Volunteers catch Phuket cobra in henhouse
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The cobra was caught before it managed to make a meal of any of the chickens.

PHUKET: -- Kusondharm Foundation volunteers on Saturday evening (November 16) caught a one-metre Siamese cobra that had been preying on a 60-year-old woman’s chickens.

Arunee Sangsil called the foundation to send help to her home in Soi Thungjeen 1 in Srisoonthorn after she spotted the snake causing havoc inside her henhouse.

The volunteers, who have had plenty of practice at catching snakes in the past few months, some of them much larger, took just 30 minutes to bag the serpent. It was later released in the wild, far away from Ms Arunee’s chickens.

Ms Arunee said this was not the first time she’s had trouble with cobras and pythons, which emerge from the rubber plantation at the back of her home and snack on the birds she raises.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/volunteers-catch-phuket-cobra-in-henhouse-42886.php


-- Phuket News 2013-11-18

There must be a political metaphor or two here.

One metre?? Hatchlings at best. Total BS story.

I used to keep and breed snakes, btw.

One metre?? Hatchlings at best. Total BS story.

I used to keep and breed snakes, btw.

+1. ......and still do!!!!!!

If the snake is only 1 meter long, wonder how tall is the dwarf holding it ?

If the snake is only 1 meter long, wonder how tall is the dwarf holding it ?

Kinda cool that they underestimated the "fish story". Usually the other way around.

Looks a tad longer than 1 meter