@ripcabrinigreen Why do people collect stamps or climb mountains? When you know what you're doing and don't show off too much, it's not as dangerous as it might look. I expect I'm more likely to die driving to work...
As far as I know, I made it on a few times in the background for about half a second each. :)
But I've been around, helping out, several times when they've been filing at a refuge where I volunteered, so I may have been on that I don't know about.
It's more a matter of experience than bravery. Once you are fairly confident in your handling you find that the less you move, the less excited the snake gets, which makes things both simpler and safer.
In most of the U.S., either they are illegal or you need a permit. They are available for sale if you have a permit, but they're not the best captives because they eat other snakes in the wild and it can be difficult to get them eat anything else.
This one came from a friend who had some (legally) imported to sell. It came in with an injured nose and I took it in. The injury healed, but he would not eat and eventually died.
that wasnt the best handling skills. it would of been alot smoother if you just set the cobra infront of his cage and stand cornering him. hil try to run away into the cage
The reason I grabbed him was to clean and apply antibiotics to a large wound on his nose (which I cut out of the video to make it shorter), not to put him back in the cage. Once you have a king cobra in your hands, releasing him becomes "interesting". And cornering him is somewhere between "interesting" and "a bad idea". Sometimes, releasing him back into the cage the way I did works, but I posted the video as an example of how it looks when things don't go as planned.
It was recently caught in the wild when this video was shot, so there is no way to know how old it was. I would say more than 3 years and less than 10, but that's just a guess.
Yes, it can hurt you. :) It really has a medium strength venom, but it has VERY large venom glands and so it produces a LOT of venom. There is an antivenom to treat a bite, but it can inject so much venom that even with prompt treatment some people don't make it.
mate very impressed, i've been involved with working with a lot of cobras and you look like you know what you're doing, also NEVER seen anyone pin a cobra so quickly, good video!!
What species of cobras have you worked with? I've found kings to be easier to pin than other cobras for some reason. In some ways they are just generally easier to work with, especially considering their size.
I can't imagine trying to control a 10 foot melanoleuca for instance. I once pinned one about 6 feet long to try and remove an eyecap and it wrapped both my arms and came close enough to pulling it's head free that I was considering killing it... Not fun.
Also, I should mention that pinning this snake did not always go that quickly, just like the rest of the operation didn't normally take that long. But usually it wasn't too bad.
forest, monicle and mossambique spitting. the elapids are the one group of snakes i wont handle by myself, as they are a little to bold for my liking, but i help alot with a friend who owns a reptile shop and collects venomous, especially cobras, just bought a pair of inland tipans, amazing snakes, but VERY scary! what else do you have?
If you really mean inlands and he managed to get them legally, tell him to breed them and send a few over here...
The only elapids I personally have right now are a trio of forest cobras. Other than that it's mostly all rattlesnakes and cottonmouths. One saw-scaled viper and I'm snake sitting a couple of eyelash vipers.
I also volunteer at a refuge that has everything from corn snakes to black mambas and kings.
The only one that really scares me is the 10 foot wild caught black mamba. No fun.
forest, monicle and mossambique spitting. the elapids are the one group of snakes i wont handle by myself, as they are a little to bold for my liking, but i help alot with a friend who owns a reptile shop and collects venomous, especially cobras, just bought a pair of inland tipans, amazing snakes, but VERY scary! what else do you have?
Hey Larry i think u need to get some more info on the things ur saying about Latrodectus spp. The venom is powerfull but it doest kill that much ppl or in that ratio as u say. And maybe u have to put the lit a bit closer to the barrel. :)
You misread my comment. I said there was probably a 99% chance of SURVIVAL. I pulled that number out of the air, I don't think it's too far off (maybe it's more like 99.9%?).
And no, you don't want the lid closer to the can. Then when you reach down to get it, you can't see what the snake is doing. Haveing a 10 foot king suddenly appear above your head while you're hunched over is not good for your life expectancy.
i know we have talked about your tail looping technique on forums and i used it for the first time on a comparably sized king. it really seems to help.
its also nice as it gives them about 2 less feet in length so they are slightly easier to manage.
A black widow has the potential to kill you, but not on the same level. If I let this snake bite me, realistically, I've probably got a 75% chance of survuval with prompt care, where with a black widow it's probably 99%. Though that's partially because I live in Miami-Dade county where there is quick access to antivenom.
Yes, very different. In some ways easier. Since they are lighter and more active snakes, they can handle being droped if they get too close, in a way that might injure a large rattlesnake. Also, while they can crawl faster, their strike is much slower than a rattlesnake.
