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Ophiophagus hannah
king cobra is the world's longest venomous snake, with a length up to 5.6 m (18.5 ft). This species, which preys chiefly on other snakes, is found predominantly in forests from India through Southeast Asia to the Philippines and Indonesia.
It lives in dense highland forests, preferring areas dotted with lakes and streams
Spotted on Dec 25, 2011
Submitted on Dec 25, 2011
6 Comments
This is why telephoto lenses were invented....yikes. For me, the words "close up" and "cobra" will not go together.... LOL !
Very handsome snake. From a safe distance! :)
Thanks KarenL
Congratulations Ashok, this spotting is featured in the Project Noah blog today! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/3212133...
well yes captive, but they stay at a natural habitate and they are very poisness, i am very thankful to the expert who help me out to take the close photograph at an open space, i have a number of pics of same king cobra
is it a captive king Ashok? Beautiful shot by the way.
Beautiful!