It is the longest venomous snake in the world, with a documented record of 5.85 metres.
From King Cobra
It eats almost nothing but other snakes, venomous ones included, plus the occasional lizard.
From King Cobra
The female defends the nest fiercely but leaves it just before the eggs hatch, so as not to eat her own young.
From King Cobra
It has a single white ring on its hood, rather than the spectacles of the Indian cobra.
From Monocled Cobra
Its hood carries a single ring with a central dot, like a monocle, as against the pair of rings joined by a line drawn by the Indian cobra: it is the quickest way to tell them apart.
From Monocled Cobra
Some populations are able to spit venom as well as bite, an ability that varies geographically within the same species.
From Monocled Cobra
It is identified with the asp of Ancient Egypt and with the death of Cleopatra.
From Egyptian Cobra
It is the uraeus of Ancient Egypt: the rearing cobra that crowns the foreheads of the pharaohs, symbol of the goddess Wadjet and of the protection of royalty, present on funerary masks and crowns for three millennia.
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