This is one of the most poisonous and highly dangerous reptiles on Earth.Its venom is highly toxic.There are sixteen types of cobras, and they are all extremely dangerous.
Habitat
Cobras generally inhabit the Old World - Africa (almost the entire continent), South and Central Asia (Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka).As already mentioned, it is a poisonous snake.Cobra is very thermophilic - she would not live where fall and winter snow.The exception, perhaps, of a Central Asian cobra.She lives in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan.The driest places, so they are preferred for these reptiles.Most often, they choose bushes, jungles, deserts and semi-deserts.Sometimes they can be seen on the banks of the river, but more often they avoid damp places.Cobra found in mountainous areas, but not higher than 2400 meters above sea level.
Reproduction
These snakes breed once a year.This occurs most often in January and February or spring.Fertility of these reptiles in many respects depends on the species.One female can lay up to seventy-eight eggs.
collared cobra is the only one of all kinds of giving birth to live young.It is able to give birth to sixty children.During this period, the royal and the Indian cobra can be very aggressive.They protect their young, driving away from the nest in animals and humans.This behavior is not typical for them, and shown only during the breeding season.
Who is afraid cobra
Although this snake is extremely dangerous, it also has serious enemies.Her cubs can eat larger reptiles.Adults can be destroyed mongooses and meerkats.These animals have no immunity against cobra venom, yet they are able to cleverly divert attention snake his false attacks.They catch the right moment and inflict fatal bite her neck.Cobra, met on his way meerkat or mongoose, has virtually no chance of rescue.
Indian cobra
This species is most common in Africa and South Asia.Quite often, it is called "Spectacled cobra."Such name it received because the characteristic pattern on the rear side of the hood.It consists of two trim ring with a shackle.When this poisonous cobra defending itself, it raises the front part of the body nearly vertical, and her head appears hood.The length of the snake is 1 meter and eighty centimeters.It feeds mainly amphibians - small rodents and lizards, and will not give up on the birds' eggs.This is a very prolific poisonous snake.Cobra Naja naja often spreads to 45 eggs!Interestingly, for the preservation of masonry monitors and male.
spitting cobra
This particular subspecies of the Indian cobra.She shoots at the enemy with poison at a distance of two meters, and is able to hit the target with a diameter of up to two centimeters.And I must say, the snake has a high accuracy.To kill the victim, falling to poison the body a little.The poison will not penetrate through the skin, but it is very dangerous in contact with mucous membranes.Therefore, the main objective of these snakes - eyes.With precise hit the victim may completely lose his sight.To avoid this, you must immediately wash your eyes with plenty of water.
Egyptian cobra
Distributed in the Arabian Peninsula and Africa.This is also a poisonous snake.Cobra Naja haje grows to two meters in length.Hood in her far less than its Indian cousin.The ancient Egyptians, it symbolized power, and its poisonous bite was used as a means of killing in public executions.
snake king cobra (hamadryads)
Many believe that it is the largest venomous snake in the world.The length of the adults of more than three meters, but reported cases and more impressive - 5.5 meters!This is a misconception.There reptile larger than a king cobra.Against the anaconda, it may seem a little one - in fact, some specimens of this species reach a length of ten meters!
Distributed hamadryads in India south of the Himalayas in southern China, the Philippines, Greater Sunda Islands to Bali, in Indochina.Most of the time is creeping on the ground, but it can perfectly crawl up trees and swim.According to experts, this is an amazing creature - king cobra.Like a snake can have such impressive dimensions?This surprised many.Indeed, its size is just awesome, although it does not look too heavy and massive as, for example, a python.
Color cobra
He is highly variable due to extensive habitat.The most common - a yellowish-green with black rings.The front part of the body they are more narrow and not very clear, to the tail become wider and brighter.Color juveniles more saturated.
Reproduction
This is one of the few species of snakes, the males of which, facing in the same area, arrange ritual fights, but do not bite each other.Naturally, the female is the winner.Mating is preceded by a period of courtship, after which the male becomes clear that his "darling" for it is not dangerous.About a month later, the female lays eggs.Before this event occurs, the construction of the nest has been king cobra.Like a snake that has no limbs, beak can cope with this task?It turns out that she rakes up the front part of the body in a pile of round-shaped dry leaves and twigs.
number of eggs is different - from twenty to forty.Typically, clutch protects the female pre-closing its leaves and placed on its top.But account cases where the protection takes part male.The incubation period lasts approximately one hundred days.Shortly before the birth of offspring of the female leaves the nest, to get food for themselves.After the birth of Young about a day kept near the nest.Since its introduction, they are quite independent from birth have the poison, but in very small quantities, which allows them to hunt small rodents and sometimes even insects.
Lethal Weapon
How this affects his victim a dangerous snake?Cobra King's own very strong poison doses.Its size depends on the size and weight of the victim.Typically, the amount is several times the lethal dose.Interestingly, eating poisoned prey, the snake itself does not suffer.
usually to scare a person, cobra bites, but does not let the poison, as it required her to hunt.But in any case it is impossible to hope for it!Cobra venom is capable of a few hours to kill an elephant.It paralyzes the muscle system and the victim dies of asphyxiation.After contact with the poison in the human body die after 15 minutes.
For scientists of great interest to the snake.Cobra venom which, undoubtedly, is very toxic, and can be useful for humans.What?The study found that its venom in small doses can be used for the production of valuable medicines that have a positive effect on the cardiovascular and nervous system, normalizes blood pressure.This poison scientists around the world are studying for more than fifty years, and in spite of such a long period of research, it opens new and novel compounds which are useful for modern medicine.
Many people believe that the cobra is very aggressive.This is not true.They are very quiet, you can even call them phlegmatic behavior.If you become familiar with the habits of the asp, then they can be controlled, which often show skilled "charmers" snakes.King Cobra - There is a risk, but you should know that at a meeting with a man she does not attack, and is protected.
