HIMACHAL PRADESH Forest and Wildlife department on Saturday claimed to have documented, for the first time, the world’s longest venom snake, King Cobra (ophiophagus hannah), in the state. The King Cobra preys chiefly on other snakes and occasionally on some other vertebrates, such as lizards and rodents. Also Read | Video of huge King Cobra in Himachal Pradesh leaves netizens in shockPrincipal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF), Himachal, Archana Sharma, told The Indian Express, “We checked our records and found that a King Cobra had never been sighted/documented in Himachal Pradesh earlier. We documented the presence of a King Cobra in Himachal Pradesh for the first time recently. We checked and found that it was a King Cobra.

Source: Indian Express June 06, 2021 04:41 UTC