Cobra
- India
72 exotic snakes, 6 capuchin monkeys seized at Bangalore airport
Bengaluru: Customs officials at Kempegowda International Airport in Karnataka’s Bengaluru on Wednesday seized 55 ball pythons, 17 king cobras and six capuchin monkeys, officials said. While the pythons and cobras were alive,…
- India
‘Snake in the tiger’s shadow’: Deadly cobra rescued from Thackeray home
Mumbai: A highly venomous and angry cobra was rescued from Shiv Sena (UBT) President and ex-Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s bungalow, ‘Matoshri’ in Bandra east, as his family heaved a sigh of relief,…
- India
CRPF asks Manipur-origin personnel on leave in state to report to nearest base
New Delhi: The CRPF has directed its personnel hailing from Manipur and on leave in their home state to “immediately” report to their nearest security base with family members in the wake…
- Hyderabad
‘Over 50% snakes rescued in Hyderabad are venomous cobras’
Hyderabad: Fifty percent of snakes rescued in the city are venomous cobras who genetically learned to stay alongside the humans and made the areas of Gachibowli, Patancheruvu, Attapur, Rajendra Nagar, Uppal, Nagaram,…
- Offbeat
Eight-year-old boy bites cobra snake to death in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: An eight-year-old boy bite a cobra snake twice to death when it got wrapped around his hand. This incident took place in the Jashpur District of Chhattisgarh. Speaking to local media,…
- India
Snake rescuer gets bitten while trying to kiss a cobra
In a horrifying video which surfaced online, a man from Karnataka’s Shivamogga managed to survive a snake bite on the lip when he tried to kiss it. A show of affection turned…