Thailand
Stolen Cobras in Bangkok
Thai King Cobra
This photo was taken at the Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute and Snake Farm in Bangkok, Thailand in Febuary of 2008 as the snake was on display during the snake show. In 2005 some snakes were stolen from this same snake farm. Here is the story from The Nation Thailand News:
Bangkok Snake Farm Brochure
The visitor's brochure from the Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute and Snake Farm in Bangkok, Thailand:
More Types of Snakes
Baby Black Speckled Pal Pitviper - Source: Tad Arensmeier
Black Headed Python - Source: Tad Arensmeier
Snake Venom
Envenomed Foot
A snake bite does not necessarily mean an envenomed bite, injection of venom is under the snake's control. Snakes will often (about 50% of the time) deliver a "dry bite" where venom is not injected. Should you be bitten, remain calm under all circumstances. Panic and shock are bigger killers than venom.
Snake Types
There are 2700 species and subspecies of Snakes in the world. As a group, they lack legs, hearing, and movable eyelids. Having evolved from lizards, some snakes still possess skeletal remnants of legs. Snakes have a large number of vertebrae (180 to 435), most of which have ribs attached. There are 4 families of snakes: Boidae (boas and pythons), Colubridae (racers, garter snakes, rat snakes and many others), Elapidae (cobras, mambas, and their relatives), Viperidae (rattlesnakes and other vipers).