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One tough old lady
Mark G
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If I found a cobra on my back porch I doubt I would go after it like this lady did. In Philadelphia of all places!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2019/06/25/pennsylvania-grandma-killed-cobra-shovel/1557688001/
First she snapped photos.
Then the 73-year-old Pennsylvania grandma smashed the snake dead with a shovel. Animal control says she slayed a 4.5 foot Asian cobra.
Kathy Kehoe said she knew instantly it was a cobra when she first spotted it on her patio. Birds were screeching outside at about 2 p.m. Monday when she stepped outside see why. "Oh, it's a snake," Kehoe told ABC 6.
"When I opened the screen door to see what kind of snake it was, the birds flew away and I saw the spot on its back, and I kind of nudged its tail and it came up and spread its hood and I said 'that's a cobra,'" she said.
"He went this way. I stalked him and when he got over to here, I tapped his tail. He went up and that's when I did the deed and held him there," she said.
The grandma said she wasn't about to let the cobra get away because of children in the neighborhood of Falls Township, Bucks County, 25 miles from Philadelphia.
"I was like 'this animal can't be here, it's a poisonous reptile,'" she said.
In March, officials removed 20 venomous snakes from a neighboring apartment, including 12 cobras.
Police told ABC 6 that it's unclear if the cobra in Kehoe's yard is connected to the March apartment raid.
While the tough grandma's actions were undoubtedly brave, a wildlife veterinarian advises against taking matters into your own hands, literally, when confronting venomous snakes.
Leave all venomous snakes alone and contact the authorities, Dr. Susan Tyson-Pello of the Mount Laurel Animal Hospital told ABC 6.
Cobra bites can be fatal is untreated.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2019/06/25/pennsylvania-grandma-killed-cobra-shovel/1557688001/
First she snapped photos.
Then the 73-year-old Pennsylvania grandma smashed the snake dead with a shovel. Animal control says she slayed a 4.5 foot Asian cobra.
Kathy Kehoe said she knew instantly it was a cobra when she first spotted it on her patio. Birds were screeching outside at about 2 p.m. Monday when she stepped outside see why. "Oh, it's a snake," Kehoe told ABC 6.
"When I opened the screen door to see what kind of snake it was, the birds flew away and I saw the spot on its back, and I kind of nudged its tail and it came up and spread its hood and I said 'that's a cobra,'" she said.
"He went this way. I stalked him and when he got over to here, I tapped his tail. He went up and that's when I did the deed and held him there," she said.
The grandma said she wasn't about to let the cobra get away because of children in the neighborhood of Falls Township, Bucks County, 25 miles from Philadelphia.
"I was like 'this animal can't be here, it's a poisonous reptile,'" she said.
In March, officials removed 20 venomous snakes from a neighboring apartment, including 12 cobras.
Police told ABC 6 that it's unclear if the cobra in Kehoe's yard is connected to the March apartment raid.
While the tough grandma's actions were undoubtedly brave, a wildlife veterinarian advises against taking matters into your own hands, literally, when confronting venomous snakes.
Leave all venomous snakes alone and contact the authorities, Dr. Susan Tyson-Pello of the Mount Laurel Animal Hospital told ABC 6.
Cobra bites can be fatal is untreated.
Comments
There's the whole story in a nutshell.
There is a commercial running on TV nowadays about how the "men" nowadays have less
testosterone than their fathers, And their fathers had less than their grandfathers, {as a picture of the marines standing up an American Flag on Iwo Jima plays}
The women of our grandma"s era were not afraid of a snake.........
LOL
Too true!
Good for grandma! She sure took care of business.
Those things are REALLY expensive. Two brothers that went to school with my kids are into reptiles and have some pretty exotic things. I don't know what the regulations are on having one of these, but they sell for thousands. Personally, I don't think dangerous snakes should be allowed at all to be owned......pythons have ruined large parts of Florida. Can you guys imagine if Cobras were to start breeding and taking over areas????
She was all worried about the kids, lol, that is just playtime for the kids overseas. Many learn to play music because of them.
Typical liberal, smash it because you don't understand.
Why depend on the authorities when she had the opportunity to deal with the situation? By the time the "authorities" respond, the snake could have been gone. I say she did the right thing!
No this is the story in a nut shell. "I was like 'this animal can't be here, it's a poisonous reptile,'".
As for the testosterone bit. I forget which page but in the book "Hagakure" there's a mention where a physician of the day basically mentioned where "medicine" working for both men and women. That was a book from 1700-ish ago. And dude seen it happening. Yes I know people are people and they're relatively the same so meds should work on them.