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Cobra hired?to guard 62,000 pound shoes
(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-09-11 14:01
LONDON -- To their high society owners, a pair of haute couture shoes can
be a precious thing.
A real-life Egyptian cobra guards a pair of ruby- sapphire- and
diamond-encrusted sandals by designer Rene Caovilla at Harrods department
store London in this undated handout photo. [AFP]
But to guard a 62,000 pound (US$120,000) pair of ruby- sapphire- and
diamond-encrusted Rene Caovilla sandals at their London launch, retailer
Harrods went to extreme lengths: bringing in a live Egyptian cobra to
patrol the shoe counter.
Whether hiring a poisonous snake is, strictly speaking, the most
effective means of guarding precious footwear might be a moot point with
security experts.
But it makes for a pretty effective photo opportunity.
A spokeswoman for Harrods admitted that the cobra had been hired strictly
for Monday's launch of the shoe collection.
"The snake has now been returned to its owner," she said.
So no need to fear snake bites at the shoe counter, then.
"Not unless you're a burglar," the spokeswoman said.
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