• A group of snake eggs is called a clutch.
• Cleopatra used an Egyptian Cobra to commit suicide.
• The King Cobra is the largest venomous snake in the world.
• Snake Charmers don't actually mesmerize the cobra.
• Cobras can't hear.
• Spitting cobras can spit without going into a threatened posture.
• Venom that is spat usually is not fatal.
• Spitting cobras spray their venom by squeezing the muscles on their venom glands.
• Spitting cobras can also inject poison by biting.
• Spitting cobras can spit venom up to 6.5 feet.
• A cobra would rather run from a threat than fight it.
• Only King cobras build nests.
• A king cobra can grow to be 18.5 feet long.
• When threatened the king cobra in some cases can rise to the height of a full grown man.
• A baby cobra is called a hatchling.
• A baby cobra is able to strike and flare its hood as soon as it hatches.
• A cobra can go for months without food.
• Cobras use their forked tongues to smell prey.
• One of the more serious threats to a cobra is a mongoose.
• Since cobras can't fold their fangs down like Vipers their fangs are generally shorter.

Last modified: 02/13/08