Although not the most toxic of poisonous snakes a king cobra can kill an elephant with one bite.
General Information
King Cobra Scientific Cassification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Ophiophagus
Species: O. Hannah
The largest poisonous snake would be the King Cobra(Ophiophagus hanna), the Latin wordOphiophagus means "Snake-eater". The king cobras average size is 13-14 ft. (3.96-4.26m) weighing around 20 lbs (9 kg), they can reach a length of around 18.5ft (5.6388m) weighing over 40lbs. (18.1436kgs.) and lives in the Rainforest's and grasslands of Southeast Asia, India and China. Color is generally tan, olive-green or black with faint pale yellow cross bands, the females lay around 50 eggs in a constructed nest where they will guard and incubate them faithfully for 60 to 80 days, the young are called Hatchlings and about 1.5 ft. (50cm ) long at birth, the King cobra is very fast and agile with an average lifespan of about 20 years.
Although not the most toxic of poisonous snakes a king cobra can kill an elephant with one bite, the king cobra tracks by site and smell then kills it's prey by striking and injecting it with venom and swallowing it whole, it's preferred diet is mainly other venomous and non-venomous snakes but includes small reptiles, birds and amphibians as well. King Cobras are aggressive and will rear up to confront the intruder where most other cobras will slither away and hide. The only predators are the mongoose and man.
A: (If bitten and venom is injected)
The most venomous snake on earth is the Belcher's Sea Snake (Hydrophis Belcheri) or the Faint Banded Sea Snake, some consider the Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) an/or the Beaked Sea Snake (Enhydrina schistosa) to be the most toxic, however, with recent and more accurate studies 2010 prove the Belcheri has a 100 times more toxic venom then the two above or any other snake on earth.
It has a paddle-like tail, breathes air and can hold it's breath up to 8 hours, a few milligrams of venom can kill over a thousand people.
It's habitat is a wide range in the South Pacific.
Excluding the Belcher's Sea Snake the next most venomous snakes on earth according to their venom rating are:
2- Inland Tiapan (Oxyuranus Microlepidotus).
3- Common Indian Krait (Bungarus Caeruleus).
4- Philippine Cobra (Naja Philippinensis).
5- King Cobra (Ophiophagus Hanna).
6- Russell's Viper (Vipera Russellii).
7- Black Mamba (Dendroaspis Polylepis).
8- Yellow Jawed Tommygoff (Bothrops Asper).
9- Multibanded krait (Bungarus Multicinctus).
10- Tigar Snake (Notechis Scutatus).
11- Jararacussu (Bothrops Jararacussu).
King cobras are not the least bit poisonous and can safely be eaten. However, they are extremely venomous and a single bite from one will probably be quickly fatal.
yes, they are very poisonous
POISONOUS!
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1 is a king cobra
Actually - the term is 'venomous' - and yes, the King Cobra is a highly-venomous snake species !
Actually - the term is 'venomous' - and yes, the King Cobra is a highly-venomous snake species !
"Probably because they have a lot of venom" A king cobra is probally sly, and wise. Depending on the surroundings, a king cobra could blend in to it's surroundings. And yes, the venom is extremely poisonous. I'd probally have to say king cobra.
Anaconda.Even though the King Cobra is VERY poisonous its still no match for one the largest predators on the earth.
they want to stop killing the cobra because its very deadly and poisonous to humans and other animals.
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A king Cobra
Yes, there are many poisonous snakes in Bangladesh. For example, cobra, king cobra, craits and all marine snakes.Md. Mizanur RahmanDept. of Zoology,Cambrian College,Dhaka, Bangladesh.makash32ju@gmail.com
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there are a lot of poisonous animals here are some a king cobra a komodo dragon a rattlesnake a black widow there are way more but here are some