<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7559775b-42b1-4679-a9bf-f5f5ed086e8b/02348F02-6A0A-499C-A10B-9C97F816CD99/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.lycos.co.uk/uk/070910145800.gqer2blw.xml.html" href="http://news.lycos.co.uk/uk/070910145800.gqer2blw.xml.html" style="font-size: 11px;">news.lycos.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.lycos.co.uk/uk/070910145800.gqer2blw.xml.html"><DIV align="center"> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.lycos.co.uk/uk/070910145800.gqer2blw.xml.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.lycos.co.uk/img/DD46B5E3-A9CF-46D4-99A3-74CE4B8CD847" alt="A real-life Egyptian cobra guards a pair of ruby, sapphire and diamond sandals by designer Rene Caovilla at Harrods department store London. Harrods has hired an Egyptian cobra to guard a 62,000 pound pair of ruby- sapphire- and diamond-encrusted Rene Caovilla sandals at their launch." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.lycos.co.uk/uk/070910145800.gqer2blw.xml.html"><FONT size="2" face="tahoma">To their high society owners, a pair of haute couture shoes can be a precious thing. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.lycos.co.uk/uk/070910145800.gqer2blw.xml.html"><FONT size="1" face="verdana">A real-life Egyptian cobra guards a pair of ruby, sapphire and diamond sandals by designer Rene Caovilla at Harrods department store London. Harrods has hired an Egyptian cobra to guard a 62,000 pound pair of ruby- sapphire- and diamond-encrusted Rene Caovilla sandals at their launch.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.lycos.co.uk/uk/070910145800.gqer2blw.xml.html"><FONT size="2" face="tahoma">Whether hiring a poisonous snake is, strictly speaking, the most effective means of guarding precious footwear might be a moot point with security experts.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.lycos.co.uk/uk/070910145800.gqer2blw.xml.html"><FONT size="2" face="tahoma">But it makes for a pretty effective photo opportunity.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.lycos.co.uk/uk/070910145800.gqer2blw.xml.html"><FONT size="2" face="tahoma">A spokeswoman for Harrods admitted that the cobra had been hired strictly for MondayÂ’s launch of the shoe collection.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.lycos.co.uk/uk/070910145800.gqer2blw.xml.html"><FONT size="2" face="tahoma">The snake has now been returned to its owner, she said.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.lycos.co.uk/uk/070910145800.gqer2blw.xml.html"><FONT size="2" face="tahoma">So no need to fear snake bites at the shoe counter, then.</FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/02348F02-6A0A-499C-A10B-9C97F816CD99/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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