A Texas County man nearly died after being bitten by his pet cobra. It happened a few miles north of Houston. The sheriff says his department found out about it when someone called the Children’s Division, saying there were several kids in the home with extremely poisonous snakes.
The man was bitten on the finger by one of five poisonous snakes in his collection of about a dozen exotic snakes. Texas County Sheriff Carl Watson says they were not registered as required, but the family has agreed to get rid of them after the nearly fatal bite. “And if that’s the case, they’re not going to be charged with any offense. Even though they didn’t register them prior to this, if they take care of the problem, we’re going to go along with that,” Watson says.
The poisonous snakes inside the home include two diamondback rattle snakes, a puff adder and two cobras. The man was bitten last week and was flown to a St Louis hospital to be treated, where the proper treatment was available. He is out of the hospital tonight.