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Habitat:
The King Cobra is found and Malaysia, India, Africa, China.
Movement:
The
King Cobra moves by slithering and sliding.
Protection:
The King Cobra protects itself by biting, and spitting venom. The King Cobra’s venom is called neurotoxin. It hides
in trees and under water. It can spray venom from a distance of 2.4m (8 ft.). When the King Cobra is scared or excited it will spread the lose skin on its
neck into a "hood." There are false eyespots on the hood, which can scare some predators.
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Size/Life Span:
The King Cobra can usually be found between 3.7m (12 ft.) and 5.5m (18 ft.). 5.5m has been the longest recorded.
Covering/Coat:
The King Cobra has scales covering its skin and looks shiny but is dry to touch. Adults are yellow, green, brown, or black; the throat is light
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Food:
The King Cobra eats mice, rats, snakes, lizards, birds, frogs and fish. Like all snakes, they swallow the prey whole, head first. The top and
bottom jaws are attached to each other with stretchy ligaments, which let the snake swallow animals wider that itself. Snakes can't chew their prey;
food is digested by very strong acids in the snake's stomach. It can go without food for months.
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Reproduction:
The King Cobra reproduces by laying eggs in nests made of rotting vegetation. It is the only snake that
builds a nest. The baby snake is about a foot and a half when it is born. They are jet black, with yellow stripes. When they get older, they will
become olive brown or gray.
Family: Elapidae
Classified: Oiphiophagus
Indian Cobra: Naja Naja\
Spitting Cobra: Naja Nigricollis
Egyptian Cobra : Naja Haje
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