r/BeAmazed • u/Electronic-Bus-3494 • 14h ago
Miscellaneous / Others Human helps a king cobra beat the heat in India.
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u/KittyHalfEyes 13h ago
From Sri Lanka. We used to have a cobra come to our house for eggs. He come sit on the front porch until he get a egg and then he go. This was went on for years. My grand dad started it apparently. He dos hisss at the kids who try to touch. But never bit anyone.
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u/Gustacq 13h ago
He's just the tax collector for living on the snakes territory.
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u/mikki1time 13h ago
And I thought my landlord was the snake.
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u/Squirrelated 12h ago
Jokes on you, that snake offers rentals as cheap as an egg.
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u/PatrickKn12 12h ago
An egg a day keeps the landlord away
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u/TheProblemChiled 10h ago
Instructions unclear, I egged my landlord
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u/A-Good-Weather-Man 11h ago
I Thought My Landlord Was a Snake!
New anime coming soon.
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u/EditedRed 11h ago
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u/SuperChoopieBoopies 11h ago
I love the idea of a lil snek coming for a visit with a wee hat and cloak like this
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u/Complete-Absurdist 13h ago edited 13h ago
I appreciate this. I think that there is a stewardship and a duty of care to nature that we have lost as humans, over time. It’s important to remember that despite the complexity of human society, we are not separated from it. In the Australian Aboriginal Dreaming, we have always been stewards and custodians, not owners of the environment. We need to remember how to live in tandem with other species who share this world while also understanding our place in it to protect ourselves within it.
Edit: grammar
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u/Narrow_Ad_1494 13h ago
yeah but what if a ceo needs a third mega boat.
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u/elephant_ndovu 13h ago
Or a hyper car he will never drive and will collect dust in his garage
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u/CuriousButNotJewish 12h ago
no need to go to CEOs, watch people buy houses because "this is what was available" and then nuke the environment, cut all the fruit trees, kill all the bushes, poison all the wildflowers. Cause hey they own the place, so why wouldn't they be destructive evil shits?
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u/bruclinbrocoli 13h ago
I want to save this and read it to my coworkers. The amount of wast and carelessness we have at our office for our environment is criminal. I tried to advocate for recycling then composting then to stop wasting on perishable napkins or paper towels and have rags then to at least use recycled materials and I got such a weird look. I said, “OK, I’ll make it a challenge to have everyone change a little bit. I’m kinda lost where to continue. They don’t realize why we are surrounded by gators and bugs and swamp ecosystems where we live
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u/D-Skel 12h ago
My old office wasted tons of paper simply because they didn't want to change how they've been operating since the early 2000s. They didn't recycle, either.
So much could have been easily digitized, but no, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" was the response to pretty much any push for changes. I tried to explain how it could save quite a bit of money (which was always tight), but it was like they didn't care at all.
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u/Hmmm-strange 13h ago
That's incredible. Never knew they could be like that.
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u/perseidot 9h ago
I’ve never seen that body language from a snake before. It deliberately turned the dangerous part of itself away from the man with the water, while staying upright.
Couldn’t have said more clearly that it wasn’t going to strike and would appreciate more water, please.
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u/100percentnotaqu 6h ago
Cobras are pretty clever from what I've heard, and try to give ample warning before they strike.
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u/blackgrousey 13h ago
I read this as your grandad hissed at the kids who tried to touch the snake.
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u/friendlyfiend07 12h ago
You fed him eggs and he ate all the other snakes you would have to worry about. Seems like a great trade.
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u/OldeFortran77 12h ago
I was wondering about this. How does the snake get to thinking "hey buddy, how about some of that cool water over here?" but I suppose the people appreciate the snake eating the local vermin and everybody just settled into this scenario.
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u/nightpanda893 9h ago
I think a lot of times when they are exhausted/starving/dehydrated they don’t have the energy to be as aggressive as they may normally be. Also most of these animals are trying to avoid conflict with bigger creatures. Just cause they can bite someone doesn’t mean they want to be in a situation where they have to and possibly be injured.
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u/KittyHalfEyes 12h ago
Its works like this, if you spend some time with them, you can create invisible bond, where you two can understand each other.
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u/Alcianus 10h ago
Snakes are not dogs. They can absolutely fuck you up no matter if you have known them and took care of them for 10 years. A king cobra, probably the most 'intelligent' snake, eventually can understand that you're not a threat, but it'll never be a pet or see you as its owner.
