News: Recently, a video of a Malayalam actor holding the hatchling of a cobra on her palm went viral on social media. On this daring activity, snake specialists sounded caution on handling snakes.
UPSC: Cobra hatchling Facts
- It doesn’t require an adult cobra to snuff the life out of you; even hatchlings are capable of it, warn herpetologists.
- The young cobra has enough venom, fully developed fangs and a poison delivery system sufficient enough to kill an adult person or cause serious health risks.
- The cobra venom is neurotoxic.
- Cobra is one of the four venomous snakes that accounts for most of the snakebite deaths in the country. Russell’s viper, Saw-scaled viper and the Common krait are the other members of the lethal league.
- The venom in the cobra hatchling would be of high concentration.
Source: The Hindu
