Baby King Cobra Hunts Olive Water Snake

Posted on September 21, 2011

A baby king cobra hunts a small olive water snake in this National Geographic. The baby king cobra in the video is just a week old, but already has great hunting skills. National Geographic says on its king cobra fact page that the snakes can reach 18 feet in length when fully grown. King cobras are not the most venomous snakes, but they are capable of delivering a large amount of neurotoxin in a single bite. Take a look:


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