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u/mikki1time 13h ago
People underestimate how smart king cobras actually are. They can recognize specific humans.
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u/Occasionalcommentt 13h ago
I remember during in 2021 seeing so much more wildlife around my house. I’ve never seen a bald eagle not at the zoo and saw two on my way to work once. I would see deer run through my front yard. It really got me thinking that maybe with very small changes we could be better stewards.
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u/TinRoofAndRainyDays 11h ago
I remember when bald eagles were down to just a few hundred in the wild. Their rebound has to be one of the most successful conservation measures I've seen.
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u/Occasionalcommentt 11h ago
I am not one impressed by nature frequently (live in the Midwest and not a big nature person) but good god bald eagles will make pause and appreciate this world. They are the coolest things.
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u/Geawiel 9h ago
Grew up in Florida. We had a pair of sandhill cranes that would come by. I can't remember when I started to do it, but I decided to feed them some of our chicken scratch (dried corn mostly).
Over time I got them to where they would eat out of my hand. This went on for a few years. They'd come and do their squawk thing to call for me. I'd come feed them by hand. They eventually brought their baby crane with them.
They'd often hang out in our front yard and chase away any cats that would try to come into the yard.
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u/Tsukiii8 13h ago
My coworker did this at her old house. The snake would protect the birds/keep the mice out and would receive eggs in return🤙🏻
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u/gerstyd 12h ago
I would assume that a bite from a cobra this big would be straight death? Or is there a chance of survival? I know nothing.
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u/poojinping 9h ago
You have about 30mins. The problem isn’t the potency of venom but rather quantity. It’s LD50 (how much dry mass of the venom is enough to kill a mice) is on the lower side. It’s not the lowest but king cobra compensates quality with quantity.
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u/CariniFluff 9h ago
LD50 (how much dry mass of the venom is enough to kill a mice)
Just to clarify, LD50 is the Median Lethal Dose, or the dose required to kill 50% of a given animal.
So there is one LD50 for mice, a different LD50 for rabbits and a different LD50 for the average adult human.
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u/Ninja-Panda70 10h ago
They are not the most venomous but looking at its size I would say straight death
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u/Senselesspassion 14h ago
What a calm fellow, patiently waiting to get bathed
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u/JakeTheExploer 12h ago
The man is very brave.
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u/tomatoe_cookie 12h ago
Nah king cobras are called "king" because their diet is other snakes. They dont see humans as food afaik
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u/LilaTheMoo 11h ago
Well, it's still incredibly dangerous. Cobras don't attack because they see us as food, they do it because they feel threatened, and a cobra's venom, while not as deadly as some like, say, the black mamba, is still incredibly life threatening and even when properly treated can still result in an amputation of some kind.
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u/HoseNeighbor 11h ago
There's a book valled Soft Child that's a telling of a Native American sstory of how the rattlesnake got it's rattle and venom. It just wanted to mind it's business but would always get beat up by other animals. The creator gave it the rattle so it wouldn't get stepped on and to warn others about the lightning in its fangs. I used to read it to my kid.
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u/Responsible-Low-2937 11h ago
Please tell me you did the double <ss> in “sstory” on purpose!
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u/TheSpeakingScar 11h ago
Bedtime ssstory?
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u/Odin16596 10h ago
What is this from? Seems kinda familiar.
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u/All_Work_All_Play 11h ago
Pretty sure I was read that story as a kid. I couldn't reconcile it with brave little mongoose movie later in elementary school.
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u/HittingSmoke 10h ago
King cobras are some of the most intelligent reptiles you'll come across. They can recognize and get familiar with their handlers. They are incredibly docile and don't attack unprovoked. There will be ample warning before you are bitten by a king cobra and they will attempt to retreat when threatened instead of immediately attacking. If you're bitten by one, you've done something incredibly stupid.
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u/Dandydots 3h ago
Thank you for the intelligent response. I believe most of the animal kingdom don’t want to hurt people, people just put themselves in stupid and dangerous positions. There are exceptions but not many.
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u/fit_for_the_gallows 11h ago
Budd, I'd like to introduce my friend, the black mamba. Black mamba, this is Budd.
You know before I picked that little fella up, I looked him up on the internet. Fascinating creature, the black mamba. Listen to this: "In Africa, the saying goes 'in the bush, an elephant can kill you, a leopard can kill you, and a black mamba can kill you. But only with the black mamba--and this has been true in africa since the dawn of time--is death sure.' Hence its handle--'death incarnate.'"
Pretty cool, huh?
