Some of your Asian species are generaly smallish (4-5 ft range)robust and very perdictable in their movments. They genneraly rear to confront you which actualy makes them easier to control. They generaly dont bounce around and preform the acrobats of other species. This dosent however mean they should ever be underestimated!

Asian cobras tend to have extreamly potent venoms which cause both sever pralysis (mainly of the respitory system)along with massive tissue destruction around the bote site and somtimes up the entire bitten limb. These guys kill many people world wide and as is with any venomous species they should not be taken lightly.

On the same note there are several species of cobra that are extreamly difficult to control. Some of the African species get gigantic, upwards of 7 feet long, have huge ammounts of venom and bounce around like a hose on crack! lol (pardon the analogy)One species in pirticular, the Forest Cobra is renouned as one of the most aggresive and dangerous species of snakes on the planet when confronted in close courters. Most cobras will simply stand their ground and maybe make a few half hearted lunges in your direction. Forest will activly persue you, are slender and agile, much more so then other species and will make every attempt to kill you if given the chance. Not all specimens but its probaly tmore the norm then with almost anyother species of venomous snake.

Well, just alittle insight as to why somone may make the statment that its easier to work with cobras.

Hope this helps.

Take care

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