Horse cobra (also known as dragon snake, garter snake) has the scientific name Coelognathus radiata. This is a species of snake in the water snake family, distributed from India, Bangladesh to Southeast Asia, including Vietnam.
In Vietnam, this species of snake is distributed throughout the country, often found in the plains and midlands, and can be found in areas with many bushes and trees. or in abandoned rat holes. The cobra is a good climber, so it can also be found on bushes and sometimes on the roof…
The cobra can be up to 2 meters long when grown and lives on land. This snake is very easy to identify. From the snake’s eyes, there are three small black lines, two running obliquely down to the upper edge and one running through the temple. The snake’s body has 4 black lines running from the nape down to more than half of the body, two large middle lines running continuously two smaller and broken side lines.
Even without venom, the cobra is a fierce snake. Evil is ready to pre-emptively attack opponents when they feel threatened. When in danger or threatened, the cobra will erect a third of its body forward off the ground with its mouth wide open and try to expand the skin of its neck… and at the same time be ready to launch pecks.
Cobras often maintain a posture with their heads held high and their mouths wide open to threaten enemies and move, causing many people to confuse that this is a species of the cobra family (venomous). However, in reality, this snake is completely non-venomous.
When bitten by a cobra, it can cause bleeding. If bitten, people should disinfect thoroughly to avoid infection. Victims can treat themselves at home without needing to go to a medical facility.
Due to its wide distribution, cobras often encounter humans. Because of its aggressive nature, the cobra often tries to threaten humans before running away, so this snake is often killed if it unfortunately encounters a human.
The food of the cobra includes including lizards and frogs that sometimes eat fish and young birds. However, the main food of cobras is mice. This snake has the ability to hunt mice very well, so the cobra is a beneficial animal for agriculture.
The snake is aggressive but… cowardly and knows how to pretend to be dead to hide. avoid enemies
Despite its aggressive nature and often actively threatening enemies, in reality the cobra is a… cowardly snake.
In case the threatening action fails and cannot stop the enemy, the cobra and horse will have an ingenious “play” of pretending to be dead. At this time, the cobra will lie on its back motionless as if dead. No matter what external impact the cobra will still lie quietly without any reaction.
Many predatory animals often do not have the habit of eating animals that have been killed. death, so the cobra’s feigned death can help it escape dangerous predators and even humans. After a while of lying motionless, when it feels that the threat has passed, the snake will turn over and quickly run away from the predator.
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