Chapter 60 King Cobra
Chu Ye knew that he would have to rely on himself in the future. As a man, you have to rely on yourself, and as a lion, you must rely on yourself.
These days, the Jik lion pride is still living a hard life. It is very difficult for a pride with only two lionesses to feed eight cubs during the dry season.
Under this situation, Chu Ye knew that he could no longer count on the two lionesses to bring him any delicious food every day. If he wanted to fill his stomach, he had to hunt by himself.
'I am already six months old, I have been weaned, and I will be able to support myself from now on. 'Chu Ye knew that he would have to quickly find prey in the future, and he must become strong as soon as possible. If he was not strong enough, he would only become the prey of others.
Thinking of these things, Chu Ye decided to go hunting by himself in the morning. Regardless of whether the lioness can bring back food, she must go to the nearby area to find food to eat.
Now the other lion cubs are just waiting for the food brought back by the lioness to eat, and they hardly hunt on their own.
If the lion cubs in a pride can stay in the same pride all the time, they can be until they are two years old before the male lions are kicked out of the pride. Only when male lions leave the pride and can live a wandering life do they slowly begin to learn to be independent.
When male lion cubs are in a pride, they almost never hunt. Everything depends on the lionesses hunting outside to support them.
But when the little lions reach the age of two, they will let the male lions in the pride drive out of the pride. From then on, the little lions became real stray lions, and they had to live completely on their own from now on.
Chu Ye is only six months old now, and he is still far from being two years old. It now doesn't have to worry about living the life of a wandering lion in the future. It just needs to stay among the lions and solve the problem of food and clothing by itself when there is no food.
This morning, Chu Ye went out hunting alone.
In this prairie, there are no large prey for Chu Ye to hunt. After all, Chu Ye couldn't hunt particularly huge animals. With its current body shape, it can hunt some animals similar to its size.
'What shall I eat today? '
Chu Ye came to a bush above the territory of their pride. This area of bushes is relatively dense, and Chu Ye will feel safer in it.
'Eat whatever you can find! Anyway, my current ability is relatively strong, and ordinary prey cannot beat me. '
Chu Ye believes that with his own abilities, as long as it is not a lion of his own kind, there is no animal that Chu Ye is afraid of.
Even if it was a poisonous snake that could scare lions, Chu Ye didn't have to be afraid. After all, it now has the ability to detoxify. Even if it is a poisonous snake, it can eat any one.
But for Chu Ye, he really doesn't want to eat any poisonous snakes. After all, he is a little lion reborn from humans, and he is still a little disgusted with snakes.
However, when Chu Ye was reborn as a little lion, he no longer had any particular aversion to snakes. After all, snakes are just another animal in the eyes of animals.
Chu Ye was walking in this bush, but walking around, he didn't encounter any prey that could be hunted.
'Hey, why is there nothing here? Is it so hard for me to eat some food? 'Chu Ye felt that there was no food for him to eat in this place.
But just as Chu Ye was thinking this, he suddenly felt something shaking in the grass in front of him.
'Huh! What is that? It can't be a little jumping rabbit! Chu Ye thought that there would be a jumping rabbit ahead, and he felt that rabbit meat was quite delicious.
Thinking of this, Chu Yeyang ran over and wanted to catch a little jumping rabbit. But when it passed, I was dumbfounded.
'Grass, turned out to be a poisonous snake. '
Chu Ye saw that there was a black poisonous snake hidden in the grass in front of him.
When this poisonous snake saw Chu Ye, it suddenly raised its head, and the skin on both sides of its neck expanded into two wings.
As soon as Chu Ye saw this poisonous snake, his eyes widened in surprise.
'Dang, it turned out to be a cobra, and a king cobra at that. As soon as Chu Ye saw this poisonous snake, he felt a little scared.
You know, this is a king cobra.
King cobras like to live alone. They come out to hunt during the day and hide in rock crevices or tree holes to rest at night.
The King Cobra, like other cobras, will raise the front third of its body when it is in danger, and then it will open its mouth to reveal its fangs, staring at its opponent while paying attention to its surroundings.
Once a King Cobra thinks it is in danger, it will attack without hesitation. It mainly preys on snakes and lizards, but also eats birds, bird eggs and rats.
The food of the King Cobra is usually other snakes. The King Cobra has anti-venom serum in its body, so when other venomous snakes bite the King Cobra, the King Cobra usually remains unharmed.
