6 Strange Pets from Around the World

1. Cobras

Yes, people keep cobras as pets! These extremely deadly animals measure up to 19-feet in length, with some species capable of spraying their venom up to 6-feet away with remarkable accuracy. It can take mere minutes to die from a cobra bite, yet this hasn’t dissuaded some from taking cobras as pets. In 2007 a Toronto man was sentenced to one year in jail and fined $17,000 when his pet cobra escaped, forcing the other tenants in the building to evacuate their homes for five months. In 2009 a German teen was fined $134,000 when his cobra escaped and authorities had to tear apart his apartment’s walls and floorboards. By now you’re probably wondering just what kind of a person would own a pet cobra? Well, actor Nicolas Cage was rumoured to have owned not one, but two!