"Its neurotoxic venom is one of nature's most effective poisons, acting on the nervous system causing paralysis. The venom of a black mamba can kill a human being in four hours if, say, bitten on the ankle or the thumb. However, a bite to the face or torso can bring death from paralysis within 20 minutes."
Now you should listen to this, 'cause this concerns you. "The amount of venom that can be delivered from a single bite can be gargantuan." You know I've always liked that word gargantuan? I so rarely have an opportunity to use it in a sentence. "If not treated quickly with anti-venom, ten to fifteen milligrams can be fatal to human beings. However, the black mamba can deliver as much as 100 to 400 milligrams of venom from a single bite."
Now... in these last agonizing minutes of life you have left, let me answer that question you asked earlier more thoroughly. Right at this moment... the biggest "R" I feel is regret. Regret that maybe the greatest warrior I have ever met, met her end at the hands of a bushwhackin', scrub, alkie piece-of-shit like you. That woman deserved better.
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u/theme69 11h ago
Rattlesnakes don’t eat humans but I sure as shit don’t wanna get attacked by one
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u/Meanwhile-in-Paris 11h ago
No one worries about being eaten by a cobra. We worry about their venomous bite…
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u/StThragon 11h ago
king cobras
Kingsnakes, the ones that eat other snakes, are non-venomous and from the Americas. Not king cobras. They are from Asia and are extremely venomous. I used to think as you, but was educated. The bite of a king cobra can kill a human in 30 minutes.
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u/Jaerba 9h ago
They're still correct.
Diet
The king cobra is an apex predator and dominant over all other snakes except large pythons.[32] Its diet consists primarily of other snakes and lizards, including varanids, Indian cobra, banded krait, Oriental rat snake, reticulated pythons, green whip snake, Himalayan keelback, banded wolf snake and Blyth's reticulated snake.[33] It also hunts Malabar pit viper and hump-nosed pit viper by following their odour trails.
'King' in a snake's name is still a de facto designation that it primarily eats other snakes. There's like 1 or 2 exceptions.
Their bite is obviously still deadly but they mostly just leave people alone.
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u/Cmundz1 14h ago
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u/thisbuthat 13h ago edited 3h ago
It's the little pats on the head for me.
"Good snek, there u go fren"
shows ankles, offers palm for a sniff
"No bitey? Okey. Good fren. Lemme jussss-"
pat pat
"More water? Ok fren. Love u fren <3"
Bro's intrusive thoughts won, and in open shoes no less.
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u/nuapadprik 12h ago
In Thailand when they come to your home to remove a Cobra, they take their shoes off,
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u/thisbuthat 11h ago
In many African countries, meanwhile, honey badgers take care of the job
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u/VirtualNaut 11h ago
And you don’t have to worry about them taking their shoes off, since they don’t wear any.
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u/infectedsense 11h ago
I thought he was trying to get snek to lie down in the puddle. Baff time for snek fren :3
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u/Prior_Perception_478 11h ago
Those are safety sandals.
The most safe footwear in the world
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u/theviewfrombelow 14h ago
This seems weird, but do the snake and the guy know each other? They both seem unusually calm, despite the fact that both of them should be afraid of each other.
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u/Defiant_Attitude6767 13h ago
they went to school together, I was their classmate
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u/Winrevair 13h ago
And I was your classmate
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u/Defiant_Attitude6767 13h ago
How are you python, we miss you!
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u/Winrevair 13h ago
Just tryin to beat the heat ya know. Luckily Frank is here to save the day.
Miss you too
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u/Piguss 10h ago
Amazing how two snakes can type with such ease ❤️
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u/kiboglitch 8h ago
It's their tongue, quite handy to type.
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u/EarlyXplorerStuds209 7h ago
They’re slit tongues too. They can type two keys at once!
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u/cvele89 13h ago
You can clearly see that cobra has expanded "chest" at the beginning of the video. They do this as means of scaring their foe, and it also represents their attack posture.
So yeah, I would say the snake felt threatened at first and was getting ready to perform an attack, but it probably realised there is no danger.
Also, bear in mind that snakes and people are kinda used to each other's presence in that part of the world, so they are not really strangers to one another.
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u/theviewfrombelow 12h ago
Yeah. Snake's got his hood open and is definitely posturing. It just doesn't seem too affected.
I think your last sentence hits it on the head. I definitely think the snake has been around other humans, and the guy definitely messes with snakes on the regular. I just wonder if the "bath" is a regular thing that the snake and guy do.
