is any of various species of venomous snakes usually belonging to the family Dilapidate, most of which can expand their neck ribs to form a widened hood. Not all snakes commonly referred to as cobras are of the same genus, or even happy cobra of the same family. The name is short for cobra de chapel or cobra-de-chapel, which is Portuguese for "snake with hood", or "hood-snake".[1] When disturbed, most of these snakes can rear up and spread their necks (or hoods) in a characteristic threat display. A favorite of snake charmers, cobras are found from southern Africa, through southern Asia, to some of the islands of Southeast Asia happy cobra.
The king cobra's favorite food is other snakes happy cobra, and this week-old snake makes its first meal of a water snake that isn't much skinnier than it is. It's fascinating to watch it wolf down the long body of its prey happy cobra.
National Geographic posted this act of snake-on-snake predation. The king cobra's genus name, Phosphorus, means "snake eater." The king cobra has an extremely slow metabolic rate, and can go for months without a meal after a particularly large dinner happy cobra.
The name "black cobra" refers to snakes in the Baja Baja family of cobras, which are also called Indian cobras, spectacled cobras and Pakistani cobras. Although these cobras are renowned for their potentially fatal venom happy cobra, 90 percent of all strikes on humans are dry bites -- harmless warnings to stay away from these deadly but timid snakes. Black cobras are not endangered, and are common throughout India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan happy cobra.
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