cobra snake

Identification: Cobra is the portuguese word for 'snake' and it has been adopted by the English language referring to any species of venomous snakes. Most of them can spread their neckribs to form a flattened surface as the picture below. she can live up to 20 years.

• how much is the cobra dangerous?: cobras venom is not the strongest one up there, but cobras can inject so much venom that can kill an elephant with. Most cobras are shy and they run and hide when people are around. And sometimes their bite is not dangerous because it could be a "dry bite".
• cobra specialties: they build a nest for their young as seen in the picture below,  and the cobra can lay between 20 to 40 eggs in one nest. Cobras are the only snakes that can spit there venom. They are not blind , they can even see at night.They can sense small temperature changes.

• how to kill a cobra?:The only lethal measure recommended is a long-handled shovel or hoe to kill the snake by severing the head from the body. DO NOT handle the head of a venomous snake alive or dead. A recently killed snake may bite by reflex action.