Much smaller python takes on king cobra and won - NTU campus

[Kamikaze89]

source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/cobra-and-python-spotted/2080362.html

 

a contributor from another forum even speculated that this KING cobra vs python fight forecast the upcoming GE results

 

quoted:

 

''SG IS BORN IN THE YR OF THE SNAKE

ITS AN OMEN

THE LARGER SNAKE ESCAPED N THEN THE SMALLER SNAKE TAKE THE LIMELIGHT

I HOPE YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN

REMEMBER THE SEA EAGLE WHICH WAS FOUND OUTSIDE A WINDOW??

I WAS THE 1ST IN THIS FORUM TO SAY THE DEATH OF THE SEA EAGLE MEANS THE DEATH OF SOMEONE....

I HAD BEEN PROVEN RIGHT LAST TIME''

• SINGAPORE

Cobra and python spotted 'fighting' on NTU campus

Witnesses saw the python constricting itself around the head of the cobra around noon on Thursday (Aug 27). The python was taken away by pest control, but the cobra was only caught hours later.

• POSTED: 27 Aug 2015 21:15
• UPDATED: 27 Aug 2015 22:45

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Two snakes were seen duelling at the NTU campus on Thursday (Aug 27). (Photo: Abhishek Ambede)

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SINGAPORE: Two snakes, believed to be a reticulated python and a king cobra, were seen "fighting" each other on the street near Nanyang Technological University's (NTU) Research Techno Plaza (RTP) at noon on Thursday (Aug 27).

PhD student Abhishek Ambede shared pictures of the incident and told Channel NewsAsia the snakes were wrestling on the road beside a forested area. "Some of us working at RTP can see the site from our office. When we spotted the incident, I went down and noticed that the python had constricted around the cobra's head.

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The tussle, witnessed by a large crowd, lasted for about 30 minutes before the snakes separated. "The cobra escaped to the bushes, leaving the python moving slowly on its own along the road."

Mr Abhishek said he and other bystanders alerted NTU's pest control, as well as the Animal Concerns Research and Society (ACRES). Pest control officers removed the python, but were unable to locate the cobra.

After 4pm, the cobra reappeared briefly. "It was about that time that ACRES appeared but by the time they arrived, the snake had disappeared again into one of the drainage holes," Mr Abhishek said.

"ACRES told us they could not catch the snake if they could not see it. All we know is that there is no immediate danger. The only worry is that if it reappears on the road, there is a chance it might get run over," he added.

Mr Satish Digen, a technical officer at NTU, said pest control officers put sulfur powder down the drains in an attempt to draw it out. The reptile eventually emerged from its hiding place at about 10pm on Thursday and was taken away in a bag by the pest control team.

The NTU Graduate Student Council earlier urged those on campus to be on alert for the cobra. "Please be careful when you take the sidewalk near to bushes. Night researchers and night runners, please be extra vigilant," it said in a post on Facebook.

- CNA/hs

[Coltplussport]

FYI, the king cobra got away leaving behind the tired Python which got caught.

[Mercs]

Cobra versus python: Who will win?

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/this-urban-jungle/cobra-versus-python-who-will-win

 

Video in the link :)

[RadX]

ok this is not political and clearly battle of the wild. Let's keep it that way

[Pinobii]

Why recently got so many snakes........very scary

 

Think their population increase liao......

[nazerath]

The cobra probably trying to eat the python

[Myxilplix]

King cobras include other snakes as part of their diet.

 

This one is gorgeous, nice to know we've still got kings running (slithering) around in the wild.

[Chickenfarm]

King cobras include other snakes as part of their diet.

 

This one is gorgeous, nice to know we've still got kings running (slithering) around in the wild.

 

Seletar Farmway got lots of them still. I was driving to a Plant Nursery and E-braked for a 3m King Cobra who slithered across abruptly.

[Pinobii]

King cobras include other snakes as part of their diet.

 

This one is gorgeous, nice to know we've still got kings running (slithering) around in the wild.

You will be surprised.....

[RadX]

King cobras include other snakes as part of their diet.

 

This one is gorgeous, nice to know we've still got kings running (slithering) around in the wild.

 

ya....beautiful looking one that

[Ktglfc]

source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/cobra-and-python-spotted/2080362.html

 

a contributor from another forum even speculated that this KING cobra vs python fight forecast the upcoming GE results

 

quoted:

 

''SG IS BORN IN THE YR OF THE SNAKE

ITS AN OMEN

 

THE LARGER SNAKE ESCAPED N THEN THE SMALLER SNAKE TAKE THE LIMELIGHT

 

I HOPE YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN

 

REMEMBER THE SEA EAGLE WHICH WAS FOUND OUTSIDE A WINDOW??

