My Hero

Mar 24, 2008 20:12

I was just discussing this woman with a friend earlier today, and while searching online, I managed to find one of the few existing picture of Grace Olive Wiley, "The Cobra Queen". She kept and "tamed" over 300 venomous snakes, feeling most fond of king cobras (as pictured). She died at 64 of a fatal Indian Cobra bite (though originally, I ( Read more... )

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edamame929 March 25 2008, 07:29:31 UTC
seriously...

This lady isn't an example of how you should behave..

She probably cooled them before handling and such...only you who have done research would know the truth behind that but I cannot imagine any other way to handle cobras and such the way she seems to be...its just not safe..

Steve Irwin is another example of a needless life taken..

I don't think badly about you wanting to work with venomous snakes, in fact I applaud you for it. But please god, don't expose yourself dangerously or get too comfortable. These are animals, they only know wild animal behavior..never humanize them, please. I love you and do not want you to die. Please don't kid about your death like that.

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end up? anonymous December 31 2008, 06:36:37 UTC
err...probably just like Grace...dead from snakebite. Lets acknowlodge her legacy by learning from her misfortune.

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roxootus April 15 2011, 16:15:33 UTC
Please, can you PM me and tell me number of much more thinks about this, I am truly fan of one’s webpage…gets solved properly asap.

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