The King Cobra smells using its forked tongue. They continue to grow all their lives, getting bigger and bigger each year. The victim dies from suffocation, as the lungs and heart stop. Like all snakes, they swallow the prey whole, head first. The top and bottom jaws are attached to each other with stretchy ligaments, which let the snake swallow animals wider that itself.
Nesting females are very dangerous.
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