Where are the peaks in China?
Have you found a phenomenon? As long as King cobra frequents, it is difficult for you to see other snakes. This is because the king cobra will be in its territory, and other snakes will be regarded as their own hunting targets. Although snakes are known as the most successful carnivores on earth, there are more than 240 kinds of snakes in China alone and more than 3,000 kinds in the world.
Although the name of the mountain peak also contains the word glasses, this species does not belong to the Cobra family like other cobras. In fact, there are more than 20 confirmed cobra species, all of which belong to the genus Cobra, but many times people call them Cobra. The reason why King cobra (Mountain Crossing) is different from the general cobra is mainly because scientists believe that from the existing research evidence, the evolutionary affinity between them is not enough.
If we want to say that mountain peaks are similar to other cobras, we can actually list a few points briefly. For example, when a mountain feels threatened by other animals around it, it will lift about a third of its body and then open its mouth to show its big fangs. Although their eyesight is generally poor, it does not affect their position of staring at their opponents. In terms of attack, the king cobra is always the more active party, and even some birds will become food in their mouths.
The evolution time of snakes on the earth is about 65.438+0.3 billion years. You know, even our human evolutionary history is only a few million years. However, snakes have their own weaknesses. For example, as warm animals, they have certain requirements for their living environment, including king cobra. Geographically speaking, King cobra is mainly distributed in South Asia and Southeast Asia abroad, while in China, King cobra takes southwest and south China such as Sichuan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Tibet and Guangdong as ideal natural habitats.
King cobra likes living environment with relatively high temperature. Even in the hot weather conditions of 35℃ to 38℃, they never avoid strong light and can even move freely. This is probably because the king cobra is afraid of cold, and the temperature of freezing them to death is not how many degrees below zero as many people think, 9℃ is enough. So the king cobra, who likes to be alone and often chooses to look for food during the day, will hibernate in groups in winter, which is probably the embodiment of holding a group to keep warm.
Although king cobra can secrete highly toxic substances, it will not release venom for no reason. I don't think many people know. In fact, the king cobra is a particularly clever snake, which can be observed from its hunting process. When they hunt other snakes, they will first confirm whether the target object itself is poisonous. As long as they are harmless snakes, they will not release the venom in their bodies, but slowly swallow it after the other side struggles to death.
The habitat of king cobra also has obvious characteristics, such as the edge of forest near water and villages in hilly and mountainous areas. Of course, there are also a few king cobras who may live in the desert, so they are also nicknamed "desert gold". However, this population is not as huge as many people think, especially after the recent period. For example, the number of king cobras distributed in India has dropped by more than 30%. As for the reasons, some people were killed for various reasons and their habitats were destroyed.
Every time I write about snakes, many friends always question: Why can't I see the shadow of snakes? It is simple to meet this demand, but because many people feel uncomfortable when they see pictures of snakes, it is often difficult to pass the system audit, because pictures of snakes in the content may make people feel uncomfortable. Moreover, as far as the peaks introduced to you today are concerned, there are not a few people who have no idea about their appearance. The pictures are all possible environmental pictures, so don't worry about whether there are real snakes.