Naja kaouthia, the monocled cobra is one of Thailand's most deadly snakes – with highly toxic (neurotoxic + cytotoxic) venom. One bite on your toe from one that jumps out of your outdoor refrigerator can kill you. I just wrote a story about that on ThaiPulse.com/blog/. Monocled cobras seem to be everywhere in Thailand. I had a friend that found them in his kitchen often. I've seen them crossing the road (see video below), and there was a family of these cobras living under the office of my wife's workplace – with many 18" baby cobras.

Currently I have 2 baby monocled cobras and even at 12-15 inches – they are fierce. One snake handler described monocled cobras as "spastic" – and I have to agree.

If you are bit by any cobra -…