Awesome

[Merkinball]

Sometime it takes a pic like this to make you realise how awe inspiring the King Cobra is. I think we should make this species an honourary Australian, just for being awesome.

 

[jaspy]

Definitely! They are just so majestic!

 

[Maxwell]

Wow thats amazing!

No way in hell would i be that close however.

 

[thesilverbeast]

They're amazing animals. I got to spend some time with one overseas recently. This one was "only" 4 meters long.

This last pic shows its size a bit better. I'm holding it out from my body, then its up to my shoulder and down to the ground and it still had a fair bit of length on the ground.

I think it goes without saying that you shouldn't ever approach cobras or any venomous snake if you don't know what you're doing. I had been trained by the snakes owner and venomous snake experts in Australia and overseas.

 

[longqi]

Also a huge difference between wild ones and pet ones
Wild ones defend their nests strongly
Incredibly powerful big snakes that assess every situation before reacting
Have huge striking distance
Rarely give dry bites and pump loads of venom through big fangs

I love the fact that we have them in Bali
Also quite happy we dont get too many calls to move them

 

[Grogshla]

they scare the crap outta me

 

[SteveNT]

Justifiably so. They are spectacular snakes.

Silverbeast, no offence, but I hope that snake wasn't defanged. Cant agree with that stuff.

 

[paultheo]

they are stunning creatures

 

[Pitttownboy]

I hear they become pussy cats when kept for a while

 

[thesilverbeast]

Silverbeast, no offence, but I hope that snake wasn't defanged. Cant agree with that stuff.

There was a language barrier but I would hope not.

Actually no I remember fangs being present on a couple of smaller cobras.

 

[longqi]

Steve
although defanging does happen still, the best demonstrators use totally complete kings
they tame down beautifully
thats why they use kings so much
very very predictable and handle well 99% of the time

 

[Pitttownboy]

Steve
although defanging does happen still, the best demonstrators use totally complete kings
they tame down beautifully
thats why they use kings so much
very very predictable and handle well 99% of the time

just like big inland and coastal tais once you handle them a bit they settle right down, do you handle them much longqi

 

[wildthings]

That is awesome, stunning snakes, I do believe that our Red Bellied Black is just as majestic, I've seen some huge one's in the bush, never in 20 years or so had one have a go at me, in fact they go out of their way not too, and they tame down very nicely, dunno if they're as tame as those monster cobra's above tho

 

[longqi]

just like big inland and coastal tais once you handle them a bit they settle right down, do you handle them much longqi

I have handled them a bit too much in the past
try to avoid handling them now unless we have to rescue one
but tame ones are much more docile and predictable than any coastal taipan Ive ever seen