Scientific Name

Ophiophagus hannah

WILD POPULATION

UNKNOWN

LOCATION

KARNATAKA

IUCN RED LIST

VULNERABLE

CONTRIBUTORS

AJAY GIRI

ABHISHEK SHIRSAT


Snakes are vilified, demonised and feared by cultures across the world. The simple mention of the King Cobra can make some paranoid. But is this species really the killer that we make it out to be? Malaika Vaz spends a few days with snake rescuer Ajay Giri in Agumbe to better understand the King Cobra and its secret world.