 

I WAS THE 1ST IN THIS FORUM TO SAY THE DEATH OF THE SEA EAGLE MEANS THE DEATH OF SOMEONE....

 

I HAD BEEN PROVEN RIGHT LAST TIME''

• SINGAPORE

Cobra and python spotted 'fighting' on NTU campus

Witnesses saw the python constricting itself around the head of the cobra around noon on Thursday (Aug 27). The python was taken away by pest control, but the cobra was only caught hours later.

• POSTED: 27 Aug 2015 21:15
• UPDATED: 27 Aug 2015 22:45

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Two snakes were seen duelling at the NTU campus on Thursday (Aug 27). (Photo: Abhishek Ambede)

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SINGAPORE: Two snakes, believed to be a reticulated python and a king cobra, were seen "fighting" each other on the street near Nanyang Technological University's (NTU) Research Techno Plaza (RTP) at noon on Thursday (Aug 27).

PhD student Abhishek Ambede shared pictures of the incident and told Channel NewsAsia the snakes were wrestling on the road beside a forested area. "Some of us working at RTP can see the site from our office. When we spotted the incident, I went down and noticed that the python had constricted around the cobra's head.

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The tussle, witnessed by a large crowd, lasted for about 30 minutes before the snakes separated. "The cobra escaped to the bushes, leaving the python moving slowly on its own along the road."

 

Mr Abhishek said he and other bystanders alerted NTU's pest control, as well as the Animal Concerns Research and Society (ACRES). Pest control officers removed the python, but were unable to locate the cobra.

After 4pm, the cobra reappeared briefly. "It was about that time that ACRES appeared but by the time they arrived, the snake had disappeared again into one of the drainage holes," Mr Abhishek said.

"ACRES told us they could not catch the snake if they could not see it. All we know is that there is no immediate danger. The only worry is that if it reappears on the road, there is a chance it might get run over," he added.

Mr Satish Digen, a technical officer at NTU, said pest control officers put sulfur powder down the drains in an attempt to draw it out. The reptile eventually emerged from its hiding place at about 10pm on Thursday and was taken away in a bag by the pest control team.

The NTU Graduate Student Council earlier urged those on campus to be on alert for the cobra. "Please be careful when you take the sidewalk near to bushes. Night researchers and night runners, please be extra vigilant," it said in a post on Facebook.

- CNA/hs

 

Nobody win lah....

For all we know, they are just hugging each other... and then so many ppl come and see and take photos, they paiseh and then got separated ... Alamak, we separated a couple

[Byteslurve]

MO in action

[Mustank]

all wrong lah

the python is piaking the cobra

piak piak piak

tear piak shoot insai

come out the baby pythconbra :XD:

[Fishy]

King cobras have always been part of our ecosystem just that they avoid humans. The king cobra in our zoo, named Elvis, was caught from a drain in Thomson area.

 

Look at the size of the cobra in NTU, it is quite big and possibly a few years old but through these years, we have not heard reports of anyone in NTU getting bitten by the cobra and even in my NS days, we could prone on the forest floors without fear of snakes. Hence snakes are actually trying to avoid humans. It is humans who sought out and hunt snakes.

[Lala81]

King cobras include other snakes as part of their diet.

 

This one is gorgeous, nice to know we've still got kings running (slithering) around in the wild.

 

Lol i'd rather not know that they are slithering around in the bushes.

King cobras have always been part of our ecosystem just that they avoid humans. The king cobra in our zoo, named Elvis, was caught from a drain in Thomson area.

 

Look at the size of the cobra in NTU, it is quite big and possibly a few years old but through these years, we have not heard reports of anyone in NTU getting bitten by the cobra and even in my NS days, we could prone on the forest floors without fear of snakes. Hence snakes are actually trying to avoid humans. It is humans who sought out and hunt snakes.

 

Not really. They're always around.

My friend did a case study of 3 bangladeshis who kana spitting cobra attacks.

Edited August 28, 2015 by Lala81

[RadX]

 

Lol i'd rather not know that they are slithering around in the bushes.

 

Not really. They're always around.

My friend did a case study of 3 bangladeshis who kana spitting cobra attacks.

 

 

recently we did a study on snake venom and it's role in myogenesis...hmmm....those must be the snakes they caught...hahah

[RH1667]

it means every one nowadays working very hard, no body " eat snake ", so they ( the snakes ) feel safe to roam outside the jungles and bushes

[Fishy]

 

Lol i'd rather not know that they are slithering around in the bushes.

 

Not really. They're always around.

My friend did a case study of 3 bangladeshis who kana spitting cobra attacks.

 

why were they attacked? cobras would take up a defensive pose and spread out their hood and hiss loudly before spitting. Those bangla must have continued to provoke the snakes.