The prey of the king cobra is an extremely dangerous species of snake.
At a small stream, a fierce life-and-death battle took place between a king cobra (scientific name: Ophiophagus hannah) and an Indian cobra (scientific name: Naja naja) – one of the four members of the ‘Big Four Venomous Snakes‘ in India.
Although the Indian cobra possesses lethal venom, it, along with most venomous snakes, including highly toxic species like the Malayan pit viper, the king cobra, and the green pit viper, cannot escape the fangs of the longest snake in the world, the king cobra.
However, the king cobra is not only powerful in terms of venom; it is also incredibly fast (often referred to as the ‘snake of the clouds,’ capable of moving at 5.4 m/s) and strong enough to take down a large reticulated python (scientific name: Python reticulatus).
Most snake species cannot escape the fangs of the longest snake in the world, the king cobra.
This time, it used its strength to twist its prey while biting down on the head of its victim, ultimately ensuring that its prey could not escape its fate of becoming a delicious meal for its predator.
