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King cobra spotted at Tillari reserve

Updated on: 04 July,2021 07:18 AM IST  |  Mumbai
Ranjeet Jadhav | ranjeet.jadhav@mid-day.com

It’s a rare sighting as these snakes are usually found in the southern states

King cobra spotted at Tillari reserve

A clip from the video by Shubham Dharne, which shows the cobra feasting on a monitor lizard. It’s rare for the snake to be encountered by humans

Officials working in the field of wildlife research and conservation had told mid-day that such sightings had occurred before, but there was no recorded evidence. The King cobra is one of the longest venomous snakes in the world. In the Western Ghats, it is commonly seen in the southern parts.



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