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This is a somewhat neat article I found online, nothing that you want to try, but interesting none the less!

http://www.kriyayoga.com/angelsoflove/king_cobra.html

-steve clark

While this was a mildly entertaining story, I feel pretty confident in saying that whoever wrote this is a philosophor and not a snake handler and that it sounds like a work of fiction (philosophy if you prefer).

Of course, I'd also say here's pretty shakey as a philosopher if he considers keeping a snake in his bedroom for protection to be giving it complete freedom...

While I certainly wouldn't not recommend this as a safe practice for anyone it is possible that this man had a king cobra as a free roaming pet. I watched a special on snakes where one family, living in King cobra territory, did have a king cobra which they kept in their house and yard as a pet. They handled it and moved it around with what looked like the respect most people who have retics give them. It was quiet amazing to see. As far as the snake being free, the article does say that the snake was able to go out in to the garden and then return so it's not like it was captive in the bedroom. This whole article may be fiction but like I said I did see and example of a king cobra living as a pet.

This person is a crackpot, look at the rest of her site. The quality of her writing is poor, even taking into account that English might be a second language. Her thoughts are incoherent and fancifull, and when she does pull them together, she makes connections like her holding/raping pet analogy?!?! I understand what she's getting at, but it is quite extreme. I think calling her a philosopher is rather generous.
J

With the emphasis on the latter. Must have been a different genus of king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah). The genus means snake eater. One of the biggest difficulties in captive maintenance of kings is keeping them supplied with snakes or getting them accustomed to eating rodents. The author didn't mention anything about scenting the frogs with snake skin or parts. Perhaps it was the frog eating king cobra (Ranaphagous).

~~Greg~~