Snake of the Month
This time it was in our livingroom, under the Christmas tree. Jasper glimpsed it first, and Froot Loop our dog went after it. Jasper didn't see it clearly, and came running to tell me there was an animal under our Christmas tree. I grabbed a big pestle made of rock thinking it was probably a rat or something. I moved out furniture, first one hinged box, then the next, and I saw it...a long black snake. I told Jasper to get back and the dog started barking and chasing it. I kept hearing a very strange noise, like the cat hissing, except our cat wasn't around. The snake made its way out from under the tree area and went behind the couch, the dog in hot pursuit. I jumped on an ottoman and then decided I wanted to see what kind of snake it was. So I hopped on the couch and looked down at the snake and our dog. I wasn't prepared for what I saw. It was reared up, hooded, and striking at our dog. I jumped down, screamed for the kids to run upstairs, and called Ken. He came running with a hoe, but when I told him it was a cobra he immediately called our Thai friends and co-workers to come help us.
I called Froot Loop away from the snake over and over but he wouldn't listen to me. I went around the house and saw our dog lunge for the snake, grab it by the neck and start shaking it, but the snake got away and I saw it striking again. I was so scared. When the dog got near the door I grabbed it by the ear and pulled it to safety. Our Thai friends came, 4 men, and they killed the snake with a long wooden beam. We got a close look at it, they confirmed it was a cobra, a juvenile one, and then threw it over our wall. We were kind of bummed about that because we wanted to get a picture of it. We considered going out in the field with our tall rubber boots, but decided not to.
We looked it up...here's the info. It was a Monocellate Cobra, a "classic" cobra, not a King Cobra or a spitting cobra. Females lay up to 45 eggs. The bite is venomous and potentially fatal. As I was looking it up my hands were still shaking from the whole encounter.
I called Froot Loop away from the snake over and over but he wouldn't listen to me. I went around the house and saw our dog lunge for the snake, grab it by the neck and start shaking it, but the snake got away and I saw it striking again. I was so scared. When the dog got near the door I grabbed it by the ear and pulled it to safety. Our Thai friends came, 4 men, and they killed the snake with a long wooden beam. We got a close look at it, they confirmed it was a cobra, a juvenile one, and then threw it over our wall. We were kind of bummed about that because we wanted to get a picture of it. We considered going out in the field with our tall rubber boots, but decided not to.
We looked it up...here's the info. It was a Monocellate Cobra, a "classic" cobra, not a King Cobra or a spitting cobra. Females lay up to 45 eggs. The bite is venomous and potentially fatal. As I was looking it up my hands were still shaking from the whole encounter.
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