Is the king cobra so venomous?

The venom of the king cobra is made up of proteins and peptide substances and is secreted by the salivary glands located at the back of the eyes. When a king cobra bites its prey, venom is injected into the wound through its fangs, which are about 8-10 cm long. With the exception of the Gabon viper, the king cobra secretes more venom than any other venomous snake, and it secretes enough venom at a time to poison an Asian elephant in three hours.

The venom of the king cobra destroys the nervous system of the prey, and can quickly cause severe pain, visual disturbances, dizziness, drowsiness and paralysis, and after a few minutes, the prey's cardiovascular system collapses and becomes unconscious, eventually resulting in death due to respiratory failure. There are now two antivenoms used to fight the toxin of the king cobra, and several studies have shown that the annual mortality rate in India is 100,000 deaths per 100,000 people. The toxin of the king cobra is quite violent, of course, there are many more violent than the king cobra toxin, but the amount of toxin injected is outstanding among snakes.

The amount of venom injected into the eye king snake is up to 400-600 mg per injection. It secretes up to 700 mg or more, and the amount of venom is about 5-7 times that of other snakes. In other words, it poisoned more than 20 adults in one gulp without a problem.

The venom of a single drop of king cobra venom is still very intense compared to other highly venomous snakes, for example, the venom of the Chinese king cobra is much more poisonous than the common cobra produced in China, and it is comparable to the black mamba, a highly venomous snake in Africa. However, compared with the most ferocious snakes such as the silver krait and the sea snake, the poison is weaker. However, the usual amount of toxin injected into a king cobra is as much as 7 ml, which is enough to poison 20-30 adults.

If a person encounters a king cobra in the wild, the king cobra will not hesitate to attack. It is huge, usually 3-4 meters in length and can reach a maximum of 6 meters. is one of the largest venomous snakes in the world.

So there is no need for it to be afraid of humans and domestic animals. The king cobra is very effective at controlling its enemies to death, and humans will die of poison within about half an hour after being bitten by it. King cobras mostly inhabit the coastal lowlands to the mountainous areas at an altitude of 1,800 meters, mostly found near the edge of the forest, and lurk day and night, mainly distributed in South China and Southwest China.

But nowadays, the number of such snakes in the country is very small and very rare. <>

Not necessarily, the snake venom of the eye snake is generally not too powerful, and it is lighter than the snake venom of many venomous snakes, but the size of the king cobra and the amount of venom are definitely among the best among all venomous snakes, which also shows that it is very dangerous, do not try to provoke it, otherwise even if it does not die, it is estimated that it is better to die happily. However, the snake venom of the black mamba is not so polite, if you are bitten by the black mamba, if you do not inject the serum in time, the mortality rate is 100%, and the black mamba's serum was only developed in the fifties and sixties of the last century, so before that, if you are bitten by the black mamba, there is nothing else to do except wait for death. Don't talk about the Taipan snake, a hundred people will be killed in one bite, and the strength of the venom makes people speechless