I went to one of those exotic pet shops today. Aside from the fucking smell, it was pretty sweet. This guy’s got exotic birds, snakes, lizards, and spiders. I’ve never seen bigger spiders in my life. They are all at least the size of two golf balls stuck together with fur all over. They’d definitely stop you in your tracks if you ever saw one of them in your house. But that wasn’t the coolest part of the store.

This guy has cobras!! He pointed out his king cobra to us (which was much larger than any other snake he had). He said “This snake can bring down an elephant.” Then he pointed to the significantly smaller snake next to him (in his own enclosure of course, since cobras’ diets consist primarily of other snakes), and said “This one’s venom is 10 times more potent”. As soon as he said that, he opened up the smaller snake’s pen to clean it. Well, the snake wasn’t happy, and decided to “hood”. I probably don’t have to explain what a hood is on a cobra snake. He was using that snake hook to grab him around his head, and his other hand to grab him by the tail. The snake snapped at him, but missed, but the guy dropped the snake for a moment. That’s a moment of terror for me, and there aren’t many in my life to this point!!!

All in all, the store was cool, except for the smell of piss hanging heavy in the air.

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