Spectacled snake, it is also a poisonous Indian cobra, is considered wise and noble. She rarely attacks a person, and when danger arises, she gets into a threatening stance and inflates the "hood".
Name
There are about 20 species of cobras in the world. The spectacle snake stands out among them. It was not for nothing that they called her that. Sensing a threat, she hisses and spreads several ribs with her muscles, revealing her "hood". At this time, a drawing from the back becomes clearly visible, similar to inverted glasses.
The drawing has become a kind of amulet for this snake. He scares away the most insidious predators from her and those who decided to sneak up and pounce on her from behind. Seeing the "glasses", the enemy is likely to hesitate, or maybe even change his mind to attack, deciding that someone is staring at him.
Where lives
Spectacled snake lives in the countries of Central Asia. So, it can be found in the nature of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan. She lives not only in the jungle, but also on rice plantations, in city parks.
Dimensions (edit)
The spectacled snake can reach 1.5-2 m in length. Her movements are slow and very clumsy.
Features of the
Unlike other lone snakes, Indian cobras live in married couples during the mating season. Once a year, in late spring or early summer, snakes lay their eggs. And after 1, 5-2 months, offspring appear from them - about 10 to 20 snake cubs no more than 30 cm long. The young cobras that have just emerged from the eggs are already poisonous. But while they learn to hunt well, only insects and other small animals get into their menu.
Adult spectacled snakes eat rodents, frogs, toads, other animals, as well as small birds. They know how to swim perfectly, climb the trunks and branches of trees, so they easily get to bird nests and ruin them. In captivity, the Indian cobra drinks about a liter of milk a day and eats a couple of rats or a small chicken a week.
There is an ancient profession in India - snake charmers. Surprising the audience, they lure dangerous spectacled snakes out of a wicker basket and make them swing in a dance to the sound of their pipe. However, they do not bite their owners. What makes them "dance to someone else's tune"?
Biologists believe that snakes not only do not have an ear for music, but do not hear anything at all. So monotonous music cannot influence them. The cobra simply repeats the movements of the flute and responds to the vibration from the tapping of the caster's foot. However, they themselves are not so desperate and fearless people. Spellcasters avoid sudden movements lest the cobra bite them.
For absolute safety, some magicians wean snakes from biting. In training, they force the cobra to bite hot objects. Others generally rid her of poisonous teeth. So a dangerous cobra becomes no worse than a simple snake.
