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Deadly Cobra on the Loose in T.O.

Posted by Tanja / October 8, 2006

20061008-cobra.jpgI'm not even kidding.

The Toronto Star is reporting that a spitting cobra is loose in the Church St & Weston Rd neighbourhood.

The slithering fugitive has been loose for the past week and a half, snaking its way around a townhouse, which has already caused at least 2 families to be forced out of their homes.

Animal control is trying to lure it into their capturing hands, but the cobra will have none of that. Apparently, it's in dark spaces where it may be snacking on a couple weeks supply of mice. Very nice.

So far, it doesn't look like he'll be getting out of the house to go cruising for Thanksgiving but officials are keeping an eye on the situation.


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8 Comments

Sameer Vasta / October 8, 2006 at 08:12 am
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Maybe he's just waiting for some turkey dinner before he heads on back home. =)
sookie / October 8, 2006 at 09:42 am
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Wow. I was just reading up at <a href="http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic544.htm";>emedicine</a> about the dangers of these creatures and was suprised to find out that: often cobras spew venom at the eyes instead of biting, India once listed snake-bites as it's 5th cause of deaths in the nation and that king cobra's can grow to be 5.2 metres long!
Matt / October 8, 2006 at 11:33 am
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Best headline in the history of blogTO?
jerrold / October 8, 2006 at 12:59 pm
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BEST. HEADLINE. EVAR!
Tanja / October 8, 2006 at 05:49 pm
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Haha...
Hamish Grant / October 10, 2006 at 09:17 am
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SNAKES ON A...townhouse?

Wait, do Church St. and Weston Rd. actually intersect? if so, where?
Jim Morrison / October 22, 2006 at 05:18 am
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It is I...

"The Crawling King Snake Baby!"
Chris / February 22, 2007 at 05:06 pm
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Well, this response comes months late, but I may as well explain:

This isn't Church as in Church & Wellesley, this is a small street in the Weston neighbourhood, midway between Lawrence Ave W and the 401. I live just down the street from this place.

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