BLACK MAMBA VS KING COBRA - Who Will Win? - YouTube

If a black mamba and a king cobra fought, who would win?

The King cobra and Black mamba is extremely venomous snake around the world which is also famous for its exclusive look.

The black mamba has quite a reputation. It is one of the world’s deadliest snakes and it's the fastest land snake in the world.

This snake’s potential danger has been the subject of many African myths and it has been blamed for thousands of human deaths.

The black mamba's reputation is not undeserved.

They are highly aggressive when threatened, known to strike repeatedly and inject a large volume of venom with each strike.

For this reason, they are considered a top killer in a land where nearly 20,000 people die from snake bites every year.

King cobras are large venomous snakes native to India and Southeast Asia.

Like many other cobra species, they are well known and easily identified by the flattened skin on either sides of their heads.

When threatened, cobras spread this skin to appear more intimidating. Also they can lift up to a third of its body off the ground and still move forward to attack.

Description

The average black mamba is 6.6 - 8.2 feet (2 - 2.5 m) long, with a maximum length of 14 feet (4.3 m). Their fangs are close to 0.25 inches (6.5 mm).

The weight of the black mamba is about 3.5 lbs (1.6 kg). The tail of the black mamba is long and thin.

The Black mamba snake receives its name from the black colouration inside of its mouth, rather than their skin colour which is a grey to olive tone.

The Black mamba snake is the fastest moving snake in the world, capable of moving up to 12.5 miles per hour (20 kilometres per hour)

However it uses this speed to escape danger, rather than catch prey.

The king cobra's average size is 10 - 12 feet (3 - 3.6 m), but it can reach 18 feet (5.4 m), with an averege weight of 13 lbs (6 kg).

Male King Cobras are longer and weigh more than female King Cobras. The King Cobra can lift a third of its body off the ground.

In fact, an 18 foot King Cobra, if stood upright, could actually look down onto the average human being.

Like other snakes bearing the cobra name, the King Cobra can also flatten its neck, giving it the distinctive hood.

When the King Cobra is threatened or on the attack, it will hiss, rear up and flatten its neck ribs into the hood.

There are false eyespots on the hood, which can scare some predators. Even though their scaly skin glistens, it is actually dry to the touch.

Adults cobras are yellow, green, brown, or black. Their throat is light yellow or cream coloured.

Range and Habitat

Black mamaba lives in a few different regions of Africa. They live throughout much of central and eastern Africa.

These snakes spend most of their time on the ground, but they live in a variety of different habitats, including forested regions.

They prefer ecosystems with a variety of different hiding places, including rocky areas.

Some of the different habitats that they occupy include forests, woodlands, grasslands, savannas, and more.

King cobras are found across India, southeast Asia, and some areas of East Asia.

These reptiles are able to survive in a number of different habitats, but do suffer from deforestation.

They can be found on coastlines, in mangrove forests, the Himalayan foothills, and dense highland forests.

They are more successful in areas with water sources, like lakes or streams, because prey species are more prevalent.

Diet

Black mambas typically eat small mammals and birds, but there have been reports of mambas found with whole parrots or full-grown cobras in their stomachs.

Black mambas hunt by biting their prey and injecting venom, then releasing it. They then follow it until it becomes paralyzed or dies, at which point they eat it.

It doesn’t usually take prey very long to die after being bitten by a black mamba. Black mambas devour their food whole.

They have flexible jaws that they can dislocate in order to fit food up to four times the size of their head into their mouth.

King cobras are ophiophagous, which means that they eat other species of snakes, including other venomous snakes.

Some of their most common prey includes, pythons, other cobras, kraits, and pit vipers.

When food is scarce they will feed on rodents, small mammals, reptiles, birds, and more. They hunt by following the odor trail of their prey.

A good-sized meal can sustain a snake for moths at a time, as they have incredibly slow metabolic rates.

The king cobra’s paralyzing venom is so copious and powerful that elephants have died within three hours of a bite to the toe or trunk.

Behavior

Black mambas are solitary; they are diurnal and tend to bask in the morning and again in the afternoon. They may return daily to the same basking site.

Skittish and often unpredictable, Black mambas are agile and can move quickly.

In the wild, they seldom tolerate humans approaching more closely than about 40 meters (130 ft). When mambas perceive a threat, they retreat into the brush or a hole.

When confronted they are likely to engage in a threat display, gaping to expose their black mouth and flicking their tongue.

King cobras are solitary creatures and only come together to mate. They are active throughout the day, but may also be seen at night.

King cobras, like other snakes, receive chemical information via their forked tongue. King cobras are able to detect moving prey almost 100 m (330 ft) away.

When annoyed, King cobras prefer to escape and avoid confrontation. However, if continuously provoked, they can be highly aggressive.

When alarmed, they rear up the anterior portion of their body when extending the neck, showing the fangs and hissing loudly.

Now let’s see who would win a fight between these two venomous snakes? Black Mamba or King Cobra?

Black mamba is a very popular snake in Africa indeed but never meets King Cobra which is predominantly present in the Indian Subcontinent and the South East Asia.

So if a black mamba meets a king cobra, the black mamba would try to slither and escape whereas cobra, being a snake predator, would be aggressive to have its food.

Both the snakes would rise its body significantly above the ground. However, cobra with its length, size and hood would be more terrifying.

Black Mambas are dangerous because of thier aggressive nature and they will chase you. But they're predictable as you know they will either chase or run away.

King Cobras are dangerous because they are confident and calculating.

They are highly unpredictable which makes them more dangerous because they will sneak up or attack explosively when you least expect them to.

The Black Mambas may be more toxic drop to drop than king cobra but the King Cobras produce massive amounts of venom!

Black Mambas produce approximately around 55 mg of Venom while King Cobras produce 420 mg of Venom per bite which is huge.

The intelligence of King cobra has proven to be the most intelligent snake. It could be seen from how they approach, attack and ultimately devour the other snakes,

no matter if the others are ten times more venomous than themselves.

This definitely says something about their brain capabilities.

To conclude this, it's no doubt that there is only one King! King Cobra!