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Video: King Cobra Devours Smaller King Cobra In Singapore

Video: King Cobra Devours Smaller King Cobra In Singapore

The king cobra is known as a snake eater, hence the scientific name Ophiophagus (Greek for snake eating) and feeds almost exclusively on other snakes. [...]
New King Cobra Species Discovered In India

New King Cobra Species Discovered In India

The researchers have restricted Ophiophagus hannah s. str. to populations of the snake located in eastern Pakistan, northern and eastern India, centra [...]
Universal Venomous Snake Antivenin Could Be Within Reach

Universal Venomous Snake Antivenin Could Be Within Reach

The researchers determined that their work with HIV could correlate with finding a universal antivenin. [...]
New Human Antibody May Result In Universal Antivenin For Venomous Snake Bites

New Human Antibody May Result In Universal Antivenin For Venomous Snake Bites

International researchers working with scientists at The Technical University of Denmark recently published a paper detailing their discovery of a hum [...]
King Cobra Escapes From Swedish Zoo

King Cobra Escapes From Swedish Zoo

The snake, initially named Sir Vas (Sir Hiss) and renamed Houdini after he escaped, apparently got out of the enclosure via an opening in a lamp fixtu [...]
13-Foot King Cobra Caught And Released In India

13-Foot King Cobra Caught And Released In India

The king cobra is not a member of the Naja genus, which all other cobras are, but rather has its own genus, Ophiophagus, Greek for “snake eating.” [...]
6 Facts About The King Cobra

6 Facts About The King Cobra

The king cobra is the longest venomous snake in the world. [...]
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