re: I love the snake threads, here's an actual King Cobra

There’s a HERPS show this weekend that will be a hot show (venomous) at the Alario Center on the Westbank. They isually have Gaboons, Rhinos, Green Mambas, Monacled Cobras, albino Cobras, and the more common stuff like Rattlers, Copperheads, etc. It amazes me that you can just walk up and buy a Gaboon viper for $75.

Back in the ‘70s my uncle used to keep venomous, including cobras. He was bitten 3-4 times by venomous snakes (local ones, not the cobra) and once by a Gila Monster. He almost died from the lizard,