It was (legally) imported by a friend with a shipment of other venomous snakes. It was injured and I agreed to take it in. It recovered from it's wound, but refused to eat and eventually died.
If it had eaten and wasn't scarred it probably would have sold for $700-800.
They generally only eat snakes, but we can sometimes get them to eat snakes suffed with rats or even part of a snake with a string of rats tied on, to keep the cost down.
Ummm...OK? And the "point" of keeping bearded dragons would be?...
People keep what they find interesting. I personally find bearded dragons completely uninteresting, but that has no bearing on whether YOU should keep them or not, does it?
I heard King Cobras can be pretty docile. I've seen videos of King Cobras being tamed as a domestic cat. The King Cobra is also know for being intelligent and it didn't even strike you once. Have you ever seen your King Cobra do anything uncommon of snakes? Because I've heard lots of reports that King Cobras act very differently from your typical venomous snake.
I don't find that they act significantly differntly than most other cobras. Most snakes will become relatively docile with enough handling.
I think their reputation for intelligence has a lot to do with human perception. They stand upright, turn to face us when we move, have round pupils and almost seem to have a "brow ridge". All things that make us perceive them as more "human".
Think about how much you judge a person's intelligence by how they look...
might have been easier if u just lose the hook and free handle it. always the best way to handle a king but not a very advisable one tho. check my king video..
A king this size is too fast to free hand easily. I use the hands a bit more and the hook a bit less with the 13-14 footers. But then I only work with intact snakes...
nice video man, im considering my frist king baby indo. from ray hunter i may get 5 or more so i can get them cheaper and might just sell a few. what setup do you use for babies
Sorry, I've never kept baby kings. Adults really like to have a good hide spot, but don't seem to picky about much else if you can get them to eat. That's always the hard part...
me and buddy have caught a 20 footer retic before. i doubt they'll be as tame as cats but it'll down enuf that u can work with em. check my vid for my king.
What you can't see in his videos is the kevlar lined glove on the hand holding the camera.
Still not something I wouldn't do, but he'll probably be OK. He has a clue, which you would probably have noticed if you didn't let your AR position prejudice your opinions of people so thoroughly.
The largest wild-caught retic I've had to deal with was only about 12 feet. And yes, he was quite a handful. I mostly worked him freehand, unrestrained (hard to describe) and never got bit...although he tried every time. I don't like to restrain a snake unless I have to. Crapped on me a few times though... :) Have you worked with larger ones? Must be "interesting"? Worked with any other "interesting" species?
Actually, I've never had much trouble with spitters. Much easier than, say, my forest cobras. Post a video and maybe I can tell you what you're doing wring. :)
Hint: If you're doing things right, they almost never spit.
Nice work on hooking the king man. it looks pretty acclimated to human. my nine footer, is kept very aggressive.usually use 2 finger(thumb and pinky) method to catch them and handle them. Urs looks like a indian locality. mine is malayan. mine is much fatter too.
Actually, when this video was shot he was a freshly wild-caught snake a few days out of the shipping crate. Although I posted this video to show what a pain it can be when they don't cooperate, there's a lot of not-so-obvious technique that goes into keeping them calm.
Mans got some skills with the hook, Thought he was going to nail you trying to get him in that bin. Never misunderestimate (j/k) the intelligence of a Cobra, Smart, beautiful snakes.
brooksie dnt yuu nt watch the news irwin was killed by a sting ray n everyone made jokes bwt it cus people thought it wud of bin a croc or a snake nt a pocksy sting ray
*laughs* Yeah, they do that. Try crumpled newspaper at the bottom of the bin, it keeps them busy nosing under it for a few seconds. Drop me a note if you need suggestions on assist feeding for kings.
Thanks. That were just what I included in the video. I transferred him to the bin so I could clean the cage. After cleaning, I got him out and pinned him to put antibiotic on his nose. Then put him back in the cage.
Sorry for the delay in responding. This animal came in a shipment to an importer here. I assume from the shape it was in that it was wild caught, but I can't be sure. Their range is pretty broad (a dozen or so countries) I doubt it's protected in all of them, but I'm not sure.
I dont know what set up you have mate whether its a lab or private collection, but you have to remember, that its thanks to private collectors and labs that may help keep these animals from going extinct in the future and sometimes that means taking WC specimens.
