The smartest snake in the world

Snake is one of the most ancient and lucky reptile groups. Although cold -blooded animals, they can multiply in all continents except Antarctica. With the oldest snake fossils that have known about 143 – 167 million years, they exist in both land and oceans much longer than human ancestors. Royal cobra is often considered the smartest snake, according to IFL Science. Previously, the royal cobra belonged to Ophiophagus is said to have only one species (Ophiophagus Hannah). Currently, the researchers discovered that there were 4 separate royal cobra species, but none of them were true tigers because they were not in the Chi Naja.

With a length of 5.6 m, the royal cobra is among the longest poisonous snakes, often found in most Asian, from India, China to the Philippines and the Sunda Islands. They possess venom that contains toxic substances that paralyze the nervous system. Their bite is enough to kill an elephant or 20 adults. Despite the ability to lift one third of the body out of the ground and look into the eye, like most other snakes, the royal cobra is timid, cautious and extremely intelligent.

As an active predator, the royal cobra uses a large brain to ambush the prey, including other poisonous snakes. Although there are very few official studies on their intelligence, there is evidence that the king cobra can remember the surrounding environment, caregivers, even simple tasks as the type used to conduct tests Medical examination.

The princess cobra is also the only snake to build a nest for the young, creating a mound from the surrounding leaves and plants. However, while the hunting style and the behavior of building the nest are quite unique, the ability to memorize people, places and routes is relatively common in snakes. Active predators, in which many species of the same family as the king cobra, also reveal the same intelligence when catching bait. However, many species of prey are more shy ambushes they prefer to change the environment to compensate for intelligence.

A common technique of snake farmers is “typing training”, the method of taping in the barn to teach the snake when it comes to meal time. Most snakes can learn relatively quickly.