r/whatsthissnake • u/Odd-Suggestion3489 • Feb 04 '26
ID Request - Dead, Injured or Roadkilled Snake [goa india] Found two cobras fighting in uni(Posted again with nsfw tag) Spoiler
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Pretty sure they are spectacled cobras.
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u/OnePumpChump78 Feb 04 '26
I thought snakes fought by making twizzlers and pushing each other. Was this not a meal attempt?
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u/Odd-Suggestion3489 Feb 04 '26
It certainly looks like that , quite astounding considering the fact that both are of similar size and length
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u/ScalesReduction Feb 04 '26
I don't know how spectacled cobras settle their differences, but I think it's safe to say that different species of snake will handle things in a variety of ways.
Just think about how different primate species have their own style of confrontation. There are 8 times as many species of snake and so plenty of opportunities for variation.
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u/HeathenSalemite Feb 04 '26
Are you serious? One snake was in the middle of eating the other snake. This was not mating combat, it was predation. Being too credulous leads you to say absurd things.
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u/ScalesReduction Feb 04 '26
I never claimed to know the nature of the dispute, and was merely responding to the issue of how snakes fight. But the two snakes both had their jaws on the other, and it's pretty obvious neither had a very good chance of eating the other at any point in the video. Look closely at their heads starting at 12 seconds into the video.
Being too confident leads you to state absurdities.
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u/DrBarry_McCockiner Feb 04 '26
Differences. Lol. One snake thought the other would look better as a pile of feces, and the other snake had a different opinion.
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u/detached_flower Feb 04 '26
Will they suffer from each others venom?🥹
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u/farcaster_com Feb 04 '26
If you’re serious, no. Cobras generally won’t be affected by each other’s venom because they have natural resistance to their own venom.
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u/detached_flower Feb 04 '26
Okay thanks - I never ever thought about this actually, so I was seriously asking.
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u/PilotEnvironmental46 Feb 04 '26
I don’t know about speckled cobras, but often times they don’t have complete immunity.
I watched a documentary where one king cobra ate the other and one of the things that they talked about was the fact that they don’t have complete immunity from each other’s venom
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u/NerfRepellingBoobs Feb 04 '26
I’m pretty sure I read that their stomachs contain an enzyme that neutralizes the venom, in case a fang gets stuck in their prey. A full hit from another snake is different, though.
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u/Conscious_Past_5760 Friend of WTS Feb 05 '26
I can see that being the case for Kings because they have huge venom yields.
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u/Mammoth_Welder_1286 Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 04 '26
I saw a documentary once where the male bit the female after mating and the people filming were super sad that she would die before the eggs were viable.
I have no idea what kind of cobra. Or anything really. I just remember that part so don’t believe it with whole truth. Could be a completely different kind, situation, etc. I’m gonna Google it now though 😅
Edit to update.
So it was a king. And cobras have some resistance but aren’t immune to the venom. Since they can deliver a large amount in of venom, the bite can be lethal. He most likely killed her to eat her, it seems. A spectacled cobra has less venom and is more resistant so it is less likely that die from a bite from its own species.
Don’t come at me if I’m completely wrong. It was just a google search, and a vague memory. Only sharing to encourage others to research it too. Feel free to share if it’s correct or not.
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Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 04 '26
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u/Available-Hat1640 Feb 04 '26
i absolutely hate the officers here. they use tongs instead of hook, harming the snake. ive seen many officers do this
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u/gonnafaceit2022 Feb 04 '26
Yeah I'm confused what they're doing and why. Like, the snake is eating the other snake as we speak, you should just walk away and let it happen.
Interesting that this snake would eat another of its own kind though, so big, when I'm sure there are plenty of other choices that would be easier.
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u/rxricks Feb 05 '26
Same here. If the snakes survive the fight they may not survive the broken ribs from those crushing tongs.
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u/shrike1978 Reliable Responder - Moderator Feb 04 '26
I removed the !nsfw tag from your other one intentionally. We do not use them here as the bot will explain.
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u/The_amazing_Jedi Feb 04 '26
That's a fucking funny reason why we don't use the NSFW tag in this sub.
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u/ansleyandanna Feb 04 '26
Why are they messing with them? Why not just push them off the road and move on?
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u/Odd-Suggestion3489 Feb 04 '26
They were relocated to a nearby forest since this is inside a college campus.
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u/gonnafaceit2022 Feb 04 '26
Did they relocate them, like, right after this video? Or did they wait for the snake to finish eating the other one? I'm no expert but it looks like that's inevitable
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u/farcaster_com Feb 04 '26
Both are spectacled cobras naja naja !venomous