Viral Video: IFS officer shares video of King Cobra ‘standing up’, leaves internet stunned

The king cobra can literally "stand up" and look at a full-grown person in the eye. When confronted, they can lift up to a third of its body off the ground. pic.twitter.com/g93Iw2WzRo

— Susanta Nanda (@susantananda3) February 27, 2023

Since being shared, the video has gathered over 66,500 views on Twitter. Netizens had mixed feelings over the sight of the snake. While they marvelled at its size and beauty, they were terrified at the same time. A user commented, “Dangerous beauty!” Another user wrote, “Oh. Absolutely scary.” A third user wrote, “Pretty, but going to close my windows now.”

In 2021, a video showing a King Cobra raising its hood to almost 4 feet in height during a rescue operation had gone viral. The rescuer held the snake by its tail and the reptile swiftly retaliated. The snake was spotted inside a bathroom in Karnataka’s Belthangady and was later released into a forest.

According to a report by the National Geographic, cobras can turn aggressive when they are hungry or threatened. While tackling a predator, they expand their hood which will appear large. It can grow up to 18 feet long and a toxic bite is poisonous enough to kill an elephant.

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