Monocled Cobra on the loose in Thousand Oaks Calif.

I'm not going to feel sorry for any animal that is not native and presents a threat to humans. It's a serpent, a reptile, a beast. If it bites a child or anyone, I would imagine the owner will bear the full brunt of the law. If a tiger gets loose and attacks someone, you can't say "Oh he was just hungry."
Back in the 70s and 80s there was a local guy who had a lot of venomous snakes, mostly Diamondbacks. He put on shows at local schools and malls. He also had a 10 ft. King Cobra. One day he walked over to it's cage and saw it was empty. He called a friend who had helped him in his shows and asked for help finding the King. His friend replied,"I'll help you find your snake, but when we do, he's all yours!" Luckily they found him in the house, in a closet.
 
The moron who left this thing loose and the Cobra should become cell mates for awhile! ;)
 
Hellraiser said:
I don't understand it. How can you put the cuffs on a snake when it ain't got no arms and hands?
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You misunderstood. This is a monocled cobra; not a manacled one. :D

It is so called because of a circular like mark on the back of the hood of examples with normal coloration. I think this is the monocellate version. There is another with what looks like two monocles, joined by a band. Pretty sure that it's Naja naja, the archetype cobra, unless one awards that honor to the Egyptian variety, Naja haje. Can't recall the scientific name for the other Asian one.

Naja naja is the one that Rikki-tikki-tavi the mongoose went after in the Kipling story.
 
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arjay said:
I guess the good news is that there weren't two of them...or were there?...[emoji32]
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One may not know until they discover who had it in the first place. There is the real possibility that the owner is lying on the floor dead because their snake or snakes got out.
 
vigil617 said:
I feel sorry for the thing.

Everybody and anybody after it with intent to kill, the media saying it "attacked" a dog (I betcha it was just defending itself), folks theorizing it will "invade" a house if the weather turns cold ("seek shelter" is more like it), and all the while it has precious little natural camouflage unless there's a snowstorm in Thousand Oaks in September.

Somebody please: corner it, call in to Animal Control, and let them catch it, and turn it over to whoever can restore it to a herpetarium, or better yet, fly it back to wherever it came from to be released into the wild.

It's not this thing's fault it had a careless owner. Live and let live, if at all possible.....
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MMMmmmmmmm.................. not so much with this particular critter. Maybe with an errant tarantula, or I dunno- an attorney or news reporter, shark, etc.

But not with a truly deadly poisonous snake. Birdshot, car tire, or shovel are ALL appropriate ways of showing this thing a little 'tolerance'.

FWIW, they caught this snake today. And, lo and behold.....now they say they do not know who the owner is, and they are not sure whether the snake has its' fangs or venom glands removed.
Seeing as how the dog is recovering, without the use of an anti-venom, I will assume the snake did indeed have its' venom glands removed, but probably left the fangs so it can still catch prey (Rats/ mice, small birds). This is the common practice for venomous snakes kept in captivity.

I'd STILL make sweet, sweet love to it with a shovel blade. And I dig snakes, have had them as pets my whole life. Bad, biter dogs get the sleepytime needle. Cobras running loose get the shovel.;)
 
rojodiablo said:
MMMmmmmmmm.................. not so much with this particular critter. Maybe with an errant tarantula, or I dunno- an attorney or news reporter, shark, etc.

But not with a truly deadly poisonous snake. Birdshot, car tire, or shovel are ALL appropriate ways of showing this thing a little 'tolerance'.

FWIW, they caught this snake today. And, lo and behold.....now they say they do not know who the owner is, and they are not sure whether the snake has its' fangs or venom glands removed.
Seeing as how the dog is recovering, without the use of an anti-venom, I will assume the snake did indeed have its' venom glands removed, but probably left the fangs so it can still catch prey (Rats/ mice, small birds). This is the common practice for venomous snakes kept in captivity.

I'd STILL make sweet, sweet love to it with a shovel blade. And I dig snakes, have had them as pets my whole life. Bad, biter dogs get the sleepytime needle. Cobras running loose get the shovel.;)
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Well, they can get an expert to try to milk it or just put a mouse in the cage with it and see if it envenomates.

Many snakes bite without injecting venom or just a little. But it was probably afraid of that dog, and I'd pretty much expect almost a feeding response bite, with considerable venom. Maybe the fangs were too short to get through the dog's fur. Do we know what sort of dog?

If the venom glands are removed, can they grow back?
BTW, it takes just about 20mg. of typical cobra venom to kill an adult person. The Cape (Yellow) Cobra in southern Africa is more potent than most, about 15mg. I think I memorized those figures from, "Venomous Reptiles", by Minton and Minton. It's probably out of print, but is worth looking for.

As far as I know, the zoo here does NOT remove venom glands. I had access to the staff area at the reptile house some years ago and many of the cage backs were boldly marked "Hot". They meant it, too. They had to get rid of a Black & White Forest Cobra, Naja melanoleuca. It was smart and liked to feint one way to get the keeper's attention and hook going in that direction. Then, it'd switch directions and try to tag the handler. A bite was almost a sure thing if they kept it, so they traded it to another zoo. Wasn't that nice of them?

If you remove venom glands, the food animals might kill the snakes. Typically, they bite a victim, then follow its scent trail. The venom begins to digest the prey! No wonder snakebites are so awful.
 
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I live in the neighboring town, far enough to not have to worry. Doesn't surprise me, lots of stupid irresponsible people here in LA, and unfortunately we can't carry around a handgun with snake shot heaven forbid we run into this guy, or the idiot that kept it haha.
 
Interestingly they say "it escaped from a home". How would they know that unless they knew whose home it escaped from?
 
They need not worry about me trying to catch the thing. I have several implements available one of which is labeled S&W 5903 TSW that will enable me to help God call it on home.
 
geeschh
Ya just need a flute and a wicker basket to catch a Cobra.
They're pretty fair deep fried, but way too many little bones for me....
 
I don't understand why, in states with large populations of invasive and dangerous critters, people go out of their way to capture them risking life and limb. Burmese Pythons are just one example. Would it not be quicker, cheaper, and less dangerous to just put a .22 in its head and haul it away? But then again I'd better be careful what I say about nature, after all I did once kill Bambi's dad.
 
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