This is how this appeared in my mailbox.
>From: "Refdesk Fact of the Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Refdesk Fact of the Day: King Cobra
>Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 12:05:46 -0700
>
>The longest venomous snake is the king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), also
>called the hamadryad. It is 3.654.5 m. (1215 ft.) in length, and is found
>in India and southeast Asia.
Could that perhaps be "3.65�4.5 m. (12�15 ft.)"? The prospect of a
quarter-mile-long snake, venomous or not, disturbs me somewhat . . .
BTW, the king cobra that has been on the loose near here since escaping
from its cage at an exotic reptile collector's home over two weeks ago is,
as of last night at least, still at large. However, the news reports
describe it as a more reasonable 5 feet (around 1.5 m) in length . . .
-- Ronn! :)
