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Didn't this happen before, about a year ago? Wildlife officials in Florida say an Ocala neighborhood should be on alert for a cobra that escaped from a home late last night. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, it was around 9 p.m. Monday when Brian Purdy contacted FWC to warn them that his suphan cobra had escaped from its enclosure. An immediate search by an FWC investigator and even local police and fire officials failed to find the snake, so neighbors were alerted. The search continues this morning, focusing on the 900 block of NE Ninth Street in Ocala. “Residents in the area are urged to use caution until this snake has been captured,” an FWC release warned. “Although reclusive by nature, cobras are highly venomous and will strike out if they feel threatened. FWC says the cobra is about 2 feet in length, with “distinctive multicolor markings.” If anyone sees the snake, they should remain at a safe distance and immediately call the FWC’s Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-3922 or *FWC or #FWC on cell phones. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017...r-escaped-cobra.html | ||
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| Big Stack |
How much fun would Florida have if they developed a breeding population of those? | |||
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Temperatures here are dropping into the 30s for the next 2 nights, and into the 20s on Thursday. If this critter is outside, he may not survive. Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride! ~Hunter S. Thompson | |||
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I have to wonder why the FFWCC allows people to keep these things. What happens if some one is bitten and dies? Who will get sued, the owner or the FFWCC or both? 41 41 | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
Just a question. They have laws against civilians owning all sorts of weapons that are perceived to be high risk. Where does owning a non-native, extremely dangerous snake fall on the scale of good ideas? ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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Don't even go there. Between the Lionfish and the Pythons and snakeheads it's getting to be pretty bad. My question is, why on earth are normal people allowed to own non native, highly poisonous snakes and other strange wildlife. Now I can understand zoo's and stuff, but normal people???? | |||
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I'll just wait here in northern Illinois until they catch the little fucker.  -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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A Taurus Judge for EDC doesn't seem so silly now. ____________________ | |||
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| Knows too little about too much  |
Lost: cobra. Answers to the name "biteurass". RMD TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…” Remember: After the first one, the rest are free. | |||
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Heck, I was thinking I'd rather have cobras move to Florida than most of the people that do, forum members excluded, of course. And then we can talk about the relative merits of breeding cobras versus breeding Florida rednecks. This space intentionally left blank. | |||
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Ain't that the truth. I'd rather deal with these two legged serpent vs. a non legged serpent any day. | |||
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| Take the risk or lose the chance |
2015: Cobra got loose in Austin after it killed its owner.....an 18 year old kid. https://austin.com/theres-a-ki...-and-were-terrified/ ---------------------------------------- “The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” | |||
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There are just some things folks shouldn't be able to own.... ______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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Marlin Perkins: "While Jim hunts the ferocious cobra, I'll get a better vantage point from inside the Waffle House." -------------------------------------- "There are things we know. There are things we dont know. Then there are the things we dont know that we dont know." | |||
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Hmmmm...sounds like some drones air-dropping mongooses is in order...mongooses with Go-Pros  ...let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one. Luke 22:35-36 NAV "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matthew 10:16 NASV | |||
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| Do No Harm, Do Know Harm |
Mongeeses? Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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Mongi?!? | |||
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A 2 foot long snake could be really hard to find. | |||
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someone is going to get a surprise and the owner should be billed for the costs in the search [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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| Big Stack |
Isn't that what they said about the Pythons?
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