Don’t make the same mistake as this news anchor when telling your friends about this story. If something bites you and it makes you sick, that’s venomous. If you bite something and it makes you sick, that’s poisonous. If bitten by a venomous snake, medical attention should be sought immediately and it’s important that you not use a tourniquet, cut the wound and try to suck the venom out (despite what you see in movies), or pack the wound with ice.Īnd for the record, snakes are venomous, not poisonous. None of which are near as dangerous as the escaped cobra. North Carolina is home to 6 different species of venomous snake – The copperhead, cottonmouth, timber rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake, eastern diamondback rattlesnake and eastern coral snake.
At this time the police have not made a statement regarding any legal repercussions for Gifford. Owning highly venomous snakes is legal in North Carolina so long as certain stipulations are met, like having an “escape-proof” cage and alerting law enforcement immediately if a venomous snake does escape. The venom is particularly dangerous to small children and pets. He managed to escape, but the reptile then. Raleigh residents are on the lookout for a zebra cobra snake, which is someone’s escaped pet. The snakes venom can cause blindness, tissue damage, and even death. A man stepping into Australia’s Bloomfield River was knocked off his feet by a submerged crocodile, and the moment was caught on video. A venomous snake is on the loose in a North Carolina suburb. They hit their targets in the eyes almost every time they spit. The snakes are capable of spitting their venom up to 9-feet with incredible accuracy. They are highly venomous and quick to bite or spit if cornered or approached. Zebra cobras are native to the deserts and dry plains of Southern Africa. The snake’s current whereabouts are unknown and it is still on the loose.
That was Monday evening, when a neighbor called the cops to report that they had spotted a potentially dangerous snake in their neighborhood. Gifford still lives with his parents in the Raleigh suburbs, which is where the snake was last spotted. An escaped 18ft python found its way into a Hampshire home it’s more common than you think Paul Rowley Even the most experienced reptile keepers can get caught out by a restless serpent. This isn’t the first time one of Gifford’s snakes put him in the news this year though.īack in March, his pet West African Green Mamba put him in the hospital after delivering a venom-packed bite.Īccording to ABC 11, anti-venom from the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in South Carolina had to be rushed to the hospital in order to save Gifford’s life. The zebra cobra that escaped is owned by Christopher Gifford, a reptile enthusiast who routinely shows off exotic reptiles on his social media platforms. North Carolinians beware, there is currently a highly venomous spitting cobra hiding somewhere in northwest Raleigh.
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