The now ex-cobra
Our friends in Siolim have been having snake problems. They live on the outskirts of a large village in quite a rural location and have a large garden, which they have to work on daily, otherwise the jungle takes over. Snakes, especially venomous ones, are not an attraction in the garden. So when the dogs got very agitated by a harmless shrub, Andrew guessed there was a snake and so it proved; four foot of cobra. The snake was not to be persuaded to move on and reared up into strike position. ‘Not acceptable behaviour’,thought Andrew and duly despatched it to its maker.
A few days earlier, Andrew’s attention was caught by one of the goldfish ‘mucking about’ on the surface of the water. ‘Fish don’t do that’, thought Andrew and went to inspect. He discovered that a snake had the fish by the nose and was trying to back out of the pond with its prize. A non-venomous snake this time, but it was also duly despatched.
The fish has survived and is now the proud owner of a third nostril.
Much non-sensical advice about the disposal of the ex-cobra has been offered to Andrew by the villagers. There are many superstitions about snakes in India and some regard them as holy.
Footnote: We apologise to Andrew and Jill for using IWA (India Wins Again) without the copyright sign but I’m damn’d if I can find one at the moment, maybe next time!
September 5, 2008 at 2:24 pm |
well…yep…my bro once killed a snake using a cricket bat when it came into
our garden…he was forced to go to a temple and keep a bowl full of milk
in front of snake god(some cat would have come and drank it later) otherwise we were
told that the better half of the snake would find him later in his life and take revenge
lolz…only then we realised even snakes marry and live like humans…we were superstitious
but we are changing fast