The King Cobra is the largest venomous snake at a whopping sixteen and a half inches. It hunts other snakes and eats them whole.
It lifts its head and spreads its ears when angry. It lives in Southeast Asia as well as China. It lives and hunts in groups. It actually climbs trees when pursuing prey.
Since forests have been cleared, there has been more human encounters. Cobra means snake eater. Snake charmers use Asian cobras since they have bigger hoods. It tracks its prey by a sense of smell that it originates within its tongue.
