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i didn't know "American kingsnakes" were related to king dobras
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sorry, link won't post but it's in the reptile news column on the forum list page.

The media is so much better informed than we are! LOL
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This link?

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_method=full&objectid=18393410&siteid=50082-name_page.html

They must have edited it, as I didn't see anything connecting them and King Cobras.

Yeah...no editing done. Read the third paragraph. ~~Greg~~

US snake found slithering around Welsh driveway

Jan 5 2007

Sally Williams, Western Mail

A THREE-foot-long snake, usually found slithering through the Arizona desert in the US, has been discovered surviving on small rodents in a Welsh town.

The American Kingsnake belongs to the constrictor family and, in the US wilds, they will eat rattlesnakes, lizards, rodents, birds and eggs.

But the reptile, related to the king cobra, was spotted by retired bakery assistant Hazel Davies in the town of Llanfair Caereinion, near Welshpool, Powys.

Mrs Davies, a great-grandmother, found the snake on a private driveway on December 28 and bravely managed to coax it into a bucket.

She popped it in her greenhouse so it would be safe overnight because she felt sorry for the snake, which is known to overpower other snakes in the wild and eat them.

"But the reptile, related to the king cobra..."

Well, this is not ENTIRELY inaccurate. After all, king cobras and king snakes are both snakes. Then again, I don't generally consider the big male silverback gorilla at the Dallas Zoo to be my cousin (although, he does resemble my late brother LOL).