By far the best way is to find someone in your area who keeps them and is willing to teach you and let you work with their animals. For the most part that usually means cleaning cages. That way, you get the practice you need, they get something in return for helping you out, and the snakes aren't handled (stressed) any more than necessary.
Haha. That had to be frustrating.
jarrantyler 3 months ago
why people love to break snake's balls??
ikkaku01 4 months ago
That was actually quite comical. Not what I was expecting.
MasonC2K 7 months ago
thats a big fuckin cobra...one question wh would you want to handle something like that? is there alot of money in it?
ripcabrinigreen 8 months ago
@ripcabrinigreen Why do people collect stamps or climb mountains? When you know what you're doing and don't show off too much, it's not as dangerous as it might look. I expect I'm more likely to die driving to work...
No money in it for me. This is just a "hobby".
lfishel 8 months ago
where do you even get a snake like this??
cloudcally 8 months ago
I love this video! Your cobra is magnificent and has a mind of his own!!!
walk4trot2canter3 11 months ago
i think this guy's been on animal planet
MNherpexpert 1 year ago
As far as I know, I made it on a few times in the background for about half a second each. :)
But I've been around, helping out, several times when they've been filing at a refuge where I volunteered, so I may have been on that I don't know about.
lfishel 1 year ago
What in the hell.. I was not aware snakes scream haha too cool!
Charger9069 1 year ago
Why did the snake scream at 2:42?
Snowee 1 year ago
That's the spirit!
Jakovian12345 1 year ago
2:58 "Oooooh that's it! I'm gonna- what was that? .... It was a trap!"
Bottery 1 year ago
WHERE ARE MORE VIDEOS!
WizzleThump 1 year ago
Wow This guy has guts
Sithisnight 2 years ago
You my friend may be the bravest man i have ever seen dealing with a snake that dangerous in such a calm manor
dtlaiho 2 years ago
It's more a matter of experience than bravery. Once you are fairly confident in your handling you find that the less you move, the less excited the snake gets, which makes things both simpler and safer.
lfishel 2 years ago
In most of the U.S., either they are illegal or you need a permit. They are available for sale if you have a permit, but they're not the best captives because they eat other snakes in the wild and it can be difficult to get them eat anything else.
This one came from a friend who had some (legally) imported to sell. It came in with an injured nose and I took it in. The injury healed, but he would not eat and eventually died.
lfishel 2 years ago
do they sell king cobras or you found it
newmanto03 2 years ago
That things is huuuuuuuuuuuge
supaflywilkins 2 years ago
that wasnt the best handling skills. it would of been alot smoother if you just set the cobra infront of his cage and stand cornering him. hil try to run away into the cage
johnny66o1 2 years ago
The reason I grabbed him was to clean and apply antibiotics to a large wound on his nose (which I cut out of the video to make it shorter), not to put him back in the cage. Once you have a king cobra in your hands, releasing him becomes "interesting". And cornering him is somewhere between "interesting" and "a bad idea". Sometimes, releasing him back into the cage the way I did works, but I posted the video as an example of how it looks when things don't go as planned.
lfishel 2 years ago
@lfishel How old is the snake?
Sithisnight 2 years ago
It was recently caught in the wild when this video was shot, so there is no way to know how old it was. I would say more than 3 years and less than 10, but that's just a guess.
lfishel 2 years ago
I was thinking maybe 5 but wasnt sure. it seems mellow for a WC. Man youve got guts. I have never handled one just seen through glass
Sithisnight 2 years ago
The only hot snake I have ever kept are western diamondbacks. Way more mellow. What country are you in?
Sithisnight 2 years ago
not trying to be rude by asking what country youre from Just wondering because you said it is WC
Sithisnight 2 years ago
No problem. I'm in the U.S. and the snake was a recent import. Handling technique has a lot to do with keeping the snake mellow.
When you see guys on TV jumping around while trying to catch a snake, that's partially to keep the snake agitated to make for a more interesting show.
You'll notice I move my legs no more than necessary, because that's where a king tends to fixate. A long-time captive king can be very calm.
lfishel 2 years ago
Never corner a king cobra lol
lordabomity 2 years ago
Just watching this vid was frustrating. It sucks when snakes don't cooperate. But you can't blame them.
Dexter103 3 years ago
Yes, it can hurt you. :) It really has a medium strength venom, but it has VERY large venom glands and so it produces a LOT of venom. There is an antivenom to treat a bite, but it can inject so much venom that even with prompt treatment some people don't make it.
lfishel 3 years ago
you gotta have some balls to do that shit...your crazy man..that boy was pissed haha and you handled very well...good job!
