webfact Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 That's a BIG cobra .... glad I did not meet it ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 that is one big a** snake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyhangmon Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Hell, what an apparatus ... Still, just a regular bar-fight more or less apparently ... blame the alc, nothin' new there ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 (edited) I hope he was repatriated somewhere else in the wild. To majestic a beast for the dinner table. Edited January 3, 2017 by elgordo38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeinThailand Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Very happy it did not meet its demise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bantex Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I take my hat off to the rescue workers, you couldn't pay me to do their job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdkane Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 how old does a cobra have to be to attain this lenght? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDBUGGY Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonjelly Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Nothing to do with mating season, king cobras regularly prey on other snakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezrider62 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maoro2013 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riceyummm Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malt25 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 11 hours ago, toofarnorth said: Yep another brawl , likely both were legless . I'll get me coat. And definitely armless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeniau96 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usual Suspect Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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