In this case, the size of the king cobra is unknown, and even people have never seen them fight. Only from the wounds bitten by the elephant's nose and the venom in the wounds. The bitten elephant weighed 5.443 tons, and it took only three hours from discovery to death. It can be seen that the title of the most deadly snake of King cobra is by no means a hollow name.
Since the king cobra can kill an elephant, can it poison a python of the same size? Let's talk about this interesting question together.
Physical advantage, king cobra kills pythons without pressure.
The king cobra is called the "king snake" because it is highly toxic and detoxified, and there is another important factor: it likes eating snakes too much. In the king cobra's diet, all kinds of snakes account for the largest proportion, from non-toxic rat snakes to highly toxic cobras, silver ring snakes, and even pythons of the right size, which means that the king cobra is bigger than the python.
However, it is worth mentioning that the biggest difference between pythons and other snakes is that although they are not long, they are much heavier than other snakes. In that case, why can King cobra kill pythons?
This is due to the size of king cobra, which is the closest to the existence of python. The adult king cobra has an average body length of about 3.5 meters and an average weight of about 6 kilograms. You know, except for pythons and pythons, most snakes are 2 meters long and weigh 1-2 kilograms, so King cobra belongs to a stout snake.
Most poisonous snakes kill each other with poison, and king cobra can strangle its prey alive by virtue of its own size advantage, so when hunting, king cobra generally does not use venom when facing non-poisonous snakes, but only when facing poisonous snakes, and the most important thing is that king cobra is very immune to neurotoxin venom, so it will not be poisoned even if it is bitten by poisonous snakes such as silver ring snakes and cobras.
Pythons have only one means of attack, and that is strangulation. When hunting, they will firmly bite their prey with their mouths full of fangs. These teeth are inclined inward, and once they bite their prey, they are extremely difficult to get rid of. After that, they will wrap their bodies around their prey and then tighten their bodies. With this strangulation ability, a python about 4 meters long can strangle a cow alive.
When the size is not dominant, the winding force of pythons is smaller than that of King Cobra, and King Cobra also uses poison, so in this case, pythons can't beat King Cobra.
Under the same size, can the king cobra kill a python?
Actually, strictly speaking, king cobra can't be as big as python, because python is stronger than king cobra, so they can only be at the same length. In this case, the king cobra will be killed by a python. Why do you say that? There are three reasons:
First: the strength is disparity.
At the same length, pythons are much heavier than king cobras. For example, a 3.5-meter-long cobra weighs about 6 kilograms, and a 1.85-meter-long Burmese python weighs about 5 kilograms. After reaching 3.5 meters, Burmese pythons will weigh at least 15 kg.
That is to say, under the same body length, the python is nearly three times heavier than the king cobra, which is a huge strength difference, and the king cobra and the python will be bound together. Obviously, the greater the strength of the python, the stronger the entanglement.
Second: venom is useless.
King cobra is not only entangled, but also highly toxic, but in front of python, venom is almost useless because it can't bite through python's skin at all. As we all know, snakes slide on their bodies without hurting their skin because they are covered with a hard scale, especially pythons, whose scales are bigger, thicker and harder than the fangs of king cobras can bite.
Seeing this, many people will say: the elephant's skin is hard and thick, and the king cobra can kill even the elephant. Why can't it kill a python? This is actually related to the location where the king cobra bites. When the king cobra kills an elephant, it usually bites the tip of the nose, that is, the sides of the nostrils. This is the softest exposed part of the elephant, and the king cobra can easily pierce its fangs and inject venom into it.
But there is no place on the python that is not covered with scales, which leads to the king cobra wanting to kill it, and it must rely on strength, that is, winding. In this respect, the king cobra is no match for the python at the same length.
Python and king cobra are both snake kings. The former relies on absolute strength, while the latter relies on large size and much venom, so both are very strong in snakes. Although there are pythons in the king cobra's diet, they are all young pythons. King cobra has an absolute size advantage. In the case of the same body length, even if the python is a little smaller, the king cobra can't beat the python. After all, python's winding and defense are far better than king cobra.