Rare picture of a cobra eating another goes viral

The picture of a

King Cobra

eating another cobra uploaded by

IFS

Officer

Praveen Kaswan

has gone viral on social media and is gaining a high number of views.

Alongside the picture, Praveen Kaswan has also shared a brief description of the snake species through the caption. He wrote, “Ophiophagus

hannah

. A king cobra eating a spectacled cobra. They feed on lesser mortals.”


In the same twitter thread, explaining the nomenclature of the species he adds, “The scientific name of this king cobra is;

Ophiophagus hannah

. “Ophiophagus” is derived from Greek, meaning “snake-eating” and hannah is derived from the name of tree-dwelling nymphs in Greek mythology. So king living true to its name. The only snake which build nests.”


This picture has left the viewers in amazement and has received around 2142 likes, 161 retweets and 22 quote tweets.

One of the viewers,

Karuna Sanghvi

commented, “ Cannibalism among snakes?! Interesting.”



Another twitter user with the name Mountain 689 comments, “they look damn scary..I once read the news of 15 feet King cobra found in Tamil Nadu which had a hood of 6 feet...can you imagine cobra standing at level above your head ?”