GREAT! Now a lady gets bitten by a cobra in a shopping center parking lot!

[joepythons]

She bagged the snake after it bit her!
Maybe it is just me...but this sounds a little fishy.

I was thinking the exact thing! Unless you have equipment to handle hots you can not just pick them up .I call bull crap as far as this story is concerned

[Jt.]

What?

Does no one else enjoy the sport of stick-picking-uping?

[joepythons]

This is what i think happened.The lady was handling her cobra and let her guard down and was bitting.Now because of her ignorance everyone will think every stick in a parking lot is a killer snake .So she added to the negative thoughts concerning reptiles .In the next couple days we will get the real truth.

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

What?

Does no one else enjoy the sport of stick-picking-uping?

Looks like its just you n me

[Freakie_frog]

What?

Does no one else enjoy the sport of stick-picking-uping?

I do but only as a warm up to my real passion cobra-baggy-stuffing.

[Beardedragon]

Well, you know, if I happened to see a stick that looked just like a real live cobra, I'd probably pick it up too!

Er... wait a minute. First I'd run away. Then I'd find a REALLY long stick, to poke at the other stick, and make sure it is just a stick. THEN I'd pick it up. That's assuming I ever believed for half a second that it was a stick in the first place.

But then what if that other really long stick was the Cobra, and the other was just in fact a cobra looking stick?

LOL, really though, She then bagged the snake and took it somewhere? If I were bit I think id call 911... I think drugs were involved if she could stay that calm.

[Elise.m]

I think the stick picking up is definitely fishy. Before I was even into Herps, I knew that if you're bit by a venomous snake it helps the drs to see the snake to decide which antivenom they should give you. I learned that just from watching Animal Planet.

I think it's a far stretch to say that she happened to watch the same shows and came to the same conclusion.

[dsirkle]

She bagged the snake after it bit her! I don't think there are many ppl out there that know or could bag a cobra without more bites. Especially without having the proper equipment.

Maybe it is just me...but this sounds a little fishy.

My thoughts exactly.

[wolfy-hound]

I'd love to know exactly what sort of "bag"she had it in. Because I'll bet it was a snake bag like us herpers keep around for our PET snakes.

I'll join in. It's her snake, or her kid's or boyfriend's, and she messed with it and got bit, lied to prevent them/her from getting into trouble, and yes, I'd pick up a stick. But if I picked up a stick, you can darn well know it would be a STICK, not a cobra. Similarities aside, one is wood, one is snake, it's not normally too hard to tell the difference.

[wilomn]

I'd love to know exactly what sort of "bag"she had it in. Because I'll bet it was a snake bag like us herpers keep around for our PET snakes.

I'll join in. It's her snake, or her kid's or boyfriend's, and she messed with it and got bit, lied to prevent them/her from getting into trouble, and yes, I'd pick up a stick. But if I picked up a stick, you can darn well know it would be a STICK, not a cobra. Similarities aside, one is wood, one is snake, it's not normally too hard to tell the difference.

Exactly.

I know I always keep a container or two and at least two snake bags in my car, but I make my living with reptiles, occasionally make purchases or trades, and rarely, go out into the field to find them.

I don't see a non-snake owner having a snake bag handy nor the skill to bag a cobra. I've bagged cobras. It's not easy.