King Cobra on the lose in Orlando

[davper]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/8-...rom-orlando-home/ar-AAdTCnb?ocid=ansmsnnews11

On the lose about 20 miles from the Magic Kingdom.
'The green and yellow snake, which is venomous and not native to Central Florida, escaped within the last 24 hours from a house near the 4800 block of North Apopka Vineland Road'

 

[beer dave]

Which just goes to show-- no matter how much skill and knowledge of keeping dangerous animals you have, it is not a good idea to keep one in a residential area. The animal spends 100 % of it's time thinking about how to get out of it's enclosure. Unless you have a team of caretakers, you cannot keep the vigilance required to contain these critters. The good thing is these snakes don't hunt people. Stay to the beaten paths and it's unlikely anyone will stumble upon this guy.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Which just goes to show-- no matter how much skill and knowledge of keeping dangerous animals you have, it is not a good idea to keep one in a residential area. The animal spends 100 % of it's time thinking about how to get out of it's enclosure. Unless you have a team of caretakers, you cannot keep the vigilance required to contain these critters. The good thing is these snakes don't hunt people. Stay to the beaten paths and it's unlikely anyone will stumble upon this guy.

The animal actually doesn't "think" at all...

It just spends 99.999% either Instinctually looking for things to pinch with its venom sacks...or reproducing to Increase its numbers.

If I remember correctly...cobras leave the nest instinctually before hatch...because mommy would eat the kids if she hung around. They're snakes eaters...herpivores.

There's some Florida swamp snakes that are in for a rude awakening.

No idiot should have a cobra...just like the morons who ruined the Everglades with the pythons.

I mean... Why the hell is there a "permit" for a cobra? Why is it considered "freedom" to be able to own a snake from Indonesia?

Thanks for bringing the national collective iq down, Florida...

 

[beer dave]

The animal actually doesn't "think at all"...

It just spends 99.999% either Instinctually looking for things to pinch with its venom sacks...or reproducing to Increase its numbers.

If I remember correctly...cobras leave the nest instinctually before hatch...because mommy would eat the kids if she hung around. They're snakes eaters...herpivores.

There's some Florida swamp snakes that are in for a ride awakening.

No idiot should have a cobra...just like the morons who ruined the Everglades with the pythons.

I mean... Why the hell is there a "permit" for a cobra? Why is it considered "freedom" to be able to own a snake from Indonesia?

Thanks for bringing the national collective iq down, Florida...

Agreed.
on the bright side----- there's only one cobra..........

 

[lockedoutlogic]

 

[jimmytammy]

If you happen to see a more lifelike cobra on the Jungle Cruise or Great Movie Ride, just sayingSeriously, from what I read, the guy who owns the snake is some TV personality on A&E I believe I read, who knows how to handle these things, but why on earth would you want one?

 

[beer dave]

If you happen to see a more lifelike cobra on the Jungle Cruise or Great Movie Ride, just sayingSeriously, from what I read, the guy who owns the snake is some TV personality on A&E I believe I read, who knows how to handle these things, but why on earth would you want one?

Unfortunately he only thinks he knows how to handle these things. If he did it wouldn't be out. Nature finds a way.

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

Is it male or female and if female could it be pregnant?.......thinking of the everglades full of boas and cobras???


AKK

 

[PFopma]

Well - it looks like he is enjoying him/herself.

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[BigAlsGal]

Well - it looks like he is enjoying him/herself.

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[lockedoutlogic]

Is it male or female and if female could it be pregnant?.......thinking of the everglades full of boas and cobras???


AKK

I believe it was a solo

 

[Josh Hendy]

Nothing to worry about ... probably will get run over in the huge traffic snarl at the toll plaza

 

[Disneychick75]

Glad to see the cobra has enjoyed his trip to WDW! Hoping this means he will have had his fill of fun by the time we arrive in 3 weeks.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Nothing to worry about ... probably will get run over in the huge traffic snarl at the toll plaza

Well played

 

[beer dave]

I'm sure he has moved on to universal by now. Too much competition at Disney.

ba-dump- bump-tshhh

 

[Topper]

cobras leave the nest instinctually before hatch.

Before hatching? Do they roll the eggs away from the nest while still inside?

 

[DDLand]

Well - it looks like he is enjoying him/herself.

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That moment where you can't decide between a float or the cup, and you just go for both... Love that Dole Whip.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Before hatching? Do they roll the eggs away from the nest while still inside?

The mother leaves the Nest at the first sign of hatching and eats everything she can find... Because she would otherwise eat her young

 

[waffles77]

Is it male or female and if female could it be pregnant?.......thinking of the everglades full of boas and cobras???


AKK

The article I read reported it as a male.

The owner actually has a second king cobra that is female (would that be a queen cobra?), but that one didn't escape.

And the best news? This guy had another cobra that had escaped in the early 2000s! My thought is if your gonna give someone a license to keep these exotic pets, lose one and done. Guess that's not the case.

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/fwc-continues-search-escaped-king-cobra-orlando/nnYFg/

 

[TowMater92]

There was a show a few years ago about snakes in Florida and a group that went and caught them and handled dangerous snakes called Swamp Wars. One of the episodes it talked about a guy in Miami that was doing yard work in his back yard and bent down to pick up his green hose the only problem is that it wasn't a hose it was a green mamba and it bit him. The guy survived because they had the anti-venom but they said they never found the snake.