Sunday, March 29, 2009

King Cobra----You Wouldnt Want To Mess With This Snake Ever....


Just the other day,i was chilling at home,watching my favourite National Geographic channel on cable when there's this documentary that came up about snakes.Now the mention of snakes brings me straight back to Thailand when i was there with my family a couple of years back and we had gone to a snake farm.....And yes,its a Cobra Farm.


I was just thinking,lets do a blog posting on this beautiful highly dangerous reptiles.Trust me guys,u wouldnt wanna mess with this fellas unless u thinking of visiting heaven as your next destination.

Today,we embark on the journey of discovery into the realms of the mighty King Cobra.



The King Cobra is the world's longest venomous snake,with a length that can be as large as 6.7 m (22 ft).This species is widespread throughout Southeast Asia and parts of India,but found mostly in forested areas.



Its genus name,Ophiophagus,literally means "snake-eater",and its diet primarily consists of other snakes,including sizeable pythons and even smaller members of its own species.The venom of the King Cobra is primarily neurotoxic,and the snake is fully capable of killing a human with a single bite.The mortality rate from a bite can be as high as 75%.




The skin is either olive-green,tan or black and it has faint,pale yellow cross bands down the length of the body.The belly is cream or pale yellow, and the scales are smooth.The head of a mature snake can be quite massive and bulky in appearance,though like all snakes,they can expand their jaws to swallow large prey items.






It has proteroglyph dentition,meaning it has two short,fixed fangs in the front of the mouth which channel venom into the prey like hypodermic needles.The male is larger and thicker than the female. The average lifespan of a King Cobra is about 20 years.






Widespread,but not common,across South and South-east Asia.It lives in dense highland forests.The snake has a preference for living in areas dotted with lakes and streams.King Cobra populations have dropped in some areas of its range due to the destruction of forests,but despite this the snake is not listed by the IUCN as in danger of becoming extinct.





The King Cobra's venom is primarily neurotoxic and thus attacks the victim's central nervous system and quickly induces severe pain, blurred vision,vertigo,drowsiness,and paralysis.In one to two minutes,cardiovascular collapse occurs,and the victim falls into a coma.Death soon follows due to respiratory failure.



Despite the King Cobra's fearsome reputation and deadly bite, it is a shy and reclusive animal, avoiding confrontation with humans as often as possible.

Well now that we're all excited about the King Of Snakes,lets have some visual treat of this guys in action.Below are some videos for you guys to check out and raise your blood pressures up a notch. ~Cheers~ =)



































5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh my gosh, they really look scary...
Hi Maverick thanks for leaving a comment on my blog. come back again.

minicharms said...

Can't believe people still go and tame them.

myonlyphoto said...

Oh yes you are right, I wouldn't want to mess this this snake, and I wouldn't mess with any other snakes too lol. Excellent post, so informative and so much good stuff. Thanks for sharing, you are really good at it, I like your blog. Anna :)

khalasan said...

We also have snakes back home, in our backyard! Right where I live, I found a yellow anaconda stuck in the fence. It was washed out by the strong rains.

Maverick said...

ilovehateamerica:- Heya mate,glad u liked the post.Yes,this snakes arent called King of Snakes for no reason.They are truely dead scary.

Vestiige:-
Heya Vestige,honestly,taming such creatures arent for the faint of heart.Its a highly dangerous skill.I'm sure its one skill i'll never attempt in my lifetime.Lolx... =)

Anna:- Glad u found the snakes of great interest Anna.Trust me,just like u,i wouldnt wanna mess with them ever.Thanks for the nice compliements too by the way.I know u're an experienced blogger yourself and to receive such nice words from u,i'm truely humbled Anna. =)

Peenkfrik:- Gosh,u have snakes back home.How do u even live with them...tats amazing.Arent u afraid they might escape or something...Haha...Anyway,hope the poor trappd anacoda is alrite.Wouldnt want anything bad to happen to any living creature of any sort.I'm an animal lover at heart.