Have walkers actually spotted a cobra here?
A cell phone video shows a large snake moving frantically across a field.
Ludwigsburg - In the Ludwigsburg district, walkers spotted a potentially highly dangerous snake on Saturday. The police assumed on Saturday that it could be a "non-domestic venomous snake". According to the SWR, reptile experts had come to the conclusion after initial assessments that the reptile could have been a cobra. The animal was discovered in the Sachsenheimer Kirchbachtal, between the villages of Ochsenbach and Kirbachhof.
A breeder's runaway animal?
An abandoned pet snake?
Or is it a native wild animal?
On Saturday evening, the police and fire brigade were looking for the animal with drones.
But the search had to be aborted unsuccessfully.
The Katwarn warning system and the police call on passers-by to dial the emergency number immediately if the animal is seen.
In no case should one approach the snake.
Cobra sighting near Ludwigsburg?
That is what makes the snake so dangerous
Cobras belong to poisonous snakes.
Their most noticeable feature is the expandable neck shield, which, however, is only set up in the threatening position.
They eat small mammals, birds or reptiles.
If you feel attacked, straighten up and jerk your neck back and forth.
Their bite is fatal to the victims.
Respiratory paralysis and death can also occur in humans if no antidote is administered.
The animal welfare organization PETA lists several cases of sightings of poisonous snakes in Germany.
Especially in the summer months, when the cold-blooded animals become more active, there could be more outbreaks from terrariums.
Cobras are native to large parts of Asia and Africa.
A man in Thailand tried unsuccessfully for a week to remove a cobra from his toilet bowl:
Cobra, spitting cobra or grass snake?
Discussion about snake sighting is ongoing
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reported on Sunday that the police had meanwhile come to the conclusion that the snake was a highly poisonous spitting cobra.
She is able to spray her victims with poison over several meters.
An antidote is only available in Berlin.
A video on Youtube should show the snake seen near Ludwigsburg:
Commentators below the video assume the movements are too hectic for a cobra.
They rate the animal more as a grass snake - indigenous and completely harmless to humans.
In the corona crisis, more and more wild animal orphans are being found and given away for care.
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