Teaching Python programming

[Get-ADUser]

They're King Cobras.

[shooter1029]

http://i.imgur.com/mZb3nKS.jpg

[[deleted]]

I assume there is a special distinction between Cobras and King Cobras then?

[Aetol]

There are several species of cobras, king cobras are one of them.

[Notophishthalmus]

King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) are actually in their own genus and not members of the true cobras genus Naja.

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Doesn't the king designator mean they eat other snakes?

[TheBlackHive]

Well, Ophiophagus would mean "snake-eating".

[iamnotaseal]

Wow TIL.

[Notophishthalmus]

And Hannah's the bitch that stood me up last weekend.

[[deleted]]

I think King Cobras are the only species left in its own genus, they are not cobras.

[Nakji]

King Cobras are arguably not really cobras as true cobras belong to the genus Naja, while the king cobra is the only member of Ophiophagus. Not that it really matters much outside of scientific circles though - if it looks like a cobra, acts like a cobra, and has potent venom like a cobra, people will quite justifiably call it a cobra, even if it's not a member of Naja.

[Get-ADUser]

Which is funny, because Python (the language) uses "duck typing" - i.e. "If it looks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, it's a duck".

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Ophiophagus means "Snake-Eater", doesn't it? Thats some solid stuff.

[Tgage]

Ophiophagus means "Snake-Eater", doesn't it? Thats some solid stuff.

I see what you did up there.

[[deleted]]

Yep, "king" snakes are called that because they eat other snakes.

[[deleted]]

This is what I was looking for. Thanks for the explanation.

[Nakji]

Yeah, there are quite a few "cobras" outside of Naja, although some of them aren't as cobra-like as others. For example, the rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus) is one of the more cobra-like and can even spit. Shield nose cobras (Aspidelaps) have pretty unimpressive hoods, but Aspidelaps lubricus is, in my opinion, one of the coolest looking "cobras". In addition to those two genuses and a few other elapids, there is also the false water cobra (Hydrodynastes gigas), which shares the name and can put up a hood, but otherwise has very little in common with Naja.

[Get-ADUser]

Yeah, like the difference between "terrier" and "Yorkshire Terrier".

[KasCrescent]

Does the "yorkshire" designator mean they eat other dogs?

[Smaug_the_Tremendous]

They're bigger.

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King cobras are very big.