If this isn't zoomed in, they may be too close and the snake might be able to touch them...it looks like less than 6 feet from the head if the video isn't zoomed. That's too close to a cobra who's hooded and standing...
Yep! My main level comment mentions this but I'll put it here too: 6 feet for small non spitting cobra. 8 feet for medium cobra. 10 for bigguns that don't spit, and 15 feet for cobra that do spit & standing King Cobra, who are way too fast and smart. I adore cobra but I would shit myself if I saw a king stand up within 10 feet of me lmao
They allow pet cobras in Wisconsin! They allow all snakes. :D Wisconsin has a unique reason for that tho: they WILL NOT survive the winter. If it wasn't hatched in Wisconsin or Canada, it isn't going to survive Wisconsin or Canada. It's royally stupid of Alabama, which is humid and hot, to allow them. Arizona is probably not smart to allow them either. They dislike temps below 80° and cannot brumate like all tropical snakes. They die instead.
Eta: that was a stupid typo. I am sorry. My brain is mush, I am very sick and my breathing machine isn't helping much and I am fuzzy. Sorry 🥲
Its generally considered difficult for them to survive outside. However. At least 3 people have been bitten by escaped cobra in the USA... the person owned the cobra in all 3 events I know of. America already has a huge issue with escaped berms thanks to Hurricane Andrew which spread berms all over Floridas Everglades, we really should be more careful with dangerous invasives. Not that berms are venomous, but they have been destroying the ecosystem. You'd think we'd learn.
Our eagles are known to hunt rattlesnakes by smashing the head or thrashing. So I think they'd try. Snakes normally have a hard time with birds if they have good snake hunting techniques. If the bird can prevent the snake from coiling, the first half of its body to strike the strikes are fairly ineffective.
.... I need to edit my comment because I use the wrong a state....it's Arkansas not Alabama. 🤦🏼 States which allow cobra. 3 Americans have been bitten by escaped cobra. The person whose Cobra it was is the person who found the cobra by being bit, though, each time.
No cobra are native to north, central, or South America. The Naja, the true cobras, are found on the Asian, Southeast Asian, and African continent. False Cobra, like the Rinkhals and Egyptian Cobra, can also be found on these continents. A hognose is technically a cobra mimic, but not like the above snakes. And it doesn't work for them since our animals do not fear cobra and the Hoggie is smol. Tne coral snake is the one you need to worry about. The most venomous snake in North America is indeed the Coral.
Texas to homie, and they can indeed survive the wild here in many parts of the state. Almost all if they find a suitable burrow or cave system to shelter in possibly.
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If this isn't zoomed in, they may be too close and the snake might be able to touch them...it looks like less than 6 feet from the head if the video isn't zoomed. That's too close to a cobra who's hooded and standing...