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Buckingham Palace gives no comment on Meghan and Harry’s NYC car chase
pacovl46 replied to webfact's topic in World News
Scenarios like this one could be so easily prevented. Get a limousine with black out windows and no one will be able to see or take pictures of you. Case closed! They also need to step up the laws regarding the paparazzi filth! -
Bail denied for Polish murder suspect in Bangkok, Thailand
pacovl46 replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
It's most likely a matter of probably having the legal right in Thailand to apply for bail, which from his point of view was worth a try, despite the non-existent chance of that actually happening. In regards to it being in the news, it's an update on the case. -
Jury finds Donald Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll in civil case
pacovl46 replied to Scott's topic in World News
And so it begins... love it! -
Of course they can bite, all venomous snakes bite, that's how they kill their prey. There's several spitting cobras species, some in Asia some in Africa. The spitters use spitting only to defend themselves. Wikipedia has all the knowledge you need to know about cobras. There's over 30 different species. Generally speaking, if you see a cobra and you back up to 5 meters then you'll be at a safe distance from a spitter. What I love the most about cobras is the hissing sound they make because it says utterly unmistakingly 'get the f..k away from me!' ???? If you're into cobras, there's quite a few youtubers who keep venomous snakes, Chandlers Wildlife, Tyler Nolan, Dingo Dinkelman and N.E.R.D. would be a few worthy ones to check out.
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You could definitely potentially go blind from spitting cobra venom, and even if it’s just to secondary infection, but for that to happen you’d have to have no access to water to clean your eyes, as you’ve already pointed out. The much bigger issue with spitting cobra venom is and this applies only to people who either keep them or have to look after them like in a zoo or at a venom lab, most spitting cobras species spit a lot and it doesn’t take much for them to do so. This means that some of the venom will be inhaled by the people who care for them and this can eventually cause an allergy to the venom over time. If that happens you will go into anaphylactic shock next time you’re exposed to the venom and that has a fairly high chance of killing you, if left untreated. That’s the reason why a lot of keepers skip the spitters and go for a monocled or spectacled cobra instead.
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Their bodies are usually a bit more slender than that of other naja species. Depending on the locality coloration can be useful to identify them, too. But in both cases you have to be familiar with cobra species. To average Joe it looks like all the other cobras. One tell tale sign is if it spits at you! ???? Naja kaouthia, that would be the monocled cobra, can spit as well, but since that one isn’t a true spitter they’re really bad at it. It would be enough to hit your face from a close distance, but true spitters are fairly accurate up to several meters, although the species in question produces more of a mist than a spray, therefore its effective range is about only one meter.
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The death penalty doesn't work as a deterrent, whether executed publicly or behind closed doors because murders are either planned and in that case the murderer to be plans it so they hopefully won't get caught or the murder happens in the heat of the moment, in which case the perpetrator is so far gone into the red zone in that particular moment that they're incapable of thinking about the consequneces. Plus death row inmates cost a lot more than regular prisoners, due to special housing and lots of appeals. The only way this would work cost efficiently is, if you were to go the Chinese way, which is trial, conviction and then execution immediately afterwards, but that's not how it works in the western world.
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Tragic Fall Claims Life of German National at Pattaya Shopping Mall
pacovl46 replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
3 meters straight onto your head will be more than enough to do the deed.