Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>
> 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 . . .
That would explain why its found in India AND southeast Asia.
-jeffrey "snakes... why did it have to be snakes?" miller-
BTW - anyone going to westercon? *g*