KawaRider88 3 years ago
verry nice vid ;)
ladybloodrose 3 years ago
lolz the cobra was like; "No...I will not go in the can!" 5 stars for u!
soxywoxy45 3 years ago
mate very impressed, i've been involved with working with a lot of cobras and you look like you know what you're doing, also NEVER seen anyone pin a cobra so quickly, good video!!
MrMonitorMan 3 years ago
What species of cobras have you worked with? I've found kings to be easier to pin than other cobras for some reason. In some ways they are just generally easier to work with, especially considering their size.
I can't imagine trying to control a 10 foot melanoleuca for instance. I once pinned one about 6 feet long to try and remove an eyecap and it wrapped both my arms and came close enough to pulling it's head free that I was considering killing it... Not fun.
lfishel 3 years ago
Also, I should mention that pinning this snake did not always go that quickly, just like the rest of the operation didn't normally take that long. But usually it wasn't too bad.
lfishel 3 years ago
forest, monicle and mossambique spitting. the elapids are the one group of snakes i wont handle by myself, as they are a little to bold for my liking, but i help alot with a friend who owns a reptile shop and collects venomous, especially cobras, just bought a pair of inland tipans, amazing snakes, but VERY scary! what else do you have?
MrMonitorMan 3 years ago
If you really mean inlands and he managed to get them legally, tell him to breed them and send a few over here...
The only elapids I personally have right now are a trio of forest cobras. Other than that it's mostly all rattlesnakes and cottonmouths. One saw-scaled viper and I'm snake sitting a couple of eyelash vipers.
I also volunteer at a refuge that has everything from corn snakes to black mambas and kings.
The only one that really scares me is the 10 foot wild caught black mamba. No fun.
lfishel 3 years ago
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forest, monicle and mossambique spitting. the elapids are the one group of snakes i wont handle by myself, as they are a little to bold for my liking, but i help alot with a friend who owns a reptile shop and collects venomous, especially cobras, just bought a pair of inland tipans, amazing snakes, but VERY scary! what else do you have?
MrMonitorMan 3 years ago
SID wasn't even aggresive, the guy kept disturbing his sleeping area, I would be a bit
grumpy if someone kept waking me up, and dragging me out of bed (-:
Honestly, I would.
STEVEGET 3 years ago
balls of steel on this guy
Mjolnir117S 3 years ago
bad snake, baaaad snake, lol
tubedudeT2000 3 years ago
Hey Larry i think u need to get some more info on the things ur saying about Latrodectus spp. The venom is powerfull but it doest kill that much ppl or in that ratio as u say. And maybe u have to put the lit a bit closer to the barrel. :)
BARRON120 3 years ago
You misread my comment. I said there was probably a 99% chance of SURVIVAL. I pulled that number out of the air, I don't think it's too far off (maybe it's more like 99.9%?).
And no, you don't want the lid closer to the can. Then when you reach down to get it, you can't see what the snake is doing. Haveing a 10 foot king suddenly appear above your head while you're hunched over is not good for your life expectancy.
lfishel 3 years ago
how big is that king larry?
christophermchale 3 years ago
He was right around 10 feet (3 meters).
lfishel 3 years ago
very nice.
i know we have talked about your tail looping technique on forums and i used it for the first time on a comparably sized king. it really seems to help.
its also nice as it gives them about 2 less feet in length so they are slightly easier to manage.
good tip.
christophermchale 3 years ago
scary as hell i would never handle something that venomous but hey black widows come into my room sometimes so i guess its almost the same thing :p
gangrail 3 years ago
A black widow has the potential to kill you, but not on the same level. If I let this snake bite me, realistically, I've probably got a 75% chance of survuval with prompt care, where with a black widow it's probably 99%. Though that's partially because I live in Miami-Dade county where there is quick access to antivenom.
lfishel 3 years ago
not like a rattle snake at all. nice job on using safe husbandry tech.
red12tailboa 3 years ago
Yes, very different. In some ways easier. Since they are lighter and more active snakes, they can handle being droped if they get too close, in a way that might injure a large rattlesnake. Also, while they can crawl faster, their strike is much slower than a rattlesnake.
lfishel 3 years ago
that is crazy thay can take you life at any moment
dave4k0 3 years ago
So can the car next to you on the highway...
lfishel 3 years ago
NIcely done
ngwenyacaptivereptil 3 years ago
quite fiesty!
everlastingchill 3 years ago
'ive had it with the mother fucking snakes on this mother fucking plane'...comes to mind :)
TzekeT 3 years ago
Holy shit, dude. Fuck that!
