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What language did cobra come from?
Portuguese
The word comes from the Portuguese cobra de capello, which means “hooded snake.”
Who discovered the cobra?
Hamadryas hannah was the scientific name used by Danish naturalist Theodore Edward Cantor in 1836 who described four king cobra specimens, three captured in the Sundarbans and one in the vicinity of Kolkata. Naja bungarus was proposed by Hermann Schlegel in 1837 who described a king cobra zoological specimen from Java.
Where did the cobra originated?
Cobras are found from southern Africa through southern Asia to islands of Southeast Asia. Throughout their range, different species are favourites of snake charmers, who frighten them into assuming the upreared defense posture.
What do we call cobra in English?
British English: cobra /ˈkəʊbrə/ NOUN. A cobra is a kind of poisonous snake that can make the skin on the back of its neck into a hood. American English: cobra /ˈkoʊbrə/ Brazilian Portuguese: naja.
Which country has the most cobras?
Ilha da Queimada Grande in Brazil has been called one of the world’s deadliest islands because it has the highest concentration of venomous snakes anywhere in the world. If you suffer from ophidiophobia (fear of snakes) then this might be the most terrifying place for you.
Is a cobra poisonous?
Cobras are venomous snakes related to taipans, coral snakes, and mambas, all members of the Elapidae family. Snakes in this family cannot fold their fangs down, as vipers can, so the fangs are generally shorter. They kill their prey by injecting venom through their fangs.
What kind of programming language is cobra.net?
Cobra is a general-purpose, object-oriented programming language. Cobra is designed by Charles Esterbrook, and runs on the Microsoft .NET and Mono platforms. It is strongly influenced by Python, C#, Eiffel, Objective-C, and other programming languages. It supports both static and dynamic typing.
What was the scientific name of the king cobra?
The king cobra was described and drawn by the Danish naturalist Theodore Edward Cantor in 1836, who gave it the scientific name Hamadryas hannah.
Where can I get more information about Cobra?
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How did the British control the Cobras in India?
A famous anecdote describes a scheme the British Colonial Government implemented in India in an attempt to control the population of venomous cobras that were plaguing the citizens of Delhi that offered a bounty to be paid for every dead cobra brought to the administration officials.