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| Deadly cobra on the loose in central Florida | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 15 2017, 09:19 AM (118 Views) | |
| Cherry Darling | Mar 15 2017, 09:19 AM Post #1 |
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Killer's Accomplice
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(CNN)The search continues for a deadly cobra that escaped from an enclosure at the home of its owner in Ocala, said the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). The owner called the commission late Monday to let officials know that his 2-foot-long suphan cobra had escaped. An FWC investigator, Ocala police and Marion County Fire Rescue couldn't find the reptile, the commission said Tuesday. Authorities then alerted nearby residents. The snake's owner has been licensed to have the cobra since May 2016, said Robert Klepper, spokesman for the law enforcement division of the FWC. He also owns a Gaboon viper and an African bush viper, Klepper said. The FWC requires the rooms where venomous reptiles are kept to be escape-proof. Investigators will be looking into whether the owner violated any regulations. "Public safety is the number one concern," Klepper said. "We wanted to emphasize that this is a venomous snake and a dangerous animal and should not be approached." Jeff Corwin, a celebrity wildlife expert and conservationist, said a cobra's venom is in the top tier of all animal venoms. If someone were to be bitten by the escaped cobra, they would need to get to the hospital as fast as they could and be treated with the appropriate anti-venom, he said. Thankfully, Corwin said, the cobra is probably going to find a spot far away from people and stay there. "The likelihood that anyone is going to be bitten by this snake is very, very low." According to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about five people a year die from snake bites in the United States. http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/14/us/florida-escaped-cobra/index.html?sr=twCNN031517florida-escaped-cobra0751AMVODtopPhoto&linkId=35485002 I don't know live anywhere near Florida, and I'm scared
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| Lon Of The Dead | Mar 15 2017, 03:35 PM Post #2 |
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Killer's Therapist
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I've been sitting here for the last five minutes trying to think of a decent GI Joe joke, but I've got nothin'. Anyway. Jeff Corwin's right (used to watch his show The Jeff Corwin Experience back in the early '00s). As lethal as cobras are, they're not exactly aggressive. More often than not, they hear you coming, they beat a hasty retreat. Corner them and they'll give you a warning -- flair their hood, hiss. But only if you attack or keep at them do the fangs come out. You could walk through a room full of them and chances are, they'd just clear a path for you. |
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| MacReadyOrNot | Mar 16 2017, 03:25 AM Post #3 |
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Best Friend Character
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Edited by MacReadyOrNot, Mar 16 2017, 03:26 AM.
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| Kitty | Apr 2 2017, 01:25 PM Post #4 |
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Killer's Nemesis
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Yikes!
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