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Uploaded by on Jun 19, 2007

The King Cobra(Ophiophagus hannah)is the largest venomous snake. It can grow upto 18.5 ft (5.7 m) in length. The solitary King Cobra lives in rainforests, tropical deciduous forests, tropical scrub forests, and tropical grasslands of India, southern China, and southeast Asia. Its venom is a neurotoxin and several people die from the bite of the King Cobra each year. A King Cobra can even kill an elephant.The King Cobra can lift a third of its body off the ground.The King Cobra is said to be the only snake which makes nests for its eggs.It is widely worshipped in India as nagaraja ("king of snake").

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  • sorry man, but thats a naja kaouthia - a monocled cobra ;-)

  • Sory, not trying to pick on you, but that's very not a king. I don't doubt that the zoo had it labled as a king, but it isn't.

    It might be a Chinese Cobra (Naja atra), but I think it's just a banded variant of a Monocled Cobra (Naja kaothia).

    Some kings have banding, but none have a circular pattern on the back on the neck.

    Do an image search on "Ophiophgus hannah" and you'll find lots of photos of kings and you'll easily be able to see that this is not one.

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  • that's not a king cobra, that's an indian spectacled cobra....

  • Dude I live in USA but i saw onein person because i came on a trip to india and it was cool i wish i could catch it but people were like NOO dont. It was wild one too.

  • that is a monocled cobra naja kaouthia not a king cobra you can see the monocle marking on the back of its neck

  • It is certainly a King Cobra because I've seen that very snake in person. It's at the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, South Carolina if I'm not mistaken, though you might like to ask the video poster to corroborate that for you.

  • thatsa monocled cobra but still really sweet snakes.

  • dude as far as i can see that is a classic indian cobra but feel free to correct me if i am wrong

  • thats not a king cobra, sorry.

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