Here are a couple pictures of some I had a while back. These are of an amel male and a w.c. normal male.



I no longer keep monocleds, but would certainly again consider it. In my experience, they tended to be a bit easier to deal with than many other Najas out there. However, I have a pair of black Paks now that really don't conform to the typical stereotypical black Pak attitude and a very easy to work with. The monocleds do run the gauntlet of temperaments, and some can be real handfuls. I've seen some adults before they were just amazingly huge, at least 6' and thick. They often become rather placid once they reach those sizes, especially if raised in captivity, but the young and juveniles can be very spunky. They're easy to husband though, and don't typically present any out-of-the-ordinary issues.

If you'll notice, I use the words often, typically, and usually a lot, because every snake is an individual, and every snake can have bad days. The one time you go to laxadazically hook, or worse, free hand, that placid cobra into a storage bin is going to be the one time it's going to decide you're better off dead than messing with it. Make no mistake about it, these snakes, despite their common occurence in the hot herp hobby, are very toxic. If you don't die from a bite, you may wish you had after your doctors get finished reforming your hand, arm, leg, face, whatever. Anyway, enough of the pleasantries Any more questions?
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Chance Duncan
www.rivervalleyexotics.com

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• monocle cobra picture request! - venomjunkie, Sat Feb 25 23:17:24 2006
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