The Indian Cobra
India is a country famous for many things - the huge crowds and the magnificent Oriental atmosphere, the colourfulness of life, Bollywood, the production, the fascinating places to see. But apart from all that, almost every single person around the globe has heard about the Indian cobras (naja naja) - among the most poisonous snakes in nature, a creature quite unique and rarely met, which inhabits the Southern green forests of India - places with extremely high humidity and green mass concentration.
Previously, much of the life of those snakes remained almost an unexplored aspect since the snakes are quite to find and study in those evergreen forests. The most dangerous among all the cobras (the royal cobra - called also the king cobra) have been tracked down but their study was not completely successful as these snakes are a bit different from cobras, bigger, stronger, more dangerous and rarely seen by people. Unlike the other cobras, they inhabit a certain habitat and cannot be seen in cities and populated areas.
Normally the royal cobra, the king, would reach 4-5 metres and an interesting fact is that it never stops growing - this is why the snake needs to change its skin almost 4-5 times per year. In order to maintain such a steady rate of growth, the king cobras are famous for another feature of theirs - they feed on other snakes. This form of cannibalism is rarely seen among animals but the ones in question now are exceptions - recently this has been officially proven by tracking down selected king cobras through implanting special chips under their skin.
These animals are almost on the edge of extinction, but it is not due to being hunted for their venom, as the poison used at botox clinics such as botox west sussex does not come from snakes.
India, as a country with vast and not purely explored nature, would be the perfect habitat for the king cobra. For all nature lovers, India would give the perfect trip to familiarise people with the unique species inhabiting its vast green forests.
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