Huge king cobra snared amid Phuket mating-season snake fight

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Huge king cobra snared amid Phuket mating-season snake fight

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The huge king cobra was caught after rescue workers broke up the snake fight at the restaurant in central Phuket . Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Rescue workers responding to a call that two “big” snakes were fighting under a restaurant in Thalang on New Year’s Eve (Dec 31) weren’t quite prepared for what their mission entailed.

 

When volunteers from Srisoonthorn Rescue arrived at the Pae Kruvit2 restaurant located behind Wat Tha Reua at 4:45pm, they were confronted by an angry king cobra measuring 3.5 metres in length – and like all king cobras, the snake could strike while still on the move.

 

The king cobra was amid a fight with smaller cobra – not of the king cobra species – under the restaurant. The king cobra had already delivered a serious bite to the head of its opponent, but the fight was not yet over.

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/huge-king-cobra-snared-amid-phuket-mating-season-snake-fight-60464.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2017-01-03

[LivinginKata]

That's a BIG cobra  .... glad I did not meet it ...

[NCC1701A]

that is one big a** snake!

[jollyhangmon]

Hell, what an apparatus ...

Still, just a regular bar-fight more or less apparently ... blame the alc, nothin' new there ...

[elgordo38]

I hope he was repatriated somewhere else in the wild. To majestic a beast for the dinner table. 

Edited January 3, 2017 by elgordo38

[HomeinThailand]

Very happy it did not meet its demise. 

[Bantex]

I take my hat off to the rescue workers, you couldn't pay me to do their job.

[hdkane]

how old does a cobra have to be to attain this lenght?

[toofarnorth]

6 hours ago, jollyhangmon said:

Hell, what an apparatus ...

Still, just a regular bar-fight more or less apparently ... blame the alc, nothin' new there ...

Yep another brawl , likely both were legless .  I'll get me coat.

[GOLDBUGGY]

He didn't get that big losing too many fights with other snakes. 

 

Set him back in the Wild buy not near my place...Thank You Too Much!

[lemonjelly]

Nothing to do with mating season, king cobras regularly prey on other snakes 

[ezrider62]

10 hours ago, HomeinThailand said:

Very happy it did not meet its demise. 

 

Agree. That is one beautiful snake, but keep it away from me.

[maoro2013]

11 hours ago, hdkane said:

how old does a cobra have to be to attain this lenght?

Don't know, but the largest one captured was in Isaan, somewhere, and was 5.7 meters.

 

I have been confronted by one, at least 4 metres. When it rose up it stood about my neck height. Thankfully it decided to go away.

[riceyummm]

25 minutes ago, maoro2013 said:

Don't know, but the largest one captured was in Isaan, somewhere, and was 5.7 meters.

 

I have been confronted by one, at least 4 metres. When it rose up it stood about my neck height. Thankfully it decided to go away.

 

My sphincter would have decided to go away before the snake did.

[malt25]

11 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

Yep another brawl , likely both were legless .  I'll get me coat.

And definitely armless.

[keeniau96]

Very nice snake. The Srisoonthorn Rescue dudes are very well regarded around here in Phuket, had them over to my house twice with good endings but nowhere near like the one in the photo.

[Usual Suspect]

When this big serpent gets angry under your restuarant, who do you call?...'rescue volunteers'

 Full marks to these guys..& DO hope that r/rant owner rewarded them.