webfact Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 7 Krabi King cobras reported in one day – 5 captured and released “Later that day, we received yet another report about 5 king cobras and we managed to capture 3 of them." By Kritsada Mueanhawong The Ao Luek Rescue Team in Krabi received a report last night (February 20) at 8.30 pm from 23 year old Nutchanart Bangyabyeo, saying that she found a 4 metre king cobra under the dish washing sink. The team put a snake catcher under the sink and the cobra showed up after 5 minutes. The team tried to capture it up but it took about 10 minutes to take it out of the sink and secure it. That snake has been released back to the forest. The team believe that the cobra might have been chasing a rat which escaped into the house and the cobra followed inside. Full story: https://www.phuketgazette.net/news/7-krabi-king-cobras-reported-one-day-5-captured-released -- © Copyright Phuket Gazette 2018-02-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman24 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 brilliant , made up conclusion, sure these guys could get a job posting on Thaivisa, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Jeez, Louise. That is a big snake. Kudos for the catch and release. But a quick question- I thought King Cobras only ate other snakes? In which case, the "chased a rat into the house" theory wouldn't hold water. (Neither would I if I found that thing under my sink) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I'm intrigued by this sentence: The team put a snake catcher under the sink and the cobra showed up after 5 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotBkk Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 By the colour of that snake looks like it might have just came out of a washing machine with the sorta bleached look ....................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkski Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Snake catcher? 5 in one place? I guess there were rats at that pot shop. That is a big snake. How deadly are these snakes? Did they have natural predators 200 years ago? Today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokningar Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 On 2/22/2018 at 9:35 PM, Elkski said: Snake catcher? 5 in one place? I guess there were rats at that pot shop. That is a big snake. How deadly are these snakes? Did they have natural predators 200 years ago? Today? This species is capable of delivering a fatal bite and the victim may receive a large quantity of venom with a dose of 200 to 500 mg [4][32][33] up to 7 ml.[10] Engelmann and Obst (1981) list the average venom yield at 420 mg (dry weight).[30] Accordingly, large quantities of antivenommay be needed to reverse the progression of symptoms developed if bitten by a king cobra.[5] The toxins affect the victim's central nervous system, resulting in severe pain, blurred vision, vertigo, drowsiness, and eventually paralysis. If the envenomation is serious, it progresses to cardiovascular collapse, and the victim falls into a coma. Death soon follows due to respiratory failure. Bites from a king cobra may result in a rapid fatality[4][5] which can be as early as 30 minutes after the envenomation.[5][34] The king cobra's envenomation was even recorded to be capable of killing elephants within hours I think we have humans here 200 year ago, so yes, they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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