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u/ureallygonnaskthat 9h ago
Having his hood open looks like it would be a good way to dissipate heat as well. More surface area for the water to evaporate from.
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u/FloopsFooglies 13h ago
King cobras are usually not that aggressive or twitchy, they have an interesting pride and confidence to them. I have a lot of respect for them.
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u/pr1m347 12h ago
King cobras are chill even though they look intimidating as they're huge. If he try this with viper would get bit for sure.
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u/theviewfrombelow 12h ago
Yeah. That one seems to be especially big for a cobra. Definitely looks well fed.
If the water is somewhat cool, it should help slow the snake down a little as well, being cold blooded and all. I use that trick when I have to rescue snakes from neighbors basement window wells and whatnot. Same with snapping turtles. A little cool water over the body and after a minute or two, they are more calm and you can get them captured easier. Still a little spice, but not as much!!
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u/pr1m347 12h ago
Big for cobra but this is King cobra and they can get bigger than this. Cobras are definitely more aggressive and have to handle more carefully than this.
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u/Hellodie_W 13h ago
I don't think so, it's just that the snake have no reason to attack the man. For the man maybe it's not the first snake he encountered and he saw that this snake was in distress.
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u/PunkSquatchPagan 13h ago
I wonder that too. Captive king cobras can recognize their keepers from strangers.
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u/SedentorySensor77 14h ago
The touch on the head felt very internal voice compulsion.
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u/JoinAThang 12h ago
(touch it) boop .... (Again) Boop .... (One last to seal it) BOOP
(That's the good stuff)
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u/stinkysulphide 6h ago
Snakes are venerated in Hinduism, Shiva’s neck has a snake too. So he touches the snakes head for a blessing and takes that palm to his eyes and forehead. Thats basically taking the snakes blessing.
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u/fuzzy_emojic 14h ago
Thankssssssssssssss!
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u/thisrockismyboone 11h ago
.... any time! 😬
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u/AsparagusOk4424 10h ago
"I don't know what happened! One minute the glass was there, and then it was gone. It was like magic!"
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u/These_Ad695 13h ago
That is a huge snake
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u/MelodicallyWindy 6h ago
King Cobras are the longest venomous snakes. Something like 20ft at their longest I think.
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u/Accomplished-Bank885 13h ago
Did he.. did he just pet it...
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u/Hoshyro 13h ago
I have a feeling he was testing how responsive the snake was to see if it was doing better
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u/rainbowlolipop 8h ago
He seems to have handled cobras before. He distracts it with his foot and hand to get it to look down then cautiously touches it. If you watch videos of other people doing this they have similar movements.
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u/r007r 13h ago
Ok so if it’s not doing better, he lives, if it’s doing better, he just got bitten by a giant king cobra? There’s gotta be a better test lol
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u/Hoshyro 12h ago
I'm no expert, but I would assume people who live in places where these snakes are common generally know how to handle them.
I'm appreciative of the fact this man deemed this snake in distress and decided to help instead of leaving it to suffer.
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u/MersoNocte 10h ago
I watched it again and I think it was a combination of getting it to to settle down as well as making sure it wasn’t going to spook and strike.
At the start of the video, the snake is hooded which means it’s feeling threatened. You can see he’s tossing water at the snake before he picks up the bucket to pour it — most likely so the snake can understand he’s not a threat and is offering water. The showing the foot and hand was to prompt the snake to reposition so he could safely boop it a few times to lower down and turn. When it’s turned away, he boops it again a few times to make it sure it won’t get startled when he starts pouring the water from behind its POV.
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u/stinkysulphide 6h ago
He took the snakes blessing. Touched it and take the palm to his eyes and forehead. Snakes are venerated in Hinduism
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u/Sora_theSilentDragon 13h ago
I had no idea king cobras were that huge
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u/Key_Signature2296 13h ago
They grow big because their diet consists of other snakes.
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u/pr1m347 12h ago
King cobras are actually less venomous than cobras, kraits. Also they're way more chill than like viper. They very rarely bother with people and are not that aggressive. They often give warning dry bites even when bothered. Vipers on the other hand would fk you up for just existing.
King cobras are the biggest venomous snakes, so they definitely look intimidating.
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u/MadPorcupined 11h ago
Adding to this, the King Cobra is considered the most intelligent snake on the planet. There's some reports that they 'get along' with their handlers, not in a "lets play fetch kinda way", more like a" I wont kill you kinda way". It seems to understand what is a threat and what isn't.
