How does a king cobra feed?

Answer 1

They bite their prey and inject the lethal venom into their body. Even if the prey manages to run away, they will die in a matter of minutes. The king cobra would smell and identify the dead prey and swallow it.

Answer 2

The king cobra tracks by site and smell then kills it's prey by striking and injecting it with venom and swallowing it whole.

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 are 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.

Answer 3

King cobras can UN hinge their jaw, making it 2x or 3x its original size and they swallow it, Hole. Their body moves when they swallow it, so if its a rat they eat, the body moves with it to send it to the stomach.

Answer 4

by twisting their enormous long bodies around their prey, then every time the prey breathes out, the cobra squeezes tighter until the creature has been suffocated. then the king cobra plunges it's teeth into the most fleshiest part of the prey's body, poisoning the blood and at the same time, draining the blood. eventually, the prey will be eaten by being squashed into the King Cobra's giant mouth. answered by 12 year old Phoebe

Answer 5

* King Cobras get their food by attacking * Immediately once food or a prey is seen.

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Answer 6

It attacks its prey (biting it) and swallows it whole while the snakes venom begins the digestion process.

Answer 7

By hunting down other snakes. They feed on other snakes primarily

Answer 8

in forests