Cobra Lord won the snake network

King cobra is easy to kill and eat rat snake with strong venom that can defeat an elephant.

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The unfortunate rat snake encounters the poisonous lord of the king.(Photo: Pavan Srinivas).

The four-hour confrontation between the world's largest venomous snake and rat snake takes place in the Western Ghats near the southern Indian town of Mangalore in August last year and entered the photographer's lens. Pavan Srinivas, according to Long Room. Pavan's photo series captures the moment when a tiger with a hungry king looks straight into the eyes of a fearless rat snake hanging from a tree branch.

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The cobra of the king snapped the prey.(Photo: Pavan Srinivas).

After the fierce battle, the cobra of the king controls the snake snake successfully and injects venom into the prey through the fangs. The rat snake struggled to find a way to escape the enemy's clenched teeth, but gradually became tired of absorbing the venom. Waiting for the cobra to finish the meal, snake expert Joy Mascarenhas takes him to a safer place.

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Princess cobra pump venom and swallow the rat snake.(Photo: Pavan Srinivas).

"We saw the black cobra sneaking out of the shelter to hunt for snake rats. When we got close, the war was about to break out and I told my friend to wait for the cobra to eat the snake rat. nearly 4 hours without moving or making any sound. When the king cobra attacked, everything happened very quickly, " Pavan said.

According to Pavan, Indian king cobras live on the Western Ghats, which can be 5.5 meters long. " This snake releases a large amount of venom, it is easy to kill an elephant within minutes. This is the only snake to build a nest. Most of the time, the cobra cobra feeds on other snakes while Ratan snakes have no venom, only eat mice, frogs and small birds, " Pavan said.