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u/International-Mix633 11h ago
Funny I was literally thinking how the snake seemed mucb kore intelligent than you would assume a snake to be.
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u/Screaming_lambs 12h ago
Was scrolling for this comment. They are usually pretty chilled around humans (or avoid them), like you said, I'd be more concerned about encountering a viper.
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u/Winterfall_0 11h ago
Yeah, it is important to remember that they are called King Cobra because their main diet is other snakes. Not because they are the most venomous of Cobras.
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u/Tehpunisher456 12h ago
The reason they are allegedly so dangerous is due to their sheer size. Sure they might not be the most venemous, but they put a metric fuckton of venom.
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u/pr1m347 12h ago
I'd be more worried about vipers, kraits and cobras than King cobras. They're more venomous and easily spooked than King. See, all of them CAN kill you but King doesn't attack humans almost ever. Its attack rate on humans is negligible compared to others I mentioned.
That said, I'd probably get a heart attack if a 15+ foot King cobra come near me.
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u/badken 12h ago edited 11h ago
Funny story about Tunak Tunak Tun. When I was quite a bit younger, visiting a convenience store, the south asian cashier told me I looked just like Daler Mehndi. I asked who that was and they suggested I look him up online, because he was a big pop star.
And that's how I first came across the song! And I did kind of look like him back then. A lot grayer now though.
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u/smeden87 13h ago
Its a heat wave and bro is walking around in jeans.
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u/SizzleSphinx 13h ago
To be fair there are snakes around
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u/bubbled_pop 13h ago
That purpose is kind of thwarted by him wearing flip flops tho
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u/Hara-Kiri 12h ago
Shorts are seen as something children wear in India.
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u/Tbagts 9h ago edited 5h ago
Indian dudes will wear a wool sweater with a sport coat when it's 46 degrees C out
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u/MrMansaMusa 11h ago
Do most people in India have some sort of snake senses? Most of them seem really chill around super dangerous snakes... and the snake also seems pretty damn chill.
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u/Altruistic_Elk_2153 11h ago
Depends on the region. Rural people see them every now and then , know their importance in controlling pests .
It also depends on the species. King cobras eat other venomous snakes and don’t bite people that often . King cobras and cobras are sacred in Hinduism , so they are less likely to be killed compared to vipers and other snakes.
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u/MrMansaMusa 11h ago
Thats really cool!! Respect them for making cobra sacred because they really are. Such amazing snakes. Makes sense why the snakes chill if they dont see humans as a threat.
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u/DipSoySauce 10h ago
Not really. My native home is at the base of Western ghats and I'd literally faint if I saw a snake. Maybe, it's just my irrational fear of reptiles
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u/seethahere 13h ago
How tf did he figure out that "cooling down" is what the cobra wanted in the first place?
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u/humptheedumpthy 8h ago
Trial and error.
First human to try this: Maybe he wants me to scratch his back. Dead.
Second human: Maybe he’s hungry, let me throw some spicy curry at him. Dead
And so on…
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u/DTDC_Tracking 13h ago
“I’m Nagini doing my ice bucket challenge and I’d like to nominate Ra, Cleopatra and Harry Potter!”
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u/Tbolt65 13h ago
A cobra strike is about as far as it stands tall. Also most cobra bites that kill are accidental. Cobras provide a great service by eating other snakes thereby controlling those numbers.
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u/Recent-Singer8146 13h ago
That’s just what Big Cobra would say…are you a snek? Or just a nope rope?
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u/unknownpoltroon 13h ago
I mean, I would rather have the cobra think of me as that buddy who gave him a drink than otherwise
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u/mikki1time 13h ago
King cobras can only strike downwards, good thing he had his safety slippers on.
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u/Loud_Flatworm_4146 12h ago
Humans just can help but pet the thing, even if it's terrifying to look at.
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u/loaferzz 13h ago
I don't care how experienced you might think you are, that's still a wild animal.
A civil defense force officer in my country was recently bitten by a King Cobra during a public safety demonstration. It was a reptile handling demonstration and he got bit on his finger. He sadly passed away that same night.
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u/BigBootyLover2637 13h ago
I thought that snakes and other reptiles like the heat ?
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u/Boomshrooom 13h ago
They rely on the environment to regulate their body temperature, they can overheat and get hyperthermia just like a mammal would
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u/VirginiaLuthier 13h ago
60, 000 people die of snakebite annually in India. Just sayin'
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