{"id":87294,"date":"2026-09-23T19:24:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T11:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=87294"},"modified":"2026-09-23T19:24:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T11:24:58","slug":"black-spitting-cobra-seen-near-serangoon-gardens-remains-elusive-after-nparks-searches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=87294","title":{"rendered":"Black spitting cobra seen near Serangoon Gardens remains elusive after NParks&#8217; searches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When threatened, cobras can stand erect, expand their hood and hiss loudly as a defensive posture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Black spitting cobras may also spit venom when cornered or provoked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If members of the public encounter a snake in a public area, they should observe from a safe distance, stay calm, and back away slowly, giving it space to retreat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do not approach or attempt to handle the snake,&#8221; Mr How warned.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that pets should be kept on a tight leash as they might approach and alarm the snake.<\/p>\n<p>Snakes should be left alone, especially if they are in their natural habitat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public who need help may call the NParks helpline at <span>1800-476-1600.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/black-spitting-cobra-mei-hwan-drive-serangoon-gardens-nparks-6405041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When threatened, cobras can stand erect, expand their hood and hiss loudly as a defensive posture.\u00a0 Black spitting cobras may also spit venom when cornered&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--svcfNOoQ--\/c_crop,h_675,w_1200,x_0,y_116\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/09\/23\/cobra_mei_hwan_drive_serangoon_gardens_0.jpg?itok=-Eq7foUp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[967,30496,10815,3534,3414,6753,8589,147,1724],"class_list":["post-87294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-black","tag-cobra","tag-elusive","tag-gardens","tag-nparks","tag-remains","tag-searches","tag-serangoon","tag-spitting","wpcat-2-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}