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RE: Cobra skin aboard plane??

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Posted by: spycspider at Mon Aug 1 05:51:19 2005  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by spycspider ]  
   

Actually, and i'll probably get heat for this, my cousin saw it on a road and killed it. He has a famous restaurant way up in the mountains in the middle of bumble**ck, Taiwan and we were headed up to bbq in the middle of the night when we saw it.

He's actually very knowledgeable about them and even told me he knew they were protected. He said he's seen too many people get bitten while hiking at night or found ones in his bathroom. And they always kill them upon sight. I thought about it and wanted to argue: 1) Why would idiots hike in the mountain at night knowing there are cobras out? 2) It was just crossing the road and not doing anyone harm.

However, I put aside all my American-born reptile conservation bias and realized I'm this rich foreign kid who shouldn't have a say on how local businesses operate their lives here. People do get bitten as habitats collide and who was I to tell him not to protect his kids or customers? 5 years ago, I would've been more adamant about "correcting him."

The only merit I see in his action is he brought it back, skinned it, and made the meat into soup so effectively, he killed it for food, not just for fun.


   

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