Human beings' fear of snakes may be engraved in human genes. Most people's first reaction when seeing a snake is fear, especially when facing large snakes. Among them, the king cobra is one of the snakes that scares most humans. After all, the king cobra is the largest venomous snake in the world. This venomous snake can grow to 3-5 meters long. The king cobra will not encounter humans. Like most snakes, they will try to avoid humans. When they encounter humans, they will actively attack humans and even chase humans. The king cobra can be said to be one of the most dangerous venomous snakes in the world, and the king cobra is very aggressive. The most important thing is that the venom of the king cobra can be said to be the most deadly venom in the world.
What impresses the world is not only the size, aggressiveness and lethality of the venom of the King Cobra. The most special thing about the King Cobra is that the King Cobra is a snake that feeds on snakes. Their food is not only Non-venomous snakes , such as: mouse snake , golden snake , and other highly venomous snakes, such as: cobra , and they even prey on pythons. The reason why King Cobras can prey on highly venomous snakes, in addition to relying on their own size and venom, is that the most important thing is that King Cobras are immune to the venom of venomous snakes distributed around them. This means that the most important weapon of other venomous snakes - venom is for King Cobras Invalid.
There are now about 3,000 kinds of snakes in the world. Large snakes can grow to more than 10 meters, such as water anaconda, reticulated python and other pythons. Small snakes are similar to earthworms, such as blind hook snakes. . Among the more than 3,000 species of snakes, many snakes have a certain degree of snake-eating. In almost all continents, there are more or less snakes that have a certain degree of snake-eating.
In Africa, forest cobra can prey on other snakes or other venomous snakes. In North America , although North American king snakes themselves are non-venomous snakes, they can easily defeat the famous rattlesnake by relying on their size and speed. In South America, even though coral snakes are small in size, they can also rely on their venom to prey on other snakes. In Australia, the brown snake can be said to be the Australian version of the king cobra. Not only can it grow to more than 2 meters, The strength of its venom is also ranked high in Australia. The most important thing is that the brown snake is often not other snakes, such as the red viper, Sri Lankan star python and other snakes. In Asia, many snakes are snake-eating. In addition to the king cobra, bungara , cobra, krait , Malayan krait, and even smaller red snake can be used. Prey on other snakes.
The reason why these snakes that can prey on other snakes can cannibalize the same kind is that they have two unique skills. One is that they can be immune to the venom of other venomous snakes, such as king cobras, and the other relies on their own size and attack speed, such as Coral snake, king snake and other snakes.
Although the king cobra is immune to the venom of other venomous snakes, it is not immune to the venom of its own kind. The venom of the king cobra can kill other king cobras. It is for this reason that king cobras will remain sufficiently wary of their own kind. Each king cobra has its own territory, and each king cobra will try not to intrude into the territory of other king cobras. Only during the mating and breeding season do king cobras become intimate with each other. During the breeding season, female king cobras will release unique pheromones , which are signals for mating. Male king cobras will use pheromones to find traces of female snakes. Of course, the smell released by a female king cobra will attract multiple male king cobras to court at the same time. At this time, the male king cobras will fight with each other like other animals.
Surprisingly, the fight between male king cobras is relatively peaceful, because king cobras are not immune to each other's venom. In order to avoid casualties, the fights between male king cobras will not be bloody at all. scene.Two male king cobras will be entangled with each other, and each will stretch their snake heads higher. If the king cobra's snake head is pressed to the ground first, it means that it has failed in this fight. The loser One party will leave the courtship scene in despair.
Male king cobras are usually larger than female king cobras. Facing males who come to woo, female snakes will try to remain alert enough, because it often happens in the wild that female king cobras reject male cobras. King cobras are killed by males due to their courtship. After all, king cobras are not immune to each other's venom.
