Snakes found in storage unit (CNN)

[Jonny2184]

Spitting Cobra! No way I would open the lid on that thing!
They must be worth a ton of moolah!

[MPenn]

Spitting Cobra! No way I would open the lid on that thing!
They must be worth a ton of moolah!

No, you can get them for a couple of hundred or less.

[Mindibun]

Am I mistaken or was the "southeastern cobra" a rattler? Anyway, I'm kinda in love with the man who was helping GFC. "It's animal cruelty - same as with a turtle, cat or dog". I doubt there were many people there saying THAT. Especially because some of the animals were known to be venomous. Usually the reaction in that situation isn't "oh how sad, how horrible!" It's "why would someone keep such a dangerous animal?"

...I dunno, it just gets to me how animals without a "cuteness factor" don't get as much help from humanity.

[Laooda]

I'm just glad that the owner DIDN't pay his bill... at least they have been discovered. I hate to say it, but it could have been worse.

[littleindiangirl]

The southeastern cobra looks a lot like a diamond back rattler....

[JLC]

I moved this out of the colubrid forum...not sure how that got missed for so long. LOL

As for the rattlesnake/cobra mixup...I think it was just a misspoken word...not that the reporter was intending to call it a cobra. He'd been going on about the cobras in the room...and when he switched species his brain was stuck on the "cobra" word. I think we've all done that at some point or another...used one word when we meant to use another. Should have been caught in editing, of course...but I would imagine the ones editing the spot know even less than the reporter covering it.

[Karma]

That sucks.