It's preferred diet is mainly other venomous and non-venomous snakes but includes small reptiles, birds and amphibians as well.
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 Latinword Ophiophagus 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, the king cobras are the only snakes who construct a nest for their hatchlings which they incubate and protect until they emerge in 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.
No, the most dangerous animal is the mosquito because it spreads disease and bacteria which enter your body and kill you. They are proven to kill the most people. So, in terms of the human body and which is most dangerous to US is the mosquito. But though it is from our point of view, that doesn't mean no animal can kill mosquitoes. Due to their size, if they were appetizing to an animal they would make easy prey. Female mosquitoes are most dangerous since they are the only ones that bite (and mosquitoes are most dangerous when there are multiple ones in the same area, obviously). Hope this helped.
The King Cobra releases a strong neurotoxic venom from its fangs after biting it's target/hunter. The venom is one of the most potent in the world. Death occurs on average 30 to 45 minutes after being bitten. Deaths as quick as 15 minutes have been reported. Even with it's powerful, natural weapon the King Cobra avoids contact with humans and only bites when startled or threatened.
Yes. They are extremely venomous. But they do not attack unless provoked so we must be careful when dealing with them
Its so deadly that it killed an explorer in 15 minutes!
Yes they are. They have extremely toxic venom which makes them very dangerous.
no, as long as you stroke it's spine when you come accross one
no they are not even the venomous snake in the world and the dangerous animal in the animal kingdom is the box jellyfish.
yes king kobra is one of the most dangereous snakes
The most deadliest animal in india is the cobra. The cobra, with its slick body hiding in mud kills many people in all of india
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there is alot of animals that are quite dangerous. Some of the most dangerous are cobra's and great white sharks (yuck i hate sharks!). Even hippo's are really dangerous!
no
well a king cobra is most wildest so they live in Asia and India
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Most probably not as they are mortal enemies.
King cobras are stronger that the tarantula by far. The cobra is a reptile that can get upwards in length of 18'. The Tarantula, and there are different species, is an arachnid that can get very large. The largest if the Goliath Bird-Eating Spider can reach a leg span of up to 12". So my most educated guess would have the king cobra winning.
It's hard to say, as dinosaurs are no longer with us. However, one dinosaur (Sinornithosaurus) has been suspected to have been venomous, and as a modern day dangerous animal (Asian cobra) kills around 4,000 people each year, this could have been a very dangerous animal.
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