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King Cobra Research Paper

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Owning a king cobra was quite the experience. As a young person, I have always had a fear of snakes, but as a child I was always around them. Hailing from India and Southeast Asia, king cobras are one of the deadliest snakes in the world. Venomous, they can kill a man in thirty minutes or less. These snakes can grow to be quite large, growing up to be 18 feet long at its largest. King Cobras sometimes will strike unprovoked. This is yet another reason why they should not be kept as pets. All snakes are cold-blooded. This means that they can’t warm themselves up from the inside of their bodies. They need an external source of warmth. Normally, this external source is the sun. However, having owned one as a pet, the external source of warmth

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