Tarck452 3 years ago
Well put.
lfishel 3 years ago
Wow. Where did you even get one of those? How did it cost. What did you feed it? I heard kings eat mostly other snakes.
AlanMoorefan 3 years ago
It was (legally) imported by a friend with a shipment of other venomous snakes. It was injured and I agreed to take it in. It recovered from it's wound, but refused to eat and eventually died.
If it had eaten and wasn't scarred it probably would have sold for $700-800.
They generally only eat snakes, but we can sometimes get them to eat snakes suffed with rats or even part of a snake with a string of rats tied on, to keep the cost down.
This one would not even eat live snakes.
lfishel 3 years ago
Wow, that King has the attitude of a teenager. Wants to do the opposite of what you want it to.
SamwiseOT 3 years ago
i dont see the point of keeping one of those
2007dre 3 years ago
Ummm...OK? And the "point" of keeping bearded dragons would be?...
People keep what they find interesting. I personally find bearded dragons completely uninteresting, but that has no bearing on whether YOU should keep them or not, does it?
lfishel 3 years ago
good point, different people different intrests
2007dre 3 years ago
hahha smart snake
yousini 3 years ago
He was right around 10 feet, but he never adjusted and refused to eat voluntarily.
lfishel 3 years ago
So can you put a collar on him and take him for "walks" in the park? I'm sure he'd be a real chick magnet.
mechan9 3 years ago
No, but I had special harnesses made for my Forest Cobras. I'm still having problems with the leashes getting tangled though.
lfishel 3 years ago
I heard King Cobras can be pretty docile. I've seen videos of King Cobras being tamed as a domestic cat. The King Cobra is also know for being intelligent and it didn't even strike you once. Have you ever seen your King Cobra do anything uncommon of snakes? Because I've heard lots of reports that King Cobras act very differently from your typical venomous snake.
FireGuyX 3 years ago
I don't find that they act significantly differntly than most other cobras. Most snakes will become relatively docile with enough handling.
I think their reputation for intelligence has a lot to do with human perception. They stand upright, turn to face us when we move, have round pupils and almost seem to have a "brow ridge". All things that make us perceive them as more "human".
Think about how much you judge a person's intelligence by how they look...
lfishel 3 years ago
Wow. *My* crappy job is looking better all the time.
mslizzyborden 3 years ago
Job? This is recreation. :)
lfishel 3 years ago
might have been easier if u just lose the hook and free handle it. always the best way to handle a king but not a very advisable one tho. check my king video..
mow6 3 years ago
A king this size is too fast to free hand easily. I use the hands a bit more and the hook a bit less with the 13-14 footers. But then I only work with intact snakes...
lfishel 3 years ago
wow...you got balls man, nice. :)
leethacker 4 years ago
Smart snake. King cobras are very smart, almost as smart as monitor lizards.
Kingcobrasaurus 4 years ago
nice video man, im considering my frist king baby indo. from ray hunter i may get 5 or more so i can get them cheaper and might just sell a few. what setup do you use for babies
jparker1167 4 years ago
Sorry, I've never kept baby kings. Adults really like to have a good hide spot, but don't seem to picky about much else if you can get them to eat. That's always the hard part...
lfishel 4 years ago
yup.. true that. it's kinda hard in beginning to make a king eat.
Ifishel u shud check my king video.
mow6 3 years ago
that a very persistent cobra, i like it.
although they have no arms or legs, it still difficult to place them in their aquarium again.
lol
thanks for the quick handling clip.
sultan407 4 years ago
snake was like hmm when he looks the other way im gonna bite him
arcchris 4 years ago
Beautiful Cobra
mysteria0910 4 years ago
Very cool :D
Annamariana365 4 years ago
Haha. I luv this. Silly King cobra but I love it though. <3
Snowee 4 years ago
thats crazy! full on respect
ashton82 4 years ago
me and buddy have caught a 20 footer retic before. i doubt they'll be as tame as cats but it'll down enuf that u can work with em. check my vid for my king.
mow6 4 years ago
What you can't see in his videos is the kevlar lined glove on the hand holding the camera.
