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8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage * 1
    #22351930 - 10/08/15 08:44 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)



http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/8-foot-king-cobra-found-in-orlando-after-over-a-month-on-the-slither/ar-AAffOCi?li=AAa0dzB&ocid=mailsignout

Floridians who've been watching where they walk for more than a month can breathe a little easier: An 8-foot king cobra has been found just about 1,500 feet from where it escaped its Orlando home in late August.

King cobras are carnivorous animals that can grow up to 18 feet long. The venom in one cobra bite is enough to kill 20 people or an elephant, but they rarely attack humans. With proper licensing, they can be legally kept as pets in Florida.

The cobra, which belongs to reality TV personality Mike Kennedy, was reported missing on September 2, launching a widespread snake hunt. Kennedy had proper permits for owning the venomous snake but was issued a $366 citation for “failure to immediately report the escape of a non-indigenous venomous reptile.”

Kennedy returned from a two-day trip on September 1 and discovered that a tree branch had struck the roof of his garage, where the snake was held. The hole in the roof allowed water to seep in, damaging the snake’s habitat. The cobra is believed to have escaped through a gap between its cage and some netting.

Authorities searched for over two weeks before calling off the active cobra hunt on September 18. Though the foot patrol ended, Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission officials continued to monitor traps meant to bait the cobra.

But it wasn’t a trap that caught the 8-foot snake: It was a hissing sound. A woman who lives near Kennedy heard the hissing in her garage. The cobra had coiled up underneath her dryer. Before it could pop into her laundry basket, she called animal services and they retrieved the snake:

The cobra has been returned to Kennedy, and its new cage has been approved by officials who made sure he won’t make a slither for it again.


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: Niffla]
    #22351941 - 10/08/15 08:46 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I'm actually pretty fond of snakes -- had a few of them as pets growing up, and used to go looking for them (as a kid).

But man, I couldn't imagine knowing that a freaking king cobra was just like a foot from me as I was washing my clothes. Yikes.


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: Niffla] * 1
    #22352002 - 10/08/15 09:00 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I can't for the life me understand how some folks keep something like that as a "pet".


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: Niffla]
    #22352060 - 10/08/15 09:12 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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King cobras are carnivorous animals that can grow up to 18 feet long.




Holy shit..I did not know that :eek:


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: Eminence]
    #22352081 - 10/08/15 09:16 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Eminence said:
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Niffla said:

King cobras are carnivorous animals that can grow up to 18 feet long.




Holy shit..I did not know that :eek:






that's a real photo bruh


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: Niffla]
    #22352129 - 10/08/15 09:28 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

O man, I read about when that thing first got loose a couple weeks ago(unless it's some other jerkoff's pet king cobra) and was wondering what would come of it.

Yeah Florida's have giant invasive pythons, but king cobra's are a whole new league - glad no one ended up hurt. I would be grumpy as fuck if I worked in animal control and got that phone call.


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: pirate-blues]
    #22352154 - 10/08/15 09:32 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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O man, I read about when that thing first got loose a couple weeks ago(unless it's some other jerkoff's pet king cobra) and was wondering what would come of it.

Yeah Florida's have giant invasive pythons, but king cobra's are a whole new league - glad no one ended up hurt. I would be grumpy as fuck if I worked in animal control and got that phone call.




I almost think the guy should be charged with something. Not just ticketed. Even if the escape was a complete accident...I mean that's a uber deadly ass fucking reptile. I really don't think anybody outside of zoos and shit should have cobras. Certainly not some "licensed" TV personality (who the fuck is that dude anyway?).


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: Niffla]
    #22352167 - 10/08/15 09:36 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

If I recall, licensing to own dangerous reptiles is actually pretty legit, like you have to have a significant amount of hours logged handling dangerous/venomous animals and have it signed off by some other licensed sponsers or something.

I'm not sure though, I could never keep anything that required food I might potentially befriend. I do agree that dude should be fined out the ass though, it's unfortunate and it was accidental, but there still needs to be some accountability.


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: pirate-blues] * 1
    #22352263 - 10/08/15 09:58 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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I'm not sure though, I could never keep anything that required food I might potentially befriend



:lol: One of the rats I got to feed my snake was a quick, smart little fucker. She managed to survive in the cage for over 12 hours. When she wasn't at the bottom just flat out dodging the snake, she was climbing up the side on the bars and chilling up there. I decided to spare her because my wife thought she was cute and I felt she deserved it (most don't last a minute). She got to live out the rest of her life happily in a cage of her own (when it wasn't being held) Also got her a companion so she wouldn't be lonely.

Here's the lucky food, and said snake:


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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way.
I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today.
Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear.
I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear.


You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline


Edited by Shroomslip (10/08/15 10:05 PM)


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: Shroomslip]
    #22352273 - 10/08/15 10:04 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

awwwwww, that just warmed the shit out of my heart :heart:.

I think snakes are super cool, I'm just not mentally prepared to sacrifice cute fuzzy things on a regular basis.