Food includes pythons of suitable size, other types of venomous and non-venomous snakes, such as cobras, kraits, bungar snakes, rat snakes, etc. When food is not enough, they will even eat other similar species. Therefore, King Cobras Snakes are also called "snake evil stars".
King cobras are highly intelligent snakes that hunt other snakes and can tell whether they are poisonous or not. When preying on non-venomous snakes, the King Cobra does not use venom easily. It will bite casually and not let go, allowing the prey to struggle and resist, and then slowly devour it until it dies.
When preying on a venomous snake, it will not act rashly, but will constantly provoke it. When the opponent is finally provoked and attacks it, the King Cobra will dodge alertly. Finally, when the prey is exhausted physically and mentally and has no intention of fighting, it will see the opportunity and take a bite. It bites the head and neck of its prey and releases venom to kill it.
The King Cobra is agile and can move its head flexibly. It can not only attack forward, backward, left, and right, but also jump up vertically to attack objects above its head.
After biting something, it is often not easy to spit it out. The dry poison in the venom is about 100 mg, and the average lethal dose is 12 mg. The person bitten will cause swelling, nausea, abdominal pain, respiratory paralysis, speech impairment, and coma within a few minutes. If you do not receive timely medical treatment within half an hour after being bitten, you will definitely die.
King cobra venom mainly contains neurotoxins, but also contains cardiotoxins. Toxins are composed of polypeptides and proteins.
During an attack, after the snake venom is injected into the victim's body, the toxin will quickly attack the central nervous system of the bitten person, causing severe pain, visual impairment, dizziness, drowsiness, paralysis and other symptoms; the injured person will go into shock due to the collapse of the cardiovascular system. state; eventually death will occur due to respiratory failure and weakened heartbeat. Clinical cases show that those bitten may also suffer from kidney failure.
Like other venomous snakes, the toxicity test results of king cobra venom vary in different toxicology studies because the LD50 data will change with different injections and research methods.
The more commonly quoted data are 1.7mg/kg for subcutaneous injection, 1.31mg/kg for intravenous injection and 1.644mg/kg for intraperitoneal injection in experimental white mice.
Another study found a result of 1.93 mg/kg (subcutaneous injection) in five wild Southeast Asian king cobras.
Studies have also shown that the toxicity of the Chinese King Cobra is 0.34 mg/kg (intramuscular injection). Toxicity may also vary slightly among individuals from different regions.
A king cobra's bite can be quickly fatal. It can inject an average of 200-500 mg of venom, and the maximum venom secretion can even reach 7ml. Those who are bitten often need a large amount of antivenom to combat the snake venom and prevent the toxin from further damaging body functions.
It is even said that the venom injected by a king cobra can kill an adult Asian elephant within 3 hours.
The mortality rate and speed of death after being bitten are affected by many factors, such as the amount of venom injected by the venomous snake, the location of the bite, and the health condition of the injured person. In addition, surveys conducted by different regional organizations may also give different answers.
For example, although one website report mentioned that king cobras usually only inject less than fatal amounts of venom, another snake bite case report published by a hospital in South India showed that two-thirds of the snakebites were bitten by king cobras. The injured patients had been injected with a large amount of venom and were classified as "critical".
Chu Ye also learned something about the power of the King Cobra. After all, he was a third-rate college student before. I also know a bit about venomous snakes.
When Chu Ye saw this cobra, he was thinking whether he should eat this cobra.
But Chu Ye wondered whether he could be immune to the venom of this poisonous snake. You know, this is a king cobra, which can be said to be one of the most venomous snakes in the world.
'Do I dare to eat this poisonous snake? Chu Ye looked at this poisonous snake and was thinking about this problem.
This venomous snake saw that its opponent was a little lion, and it seemed that it didn't take Chu Ye seriously.
'Hmph, you're like this, how dare you eat me! I think you'd better go and cool off! Be careful, I will bite you to death. '
The King Cobra is not easy to mess with. In this prairie, few animals dare to attack the King Cobra.
This King Cobra is a very huge male King Cobra, its body is more than three meters long. The body is as thick as an egg, making it a very huge king cobra.
Looking at such a big king cobra, Chu Ye couldn't help but swallow his saliva. After all, the two lionesses in Chu Ye's pride had not hunted any large prey for several days. Yesterday they only brought back a small jumping rabbit, which was not enough for the male lions to fill their bellies alone, let alone these. Little lion.
Chu Ye didn't eat anything at all yesterday. He could only watch the lion eat the little jumping rabbit.
