Newborn snakes in the wild will forage for small animals, insects, and eggs. If feeding pet baby snakes, stick with pinky mice or smaller newborn mice or chicks. Baby snakes may not want to eat for a few days, but they should be eating within a month of their birth. Read more…
Cobras are not blind, in fact they see very well even at night. However, eyesight is not their only great sense… Jacobsen’s Organ: Gives the Cobra super smelling ability. Do cobras have good eyesight? Its eyesight is better than most snakes’. It’s good enough to see a moving person almost Read more…
Naja pallida is commonly known as the red Naja because of its common brick-red or red-orange color; it may also be brown, pink, yellow or grey. Red spitting cobras are distinguished from other snakes within the genus Naja by the single, thick dark band around their necks and throats. Are Read more…
Claim 1: Baby copperheads can’t control their bites, so they end up excreting a lot more venom, which makes them more deadly than adult copperheads. Verdict: False. This myth has been repeated forever and is not based on anything. That doesn’t mean their bites aren’t dangerous — just not more-so Read more…
When the baby spitting cobras emerge from their eggs, they will be 8 to 12 inches long and filled with tiny poisonous venom glands, said Reptile House team leader Tony Lewis. Although many would cringe at the thought of dealing with the hatchlings, Lewis said he’s thrilled. Do cobras spit? Read more…
Albino cobras are among the10 rarest albino animals in the world, said experts and officials who spotted the reptile. PM Dhakate, chief conservator of forests, Uttarakhand and one of the team members which discovered the animal in Uttarakhand said, “All our efforts are to conserve the flora and fauna across Read more…
Though a snake-eating species, King Cobra is not fully immune to snake venoms, as it can be envenomed and killed by another King Cobra or venomous snakes. Are king snakes immune to all venom? Kingsnakes in North America are resistant to rattlesnake, copperhead, and cottonmouth venom. Resistance is provided by Read more…
Mutations have altered the snake’s receptor in such a way that, because the toxin cannot bind to the receptor, the acetylcholine function is undisturbed. The king cobra can subdue its dinner without suffering from any venomous counterattack. Is a king cobra immune to venom? Though a snake-eating species, King Cobra Read more…
Take a look at eight animals that purposely hunt cobras and kill them for food. Mongoose. Mongooses are noted for their audacious attacks on highly venomous snakes, such as king cobras. King Cobra. Honey Badger. Eagles. Hawks. Secretary Bird. Crocodiles. Humans. What are cobra afraid of? The mongoose is the Read more…
Cobra characteristics Cobras are Elapids, a type of poisonous snake with hollow fangs fixed to the top jaw at the front of the mouth. These snakes cannot hold their fangs down on prey so they inject venom through their fangs, according to the San Diego Zoo. How is snake venom Read more…