LaRocque

Noé LaRocque Miss. Jockeville 7th grade Science Pr. 7
 * __The king Cobra __** **__﻿__**

My animal is the king cobra the longest venomous snake in the world. The king cobra belongs to the family Elapidae have fangs that slant back. They have Very toxic venom with many neurotoxins. Nero toxins are in venom and they target your central nervous system. Then leaving you in a coma later you die repertory failure. There are many different kinds of snakes in the family of Elapidae almost all are venomous. Tend to be large and/or deadly. A few different examples of these snakes are mambas, death adders, copper heads, and coral snakes.



The king cobra is an intelligent snake with very surprising speed when they strike. They move along the ground using several different methods their main way to move around is winding back and forth pushing against low density objects such as plants, trees, dirt, twigs, and leaves. They can attack prey much larger than itself such as pythons, large rats, birds, eggs, and other things. One of its favorite meals is rat snakes, which keep them in populated areas. The king cobra firsts strikes its victim enough for it to fall and not struggle, then with its double separated jaw drags the victim live into its mouth while the venom starts digestion internally. Some reports said that a king cobra could take down a full-grown Indian elephant when it saw a venerable spots in fifteen minutes. An average king cobra can grow to about 4.572 meters (15 feet). It takes about 5-7 years for a cobra to mature. The king cobra can expand it jaw to get food in its mouth. When the king cobra is scared or threatened, it raises its famous hood by spreading the ribs in its neck to make itself look bigger and intimidate predators. They are actually very dedicated parents like most snakes. The eggs incubate 60-70 days. The king cobra can lay up to 50 eggs at a time. The cobra belongs to the kingdom Animalia the phylum Chordate the class Reptilla the order Squamata suborder Serpentes the family Elapidae the genus Ophiophagus the species Ophiophagus Hannah. There is little difference between the male cobra and female cobra except the female is usually bigger. What an amazing snake!