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TIL that the King Cobras are cannibals, they eat other snakes. Its venom is a pure neurotoxin. It kills by asphyxiation, brings a complete shutdown of the neuro system and breathing collapses. They can grow up to 18 feet long, king cobra can raise a third of its body and look a human in the eye.

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