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King Cobra predation of vipers.
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by Thing on July 2, 2008
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Kings are known to prey on other cobras and kraits. Are their any reputable accounts of predation of vipers such as Russell's or Malayan Pits? African cobras eat a lot of vipers, and Dr. Sherman Minton in his "A Contribution to the Ecology of West Pakistan" reports a Naja naja eating two Echis.
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by 23bms on July 2, 2008
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I hardly think this is the sort of question that would require a 'Profile'. It's actually a rather interesting question that could come from any interested naturalist. He's not asking for tips on keeping. He deserves a more civil response than, "fill out your profile."
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by sloblk8 on July 2, 2008
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I didn't think that was an uncivil response. It wasn't rude, demeaning, etc. They just require you to fill out your profile before you will get any answers. Not that I'm the profile police or anyone special but I was just letting him know that it's required. Maybe one of the moderators can let you know why that is.
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by LarryDFishel on July 2, 2008
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I don't know offhand of any reports in the wild, although it would surprise me if they don't. A friend has had them take deceased white lip vipers or something similar in captivity, but nothing I can document.
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by Cro on July 2, 2008
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Mason, thank you for filling out your Profile.
The reason that we ask new visitors to the site to fill in their profile, is knowing the age, and something about the person can help determine how we answer an question.
A question could be asked by an elementary school student, a high school student, or by an older person.
And an question could be asked by someone who has no experience with venomous snakes, or could be asked by someone with a lot of experience.
Knowing a bit about a person helps folks here construct an answer that is appropriate to the experience level of the person asking the question.
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Best Regards John Z
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by Parcelmouth on July 2, 2008
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I do not know if this helps but it was interesting to me.In Karl Kaffield's Snakes: The Keeper and the Kept. Where captive king cobras were feed Crotalus atrox. The Kings accepted the C.atrox and approached and killed displaying caution sensing that the snake was a venomous species even though it was a specie that a king would never naturally encounter.
So basically there is documentation of kings feeding on western diamondbacks in captivity.
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by Thing on July 2, 2008
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Thank you all for your responses. No problem filling out the profile - completely understandable. I chose this as my first post because elapid predation of vipers is fascinating to me. I have never seen a single instance of the tables being turned. Also the risk of injury simply from the large fangs of some vipers seems as though it might deter some predation by elapids. A forest cobra encountering a gaboon viper would be quite an interesting scenario.
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by FSB on July 3, 2008
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Raymond Ditmars, in Snakes of the World, gives an interesting account of the kings in his collection avoiding a cottonmouth he had experimentally placed with them. He wrote that they had no problem attacking and eating other venomous snakes, especially elapids, but were wary of the cottonmouth.
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by jared on July 3, 2008
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King cobra neonates in the wild are quite particular to crytelotrops ssp of pitviper, inparticular white lips and popes. In captivity king cobras will consume ANY kind of snake offered varing from Crotalus to various pythons ratsnakes and even bothrops, as long as done correctly. Those who i have spoke with recommend removing entire heads of the frozen feeder snakes (some natives are used when found as fresh roadkill) such as bothrops or adamanteus (i love them too, again hbc) and kings will take them without quarrel. They eat a variety of snakes, and in the wild they almost cohabitate as neonates in the bamboo with various cryptelotrops, which they consume. I dont know, does anyone have any info on ophidiophagus resistance to other forms of venomous snakebite? I have never seen one consume another live ven, i wonder if they have slight resistance like some of the kraits? Well hope it helps, good luck
Jared
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