Cobra King Facts

• The king cobra is the world's longest venomous snake, with a length up to 6 m. When confronted, they can raise up to one-third of their bodies straight off the ground and still move forward to attack.
• Cobras don't always inject venom when they bite something.  They can do a "dry bite" if they want to.
• They are found in forests from India through Southeast Asia to Indonesia and the Philippines.
• The longest known specimen of King Cobra was kept captive at London Zoo.
• Gray  is not the skin color of King Cobra. Pale yellow cross bands are down the length of the body
• 20 years is the average lifespan of a wild king cobra.
• They has two short, fixed fangs in the front of the King Cobra mouth.
• The species was first described by the Danish naturalist Theodore Edward Cantor in 1836.
• King cobras are able to hunt all day.
• They are comfortable in the trees, on land, and in water.
• A king cobra, like other snakes, receives chemical information via its forked tongue.
• king cobras are able to detect moving prey almost 100 m away. They have good eyesight.
• Ophiophagus is the generic name of King Cobra. It means "snake-eater" and is derived from Greek.
• Its most common meal is the ratsnake. When food is scarce, they may also feed on other small vertebrates.
• The king cobra is the sole member of genus Ophiophagus, while most other cobras are members of the genus Naja.
• There are many difference between King Cobra and other Cobras like King cobras are generally larger than other cobras, the hood of the king cobra is narrower and longer, presence of a pair of large scales known as occipitals, at the back of the top of the head, the stripe on the neck is like the symbol "^" on King Cobra.
• Mongoose is the  natural predator of King Cobra.
• Around 20 to 40 eggs do a female King Cobra usually deposits into the mound .
• Around 60 to 90 days, female King Cobra stays with eggs.
• Around 45 to 55 cm, is the average length  of baby King Cobras.
• In the country Burma, king cobras are often used by female snake charmers.
• King Cobras are Carnivore.
• Quiver is the group name of King Cobras.
• The young of King Cobra is known as Hatchling.
• They are the only snakes in the world that build nests for their eggs, which they guard ferociously until the hatchlings emerge.
• The best special medicine given to cobra bite victims, called "antivenin", is made from cobra venom.