Thursday, March 27, 2008

Snake of the Day

Part 3 in a 5+ part series

Featured Snake – King Cobra

Genus: Ophiophagus
Species: O. hannah

The King Cobra is the world’s largest venomous snake and can grow to almost 20 feet in length. The snakes venom is highly dangerous to humans and can have a kill rate of almost 75%, just a shade higher than the Bucks rate of losing this season. But, while the kill rate is high, the venom itself is only moderately potent, lesser than that of many other cobras. The King Cobra’s biggest advantage with its venom is that it has ½ inch long fangs that can deposit large amounts of the venom into the blood, making it extremely dangerous. The King Cobra’s home region lies in Southeast Asia and Indonesia.

Perhaps the most well known and distinguishing feature of the King Cobra is it’s hood. This is created when the snake flattens its top-most ribs and stands erect. This position is used for defense to scare away potential predators like mongoose, or to assert male dominance when wrestling with another snake. In these battles, both male snakes will stand erect with their hoods out and attempt to push the other to the ground. The one that is “pinned” first is the loser.
While the hood of the King Cobra is easily recognized as the most distinguishing feature, perhaps one of the less noted features of the snake is just as interesting and leads to some of the myth and fright behind these snakes. While many other species of snake rely on birds and small mammals for their diet, the King Cobra dines mainly on other snakes, resorting to lizards, birds, and rodents only when other snakes are scarce.

The King Cobra has been featured to emphasize Larry Harris’ own “hood,” this being his remarkably well-kept and less well-styled hair. This hairstyle makes the man look like he should be driving a Delorian. Perhaps this hair had the same effect on free agents that were worth paying as the King Cobra’s hood has on its predators when it is cornered…it scares them away. To his credit, Larry Harris’ hair did evolve with his age and to a certain extent, the times. In his younger days it was much more frightening with much less hair on the sides. But over time it came to be quite a nice do, although still with a little too much styling gel.

Information courtesy of http://www.wikipedia.org/
Picture 1: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Ophiophagus_hannah2.jpg
Picture 2: http://newsfromrussia.com/img/idb/bucks.jpg

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