Monocled Cobra on the loose in Thousand Oaks Calif.

[sipowicz]

Q: How do you know when a monocled cobra is on the loose in your town?

A: When you answer the door, and an unfamiliar but apparently near-sighted snake climbs out of the basket he is coiled in and says, "I say, old chap, might I borrow a spot of Grey Poupon and accommodations for the night?"

They are getting smarter...this one tried to sneak into Texas 6 times, then finally got in after putting on this hat.

 

[vigil617]

Relax.

Albino monocled cobra caught near Los Angeles - CBS News

Thanks, TucsonMTB!

Glad to see that cooler heads than some of the trigger-happy snake doer-iners on here prevailed.

It was caught by animal control in the same back yard where it bit the greyhound, which is expected to make a full recovery, so all's well that ends well. Now we can all resume our normal activities again -- move along, nothing to see here.

I'm still having a hard time shaking LVSteve's observation about the snake's kinky cousin though. Now that's funny right there!

 

[Texas Star]

Honey Badger doesn't give a ****

Doesn't have to: honey badgers/ratels eat snakes, inc. venomous ones.

Although honey badgers are probably most often thought of as African animals, their range does extend into India and much of Asia in between.

In Africa, such ground dwelling avians as the Secretary Bird also eat snakes. It wouldn't surprise me if hornbills and bustards do, too, or martial and bataleur eagles. And the faster cats like the caracal sure might. Being a snake isn't an easy life.

BTW, if it bit a greyhound and the dog showed many symptoms at all, the venom glands do work. If the dog didn't kill the cobra initially, I'm guessing that the bite was a serious deterrent.

 

[vigil617]

All's Well That Ends Well -- William Snakespeare

Just as a coda on the cobra, here's a wrap on the case:

Captured cobra had intact venom glands :: WRAL.com

 

[Texas Star]

Just as a coda on the cobra, here's a wrap on the case:

Captured cobra had intact venom glands :: WRAL.com

A good story, but I don't think a bite would take "hours" to kill someone. Depends on how much venom is injected and where.

These snakes kill a lot of people in places like India. I saw a figure from the World Health Organization that claimed over 40,000 snakebite deaths a year in India alone. But that included all snakes, not just cobras.