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It's preferred diet is mainly other venomous and non-venomous snakes but includes small reptiles, birds and amphibians as well.
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King Cobra Scientific Cassification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Ophiophagus
Species: O. Hannah
The largest poisonous snake would be the King Cobra(Ophiophagus hanna), the Latinword Ophiophagus means "Snake-eater".The king cobras average size is 13-14 ft. (3.96-4.26m) weighing around 20 lbs (9 kg), they can reach a length of around 18.5ft (5.6388m) weighing over 40lbs. (18.1436kgs.) and lives in the Rainforest's and grasslands of Southeast Asia, India and China. Color is generally tan, olive-green or black with faint pale yellow cross bands, the females lay around 50 eggs, the king cobras are the only snakes who construct a nest for their hatchlings which they incubate and protect until they emerge in 60 to 80 days, the young are called Hatchlings and are about 1.5 ft. (50cm ) long at birth, the King cobra is very fast and agile with an average lifespan of about 20 years.
Although not the most toxic of poisonous snakes a king cobra can kill an elephant with one bite, the king cobra tracks by site and smell then kills it's prey by striking and injecting it with venom and swallowing it whole, it's preferred diet is mainly other venomous and non-venomous snakes but includes small reptiles, birds and amphibians as well. King Cobras are aggressive and will rear up to confront the intruder where most other cobras will slither away and hide. The only predators are the mongoose and man.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 8y agoNo. They are great hunters and are in my opinion near the top, but animals such as Birds of Prey would be the top. The birds of prey actively hunt snakes making them the hunter and the snakes prey.
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∙ 15y agoThe King Cobra, like all snakes, is a carnivore or predator.
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∙ 12y agothe king cobra keeps the population of rats and snakes down
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∙ 11y agoThe King Cobra is usually at the top of the food chain. However, when there are mongoose involved, than they would probably be second
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