More than 100 escaped cobras terrorize southwest China
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Where is Samuel L. Jackson when you need him? Or does he only specialize in plane-related snake incidents?
September 16, 2010 – 12:21 pm
Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?
That’s a question the people of Shijiao township in southwest China are probably asking themselves after 160 cobras escaped from an illegal breeding laboratory earlier this month, according to reports from state media.
Residents have found the deadly creatures everywhere imaginable — including kitchens and toilets.
But much credit should be given to the townspeople as the Information Times reports that they have killed nearly all of the snakes, except for five or six rogue cobras.
Shipments of anti-venom have been delivered to the township.
(national post)
Read more: http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/09/16/160-escaped-cobras-terrorize-southwest-china/#ixzz107hb1R6B
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