King cobra
The king cobra is a large venomous snake of tropical Asia. It is the world's longest venomous snake, and it mostly eats other snakes. It is widely spread across its range, but people do not often see it.1

Como recoñecelo
- Adults are olive green with black and white bands across the trunk that run towards the head.1
- The head has 15 drab-coloured shields that are edged in black.1
- The hood is oval, with two black spots between the two lowest scales.1
- Juveniles are black with chevron-shaped white, yellow or buff bars that point towards the head.1
- The tail is yellowish green and marked with black.1
Adoita confundirse con: Despite its common name and some resemblance, it is not a true cobra: it belongs to its own genus.1
Poder da pezoña
A pezoña sae polos seus cairos ou dentes cando morde.
Que fai a súa pezoña?
The venom is neurotoxic, which means it attacks the nerves, and cytotoxic, which means it damages cells. Symptoms can start rapidly after a bite. The cobra can strike at a considerable range and height, and it has an immense venom yield.1
Que perigoso é para as persoas?
Perigo para as persoas: MortalUn dos animais máis perigosos do mundo.The king cobra is not considered aggressive and usually avoids humans. Attacks usually happen when an individual is cornered or accidentally exposes itself, or when people come close by chance.1
Boas novas: os médicos teñen un medicamento (antiveleno) ou un tratamento para isto.1
Que fai cando ten medo?
When threatened, it spreads its neck flap, raises its head, hisses or growls loudly, and sometimes charges.1
Se morde
- After a bite, prompt antivenom is needed, so get to medical care as fast as possible.1
- Mantén a persoa quieta e tranquila, quítalle aneis e cousas apertadas e vai rápido a un hospital: o tratamento é o antiveleno.
Chama sempre primeiro ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911). Isto son consellos xerais de primeiros auxilios, non consello médico. Primeiros auxilios básicos
Mantente a salvo
- Nunca toques, collas nin molestes un animal salvaxe, aínda que sexa pequeno e aínda que pareza durmido ou morto.
- Déixalle espazo. Se atopas un, mantén a calma, recúa amodo e déixao ir polo seu camiño.
- Se un te morde: mantén a calma, non te movas, chama ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911) ou vai rápido a un hospital. Lembra como era, unha foto axuda.
Non vai a por ti. Usa a súa pezoña para cazar comida ou para defenderse, e prefire con moito agocharse. Máis sobre como estar a salvo
En que lugar do mundo?
Que tamaño ten?
Canto mide?
Canto pesa?
mide coma 6 cans do fociño á cola
mide coma 32 bananas postas en fila
podería percorrer 100 metros en 36 segundos (o humano máis rápido precisa 9,6)Que tamaño ten King cobra comparado CONTIGO?
Só son contas no teu navegador. Non se garda nin se envía nada a ningures.
Que rápido é?
Datos
Its growl is much lower than most snakes' hisses, with a dominant frequency near 600 Hz, which is closer to a human voice.1
It is dominant over all other snakes except large pythons.1
It can swallow prey much larger than its head because of its flexible jaws.1
It can go many months without another meal after a large meal because its metabolism is slow.1
It is considered the national reptile of India and has an important place in the mythology and folk traditions of India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.1
Its common name 'hamadryad' is still used in older books.1
Desmontamitos
Mito: King cobras are aggressive and attack people on sight.
Verdade: The king cobra is not considered aggressive and usually avoids humans. It defends its eggs fiercely and may strike if it is cornered or accidentally exposed.1
Para expertos en pezoñas
- Nome científico
- Ophiophagus hannah
- Grupo
- Cobras, mambas e búngaros
- Familia
- Elapidae2
- Orde
- Squamata
- Continentes
- Asia
- Crías
- It lays eggs. The female builds a nest of dry leaf litter and guards the eggs through the incubation period.1
- Como lle vai na natureza
- Vulnerable (IUCN Red List, since 2010)1
- Perigo para as persoas
- 5 / 5: Mortal3
De onde veñen os datos
- King cobra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Ophiophagus hannah (iNaturalist): nomes e clasificación.
- Venom Wiki: o nivel de perigo, o tamaño típico e a velocidade estimada son nosos. Mira como os calculamos: Como valoramos o perigo.
Cada dato desta páxina ten un número que leva á súa fonte. Se nos equivocamos nalgo, sentímolo, somos fans dos animais, non unha revista científica. Dínolo en [email protected] e arranxarémolo.
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