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Cobras
Cobras or elapids are a species of venomous snake that include both terrestrial snakes and sea snakes. Elapids can found in both the Indian and Pacific Oceans as well as in India, Africa, Asia, Australia and one species, the eastern coral snake (also known as the American cobra) is found in the United States. Questions about cobras can be directed here.
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It is warm year around in most places where cobras live. Beacuse of this cobras do not hibernate.
No, snakes do not migrate. They are territorial, and stay in the same area.
Spitting Cobras are well known for their ability to spit venom at their predators and prey.
Why does Vishnu have a cobra beside him?
1) Adishesha:
In Hindu (Vedic) tradition, Shesha (शेष) is the king of all nagas, one of the primal beings of creation, and according to the Bhagavata Purana, an avatar of the Supreme God known as Sankarshan.
In the Puranas, Shesha is said to hold all the planets of the Universe on his hoods and to constantly sing the glories of Vishnu from all his mouths.
"Adishesha", which means First snake.
2) Ananta-Shesha:
Shesha is generally depicted with a massive form that floats coiled in space, or on the universal ocean, to form the bed on which Vishnu lies. Sometimes he is shown as five-headed or seven-headed, but more commonly as a many hundred-headed serpent, sometimes with each head wearing an ornate crown.
He is closely associated with Vishnu. His name means "that which remains", from the Sanskrit root sis, because when the world is destroyed at the end of the kalpa, Shesha remains as he is.
So he is refered as "Ananta-Shesha" which means "Endless Shesha".
Lord Vishnu is seen resting on the coils of the serpent Shesha, also called Ananta. Sheshanaga is the expansion of Lord Balarama, Lord Krishna's brother, and serves the Lord in this way as the Lord's support and paraphernalia. Shesha has a thousand heads swinging to and fro over the form of Lord Vishnu, creating a shelter and couch for the Lord.
Ananta is endlessly singing the praises and glories of the Lord from His thousand hoods without ever reaching the end. His hoods are also supporting the many planetary systems in the cosmic creation that are orbiting throughout the universe above His heads. Ananta also means endless in terms of the endlessness of cosmic time. This is also represented by His thousand hoods as divisions of time. The material worlds are created within the element of time, and are thus sustained by time. During the process of the universal annihilation, time ceases to exist, in which case the material planets are also forced into obliteration.
Lord Shesha is often seen floating on the causal waters of the Garbhodaka Ocean, which exists on the bottom of the universe. Lord Vishnu is thus resting on Sheshanaga as They float on the ocean. At other times, They are viewed floating on the Kshiramudra, or an ocean of white milk. This represents the Prakriti or the ingredients of the unmanifest material nature in its purest form.
3) Ananda Sesha as incarnation of Godhead:
(i) Srimad Bhagavatam 10.1.24:
"The foremost manifestation of Krishna is Sankarshana, who is known as Ananta. He is the origin of all incarnations within this material world. Previous to the appearance of Lord Krishna, this original Sankarshana will appear as Baladeva, just to please the Supreme Lord Krishna in His transcendental pastimes."
(ii) Srimad Bhagavatam 5.25.1:
"My dear King, approximately 240,000 miles beneath the planet Patala lives another incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the expansion of Lord Vishnu known as Lord Ananta or Lord Sankarshana. He is always in the transcendental position, but because He is worshiped by Lord Siva, the deity of tamo-guna or darkness, He is sometimes called Tamasi.
Lord Ananta is the predominating Deity of the material mode of ignorance as well as the false ego of all conditioned souls. When a conditioned living being thinks, 'I am the enjoyer, and this world is meant to be enjoyed by me,' this conception of life is dictated to him by Sankarshana. Thus the mundane conditioned soul thinks himself the Supreme Lord."
(iii) Sri Chaitanya Caritamrita Adi-lila 5.120:
"That Ananta Sesha is the devotee incarnation of Godhead. He knows nothing but service to Lord Krishna."
(iv) Srila Jiva Gosvami, in his Krishna-sandarbha:
"Sri Anantadeva has thousands of faces and is fully independent. Always ready to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He waits upon Him constantly. Sankarshana is the first expansion of Vasudeva, and because He appears by His own will, He is called svarat, fully independent. He is therefore infinite and transcendental to all limits of time and space. He Himself appears as the thousand-headed Sesha."
(v) A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada:
"Sankarshana of the quadruple form descends with Lord Rama as Lakshmana. When Lord Rama disappears, Sesha again separates Himself from the personality of Lakshmana. Sesha then returns to His own abode in the Patala regions, and Lakshmana returns to His abode in Vaikuntha."
(vi) Bhagavad-Gita, Chapter 10, Verse 29:
In the Bhagavad-Gita, when in the middle of the battlefied Kurukshetra, Krishna explaining his omnipresence, says: "Of Nagas, I am Ananta" indicating the importance of Ananta Shesha.