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: pirate-blues]
    #22352303 - 10/08/15 10:17 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I didn't like it much at first either, but I've had snakes off and on for about 20 years. Just kinda got used to the idea. I do feed them live, but it's really only because I've always had difficulty getting them to eat pre killed ones. My second snake was probably pretty close to dying from starvation by the time I finally just gave it a live mouse. All of my snakes thus far have refused to eat anything already dead.


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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way.
I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today.
Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear.
I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear.


You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: Niffla]
    #22352308 - 10/08/15 10:19 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Niffla said:
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Eminence said:
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Niffla said:

King cobras are carnivorous animals that can grow up to 18 feet long.




Holy shit..I did not know that :eek:






that's a real photo bruh




That thing is scary


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: Le_Canard]
    #22352330 - 10/08/15 10:26 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Le_Canard said:
I can't for the life me understand how some folks keep something like that as a "pet".



Do you mean snakes in general, or "hots" (venomous snakes).

I've had a couple pythons and they actually make great pets.

I'll probably get a Ball Python for my daughter when she's old enough to care for it, assuming she wants one.


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: Shroomslip]
    #22352335 - 10/08/15 10:28 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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I didn't like it much at first either, but I've had snakes off and on for about 20 years. Just kinda got used to the idea. I do feed them live, but it's really only because I've always had difficulty getting them to eat pre killed ones. My second snake was probably pretty close to dying from starvation by the time I finally just gave it a live mouse. All of my snakes thus far have refused to eat anything already dead.



My Ball went 9 months without eating once. Poor guy.

Turns out, I didn't have proper lighting, and the day I got all that back up and running he ate. :cookiemonster:

Mine also didn't like pre killed mice/rats. (at least, the frozen ones)

I figured out that if it was fresh killed and I dangled it and moved it, it'd eat it, so I'd put the poor mouse in a bag and slam it on the counter a few times to dispatch it very very quickly... Quicker than any other death it'd get, including from the snake.
It was brutal, and I didn't like to do it, but it was humane, so it made me feel a little better.


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: shLong]
    #22352355 - 10/08/15 10:35 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Even fresh killed ones mine wouldn't mess with =/ I've basically killed a lot of mice for no reason. Sucks for the mouse, but at least if the snake is the one doing the killing, it's not just a pointless death. If the snake doesn't feel like eating, it just ignores the mouse. I've never had a snake kill a mouse and then not eat it.


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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way.
I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today.
Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear.
I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear.


You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: Shroomslip]
    #22352410 - 10/08/15 10:52 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Shroomslip said:
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pirate-blues said:
I'm not sure though, I could never keep anything that required food I might potentially befriend



:lol: One of the rats I got to feed my snake was a quick, smart little fucker. She managed to survive in the cage for over 12 hours. When she wasn't at the bottom just flat out dodging the snake, she was climbing up the side on the bars and chilling up there. I decided to spare her because my wife thought she was cute and I felt she deserved it (most don't last a minute). She got to live out the rest of her life happily in a cage of her own (when it wasn't being held) Also got her a companion so she wouldn't be lonely.

Here's the lucky food, and said snake:





Lmao that's an awesome story.

:youthemandawg:


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: Niffla]
    #22352457 - 10/08/15 11:03 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

She was a pretty unique little rat. She was inordinately affectionate and absurdly intelligent. She didn't live on the ground of the cage because the snake wasn't pursuing her, she watched it and when it would strike at her, she'd jump out of the way and run behind it. She spent as much time up on the bars as she did on the bottom level of the cage. She wasn't constantly pursued, but there were quite a few attempts made against her that she successfully avoided. She liked to just chill in your lap and stuff, and would literally give you little rat kisses. Both me and my wife became pretty attached to her. Seen lots of mice/rats in my day, she was pretty unique.

Unfortunately rats and mice just don't live very long :sad:


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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way.
I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today.
Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear.
I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear.


You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: Shroomslip]
    #22352463 - 10/08/15 11:05 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Shroomslip said:
She was a pretty unique little rat. She was inordinately affectionate and absurdly intelligent. She didn't live on the ground of the cage because the snake wasn't pursuing her, she watched it and when it would strike at her, she'd jump out of the way and run behind it. She spent as much time up on the bars as she did on the bottom level of the cage. She wasn't constantly pursued, but there were quite a few attempts made against her that she successfully avoided. She liked to just chill in your lap and stuff, and would literally give you little rat kisses. Both me and my wife became pretty attached to her. Seen lots of mice/rats in my day, she was pretty unique.

Unfortunately rats and mice just don't live very long :sad:




How long did she live for?


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: Niffla]
    #22352473 - 10/08/15 11:10 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I think for a couple of years. Was a long time ago so I'm not entirely sure.


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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way.
I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today.
Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear.
I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear.


You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline


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Re: 8 foot King Cobra found under a lady's dryer in her garage [Re: Niffla]
    #22352476 - 10/08/15 11:11 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I got my snake when he was just a baby, eating little pinkies. Those I fed him from prekilled or frozen/thaw.  But as he moved up to fuzzies and hoppers I started feeding him live. I just feel like it's more natural for a snake to hunt and kill their prey and it never really bothered me.


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