Our neighbors: Spitting Cobra
No picture this time, since I didn’t find a good one on the Web, and didn’t have my camera with me. But he was a lovely shiny black snake, sitting in elegant undulated curves across part of the sidewalk, head raised slightly above the ground while it watched me go by, white stripes on either side of the hood, which was semi-extended. I think it was having a Mexican standoff with a piece of curled black rubber tubing nearby, that also looked snaky. Only about 3 feet in total length, so I think it was a young ‘un.