Still not something I wouldn't do, but he'll probably be OK. He has a clue, which you would probably have noticed if you didn't let your AR position prejudice your opinions of people so thoroughly.
lfishel 4 years ago
That should say "Still not something I would do".
lfishel 4 years ago
nice snake but looks like a pain in the ass !
drugaria 4 years ago
The largest wild-caught retic I've had to deal with was only about 12 feet. And yes, he was quite a handful. I mostly worked him freehand, unrestrained (hard to describe) and never got bit...although he tried every time. I don't like to restrain a snake unless I have to. Crapped on me a few times though... :) Have you worked with larger ones? Must be "interesting"? Worked with any other "interesting" species?
lfishel 4 years ago
Actually, I've never had much trouble with spitters. Much easier than, say, my forest cobras. Post a video and maybe I can tell you what you're doing wring. :)
Hint: If you're doing things right, they almost never spit.
lfishel 4 years ago
Nice work on hooking the king man. it looks pretty acclimated to human. my nine footer, is kept very aggressive.usually use 2 finger(thumb and pinky) method to catch them and handle them. Urs looks like a indian locality. mine is malayan. mine is much fatter too.
mow6 4 years ago
Actually, when this video was shot he was a freshly wild-caught snake a few days out of the shipping crate. Although I posted this video to show what a pain it can be when they don't cooperate, there's a lot of not-so-obvious technique that goes into keeping them calm.
lfishel 4 years ago
They don't clean their own cages either. If you'd like to hold him while I clean the cage, I won't need the stick...
lfishel 4 years ago
Mans got some skills with the hook, Thought he was going to nail you trying to get him in that bin. Never misunderestimate (j/k) the intelligence of a Cobra, Smart, beautiful snakes.
my83merc 4 years ago
damn, why didn't the snake just bite his ass?
donedave 4 years ago
brooksie dnt yuu nt watch the news irwin was killed by a sting ray n everyone made jokes bwt it cus people thought it wud of bin a croc or a snake nt a pocksy sting ray
missHARDY92 4 years ago
I will never again complain about how hard it is to get my cat into the pet carrier! What a whopper, how long is that snake?
girlyghoul 4 years ago
About 10 feet.
lfishel 4 years ago
lol. cobras always want to go back in their cage until it's actually time to go back in...... cb kings are much easier to wrangle imho.
landofthefreemyass 4 years ago
*laughs* Yeah, they do that. Try crumpled newspaper at the bottom of the bin, it keeps them busy nosing under it for a few seconds. Drop me a note if you need suggestions on assist feeding for kings.
snakegetters 4 years ago
I haven't tried this yet because:
This is the only snake I've really had this problem with.
I always have a few inches of water in the can when I get him out.
I very rarely have this problem with him any more.
lfishel 4 years ago
I like to soak him for a while every time I clean the cage. Avoids the dreaded eyecaps.
I posted this more as an example of how handling can go bad. It doesn't normally look like this.
lfishel 4 years ago
Yes, but he's still not eating voluntarily, so I'm not sure what his long-term chances are at this point...
lfishel 4 years ago
Thanks. That were just what I included in the video. I transferred him to the bin so I could clean the cage. After cleaning, I got him out and pinned him to put antibiotic on his nose. Then put him back in the cage.
lfishel 4 years ago
Do you sleep with it?
stefy71 4 years ago
now dats funny
daedae1123 4 years ago
Sorry for the delay in responding. This animal came in a shipment to an importer here. I assume from the shape it was in that it was wild caught, but I can't be sure. Their range is pretty broad (a dozen or so countries) I doubt it's protected in all of them, but I'm not sure.
lfishel 4 years ago
I have it because it came in with a severe injury to it's nose (from rubbing it on the coarse mesh bag some nimrod packed it in).
The nose is mostly healed, but it's still not eating voluntarily.
lfishel 4 years ago
Beautiful specimen! Which sp. is it?
mimimom2004 4 years ago
King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah). I don't really know the locality.
lfishel 4 years ago
I dont know what set up you have mate whether its a lab or private collection, but you have to remember, that its thanks to private collectors and labs that may help keep these animals from going extinct in the future and sometimes that means taking WC specimens.
bat1986 5 years ago
I apologize to anyone who linked to this video. I deleted it by accident and had to upload it again.
lfishel 5 years ago
I was just wondering how a person could start learning to handle snakes?
ah93704 4 years ago
By far the best way is to find someone in your area who keeps them and is willing to teach you and let you work with their animals. For the most part that usually means cleaning cages. That way, you get the practice you need, they get something in return for helping you out, and the snakes aren't handled (stressed) any more than necessary.
lfishel 4 years ago