All About Cobras

1. All About Cobras By Alex C. 4-A

2. Introduction • In this PowerPoint I will tell you much information about cobras. • This PowerPoint includes the cobra’s diet, enemies, shelter, characteristics and more! • I hope everyone enjoys this PowerPoint! Hello everybody! I am Chris the cobra! Let’s have a good time looking at this PowerPoint!

3. What do Cobras Eat? • Did you know that cobras eat other snakes venomous or not venomous? Wow! • They also feed on lizards, bird’s eggs and other small animals. • When food is scarce, the cobra eats small insects such as ants and flies.

4. How Do Cobras Get Food? • The cobra smells odors and scents with its forked tongue. • When food is smelled, the cobra will flick its tongue and search for the meal. • They are able to detect food from 100m (300ft.) away. • Like some other reptiles, cobras swallow their prey whole head first when they eat! • The top and bottom jaws are attached to each other with stretchy ligaments which let the snake swallow animals that are larger than itself. • The cobra mostly eats cold-blooded animals like lizards and snakes. • After it eats a large animal, the cobra can go without food for months.

5. Physical Characteristics • Cobras are 3~6 m. (12~18ft.) long. • Their lifespan is about 20 years. • The cobra is endangered. It is listed as a CITES. • CITES = the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. • Cobra’s scales are brown, black, green or yellow. The throat is light yellow or cream- colored.

6. Where do Cobras Live? • Cobras live in grasslands in India, China, Pakistan and Iran. • They also live in dense highland forests in South-Eastern Asia. • Cobras mostly live in areas with a body of water.

7. How do Cobras Protect Themselves? • The cobra’s natural predator is the mongoose and it will try to flee when it meets one. • If fleeing fails, then it will flatten its upper body by spreading its ribs and emit a high-pitched hissing sound. • It is very effective since a cobra is more dangerous than a mongoose. • It works on other prey too!

8. Life Cycle • Some cobras build small nests where the female lays eggs. • The number of eggs depends on the weather and the amount of food. • The average number of eggs is 20~50. • The eggs are laid approximately 9 weeks after mating. • Cobras emerge from the eggs in 2 to 3 months. • Baby cobras are venomous right from the start!

9. Classification • Class Reptilia (reptiles) • Order Squamata (lizards & snakes) • Suborder Serpentes (serpents) • Family Elapidae • Genus Ophiophagus • Species Hannah • Phylum Chordata • Group name: Quiver • Kingdom Animalia

10. Fun Facts 1/2 • Did you know that there is a weird species of cobras that squirt the venom? Isn’t it very surprising? • These Spitting Cobras squirt the venom at the victim’s eyes. These cobras have fangs that are shaped so that they can send the poisonous venom forward when they tilt their head back. Spitting Cobra venom only harms you when it hits you in the eyes. The venom causes severe irritation and even blindness if not washed out immediately. • The cobra’s family, which is the Elapidae, is a family that is equipped with inflatable neck hoods. The Elapidae family contains other snakes like Black Mambas, King Cobras, Coral Snakes, Asian Kraits and a large number of Australian Snakes.

11. Fun Facts 2/2 • The name cobra comes from this Portuguese word, cobra de capello, which means snake with a hood. • The cobra’s venom is enough to kill 20 people. That is enough to kill an elephant! Their fangs are up to 1 inch long! • Cobras are deaf, but they can feel sound vibrations.

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13. The End • Thank you for listening to my Cobra PowerPoint. • I hope you learned many awesome facts! • I hope you enjoyed it! I had a very good time! Did you too? It was a fantastic PowerPoint!