4) Avataras of Adishesha:
Balarama, Lakshmana, and Nityananda Prabhu, are considered avataras of Shesha.
Patañjali is also considered an emanation or incarnation of Shesha and is iconographically depicted in naga form with naga canopy.
5) More on Adishesha:
In a story from the Puranas, Shesha loosens Mount Mandara, to enable it to be used in the churning of the ocean by the devas and asuras.
According to the Mahabharata (Adi Parva), his father was Kashyapa and his mother Kadru.
The city of Thiruvananthapuram is named after him as the "City of Lord Ananta".
What is the age of king cobra?
The King cobra has an average lifespan of about 20 years.
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, 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.
What is a king cobras favorite prey?
mice.
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 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.
From how far away can a cobra see a moving person?
Generally a cobra can stike upto 1 to 6 feet,which depends upon how much feet it stands. Indian cobra,snouted cobra can stike upto 1-2feet while KING COBRA can strike
upto 6feets which cannot be balanced with any other snake.Other than that Black mamba can strike upto 3 feet & Long scaled viper (which is found COSTA RICA rain forest) can strike nearly 4 feet even in upward direction.
The largest poisonous snake would be the King Cobra(Ophiophagus hanna), the 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.).
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.
Do cobras constrict their prey?
General information!
The question what is the biggest snake can be confusing, the biggest as far as girth (largest being measured at 44 inches or 1,1176 m) is the Green Anaconda, on average anacondas are more then 20 ft long many reaching lengths of 29ft or more, with a weight of over 550 lbs, in terms of length then and only then will the Reticulated Python exceed the anaconda, the longest python was measured at 33ft but even this python can't match the total mass of the anaconda.
Anacondas are members of the Boidae family of reptiles and spend most of their time in rivers and swamps of the Amazon in South America which makes them excellent swimmers, female anacondas are generally larger then the males and bear their young live and are called "Neonates", the number of young varies, some have produced 100 babies, but the average is between 20 to 40 babies. Diet consist of (depending on the size of the anaconda, the larger the snake the larger the prey) large/small rodents like capybaras, also pigs, caiman, jaguars, deer, dogs, birds even fish and is acquired by ambushing and constricting it's prey (the anaconda is so powerful it generally crushes it's prey) then swallowing it whole, the digestion of the anaconda is very slow thereby allowing it to survive without food for well over a year.
Anacondas have around a 30 year life span and the biggest threat to it is man and loss of their habitat.
How long does a king cobra stay with its babies?
Male and female snakes mate for life. Baby snakes come from eggs. When they are born the Mother just shows them how to hunt and then they are gone. This happens several weeks after they are hatched. Eggs may take 60-70 days to hatch. Female King Cobras lay up to 20 to 50 eggs. The eggs are usually white. The female King Cobra will do anything to protect its eggs, even if it has to attack one of the strongest animals.
What is stronger than a king cobra snake?
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.
Where can you find pictures of the King Cobra's life cycle?
There might be a possible link to such a picture on the site listed below. == ==
How much king cobras are in the world?
king cobra is the 100% deathly snake but in my thinking snake is not firstly attack if u can create a disturbance before they attack king cobra is the kong of all snake its bit is very dangeours
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 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, 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.
Where do they live king cobra?
A:
They live in the Rainforest's and grasslands of Southeast Asia, India and China.
General Information
King Cobra Scientific Classification
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.
How does a snake kill a human?
snakes can kill you by constricting, biting with venom, or biting without venom
It depends on the snake. Constrictor snakes will wrap around you and practically squeeze the life out of you. Venemous snakes will bite you and inject venom into your bloodstream, with the venom attacking your vital organs, usually causing fatality. Others will actually spit venom into your eye without biting.
The snake may hiss, slither or in the case of a rattlesnake, rattle.
What is stronger a cobra or rattlesnake?
Well it depends on how you look at it, a bite from a rattlesnake would obviously be alot more serious than that of a kingsnake bite, but if it were like a fight with the two whichever one is bigger would most likely be the one to win, the KINGsnake gets it name from being impervious to venom, therefore the kingsnake could consume the rattlesnake without harm.
What is the average life span of a cobra? I have no idea. That`s why I was asking you guys! I thought you people had the answer to my homework...but I do have a guess. I guess about 20 years, but I`m not sure. Question by a 5th grader
Who would win in a fight a black panther or a king cobra?
The black mamba is probably the fastest snake, but I would select the king cobra in a fight. The king cobra is a specialist hunter of other snakes while the mamba feeds namely on birds and small mammals. So experienced technique would give the cobra the advantage. Your correct the king cobra would dominate because it eats other snakes daily plus i think the king cobra would use its size and overpower the black mamba
