King+Cobra



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__** DID YOU KNOW?! **__
**​** **King Cobras can literally STAND UP and extend to the height of a average human being? King Cobras mainly live in rain forrests, or in plains of India. The King Cobra can be "charmed" and made to dance exoticly! Also, the King Cobra actually EATS Lizards, eggs, and small mammals without even chewing their food! Talk about table manners.. The King Cobra can hear, but, their hearing is not well enough to hunt so amazingly they can use ground movement to detect prey! King Cobras are the only snake to lay their eggs in a nest! But he cannot fly... sad.. Even though this is a amazing hunter, he is very shy, and try to avoid human as much as possible.**

__** 4 Charecteristics ​ **__ Response - When a King Cobra feels that is it being harmed, it responds back by fleeing or by defending and attacking back.

Grow and Develope - Over time the King Cobra can grow up to 18 feet long.

Reproduce - When a King Cobra has found at spouse, they begin to mate and lay eggs.

Blood/Skn Cells - A King Cobra has a scaly body in which he may be able to shed over time.

__​Classification__ ​ **Kingdom- Animalia

Phylum- Chordata

Class- Reptilia

Order- Squamata

Suborder-Serpentes

Familiy- Elapidae

Genus- Ophiophagus

Species- O. hannah**

​ __How the King Cobra meets its basic needs__ Water- The King Cobra goes to the nearest lake or pond to take a quick sip of water. Food- The King Cobra usually waits to up to a week before a predator walks by to get eaten. Habitat- The King Cobra usually likes to stay in nice shady places. Like under rocks, trees, Etc. Air- The King Cobra just has to inhail and he meets his need for air. ​