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kiknkorea
Joined: 16 May 2008
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 Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:54 pm Post subject: Escaped cobras strike fear in southwest China |
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This sounds more like an April Fool's joke.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100916/od_afp/chinaanimalsnakesoffbeat
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BEIJING (AFP) � Residents of a township in southwest China have been running scared after more than 160 cobras escaped from an illegal breeding laboratory, state media said Thursday.
People in Shijiao township in the huge Chongqing municipality have found the deadly snakes in outdoor toilets, kitchens and on the streets since they escaped earlier this month, the Information Times said.
"The other day, Zhang Erfen had just gone into the toilet when we heard a loud scream and she came running out while trying to hike up her pants" after coming face-to-face with a cobra, the paper quoted one villager as saying.
A villager identified as Cai Yong has admitted to raising up to 1,900 cobras in an unlicensed breeding centre in an abandoned schoolhouse. It was not clear if he had been arrested.
Most of the 160 cobras have either been caught or killed by villagers but "five or six" remain unaccounted for, the paper said.
Local health authorities have sent doses of anti-venom to the township, reports said. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for filling my hear with 10 minutes of schadenfreude based laughter. |
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Wishmaster
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 8:19 am Post subject: |
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| Population control...Chinese style. |
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