Quote Originally Posted by jparker1167 View Post
you had no problem holding the forest cobra ? i would take a guess that it was a venomoid cobra. right ? cobras are the way to go if you want a venomous snake wouldn't be the best advise if you ask me. cobras are fast and can be very aggressive and forest cobras are known to be aggressive which makes me think your friends is a venomoid that he handles like a non venomous snake. i see you are in Washington i believe you need permits to keep venomous snakes.

someone said that their sister got to handle cobras in at a place in az ? what places would that be, a zoo or something like that, i don't see a person just letting people come in and handle venomous snakes for no reason if they don't work at the place. that would be a lawsuit waiting to happen..

like it was said snakes are different and some are more laid back, gaboons are one but if you are in range and they want to bite you they wont miss. they are not snakes to be held or played with. a bite could kill you even from copperheads which are not normally fatal but the bite results in a lot of amputations.


there are hots that are better to start out with then others, copperheads, pygmy rattlers. its best to stay away from arboreal hots, gaboons, puff adders, mambas, cobras are not ones to start with.
I saw a video of venemoids. YouTube - Venomoid cobras give venom The person tested them, and many had through tissue regrowth started producing venom again.