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A world record king cobra? - Richardrli - 04-25-2015
This one was found in the state of Uttarakhand in northern India back in 2010, it's body was badly decomposed when the researchers got to it but because what they saw was such a big snake they decided to measure it and result came out to 23 feet 9 inches (7.24 meters). Well I'm very cautious of accepting this figure as it's so much bigger than any other scientifically verified king cobra but what do you all think?
http://www.mahseerconservancy.com/blog/2010/05/06/the-king-of-kings-by-nicola-addison/
Keep in mind the advanced decomposition of the snake and the fact that the head is not as big as advertised.
RE: A world record king cobra? - sanjay - 04-25-2015
Wow, This is longest King Cobra, I have ever heard of. Only reticulated python are known to reach that length. Very Impressive. TFS
RE: A world record king cobra? - epaiva - 06-23-2017
(04-25-2015, 06:16 PM)Richardrli Wrote: This one was found in the state of Uttarakhand in northern India back in 2010, it's body was badly decomposed when the researchers got to it but because what they saw was such a big snake they decided to measure it and result came out to 23 feet 9 inches (7.24 meters). Well I'm very cautious of accepting this figure as it's so much bigger than any other scientifically verified king cobra but what do you all think?
http://www.mahseerconservancy.com/blog/2010/05/06/the-king-of-kings-by-nicola-addison/
Keep in mind the advanced decomposition of the snake and the fact that the head is not as big as advertised.
It was a incredible snake, I didn't think they could grow that big