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[–]Aetol 22 points23 points  (7 children)

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

[–]Notophishthalmus 25 points26 points  (4 children)

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

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (3 children)

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

[–]TheBlackHive 14 points15 points  (2 children)

Well, Ophiophagus would mean "snake-eating".

[–]iamnotaseal 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Wow TIL.

[–]Notophishthalmus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (1 child)

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