isolate what the Burms are doing to enlarge their hearts.
So, tens of thousands if not more people have died because of enlarged heart disease and because of panty wetting, monster under the bed, cowards, the cure which is sitting right in front of us, can’t be found.
Sad really. But that is what you get when ignorant people make policy on a subject they have zero education on.