I'm David Ferrier, a New Zealander accidentally marooned in America, and I want to figure out what makes this country tick.

Now one thing I've found out, much to Monica's utter horror, is that America really loves pets. One day an animal lives with its own kind and the next

it lives in a house with a bunch of humans. Over 60 million American households have a pet.

There are about 76 million pet dogs here in the US and 58 million cats, 7 million birds and about a million horses.

But one state has chosen to one up the rest of the US when it comes to pets.

This highly venomous cobra escaped from an Okala home.

Five years later, the potentially deadly snake has never been found.

Florida has more exotic animal species. snake has never been found.

Florida has more exotic animal species than any other state, and quite possibly

than any other country.

Even when you look at just reptiles alone, there are about 50 different species now thriving in Florida,

most of them imports.

Then there's all the other stuff people get their hands on, some of which ends up escaping.

That COBRA is among hundreds of captive animals that have escaped

from Florida homes and zoos in recent years. It was getting so out of hand

Florida recently banned the ownership of certain reptiles and snakes, but things are still pretty wild.

But how wild exactly?

I need to find out.

So grab your nearest axilotel, skunk or blue-tung lizard, and get ready to make it your best friend.

Because this is the exotic pets episode.

Slide this.

Flyks. Flyks. Flightless bird, Flagless,

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