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goldie B asked in Science & MathematicsZoology · 1 decade ago

will cobra bite kill a cobra?

can the poison of cobra kill itself by accident?or is its gene ressistant to it?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    According to this news article in national geographic,the cobra is one of the few snakes that is immune to their own venom.

    If you read this article you will be able to better understand why this is so;

    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/02/02...

    Source(s): Blue K.
  • 1 decade ago

    Despite what some people have said they are immune (if they weren't they would die when they ate their food). If a cobra or other poisonous snake did get bitten by another snake then it might die, not from the poison but from infection. If they were not immune spitting cobras would die when they spat poison as some would always be left in the mouth.

    Cobras and similar snakes mainly eat rodents and other small animals they would rarely feed on each other as they are not adapted to do so.

    Unless snakes have broken their teeth somehow they would not be able to bite their lower jaw as the teeth fit into a special part of the jaw.

  • 1 decade ago

    No, cobra bite can't kill cther cobra by its poison. Male cobra can fight with other male cobra for attracting other females for matting. But their fight is just to show that they are more powerful than the other. Means their fight is not much fatal to each other.

    But cobra mostly feed on other snakes He kill them by bite and inject the poison. Occasionally he eat rodents but rare.

  • 1 decade ago

    no the poison from a cobra will not kill the cobra. but if the snake bites itself than it can risk puncturing a vital organ and killing itself that way

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It has been documented how certain poisonous snakes bite themselves by accident and die of the poison. It doesnt happen very often though and not all snakes are suceptable to it.

  • 1 decade ago

    King cobras feed mainly on other snakes - including other cobras.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes, most poisonous snakes can die from their own poison. This is because the poison is not normally in their bloodstream, which is where it has to be to have its effect. In fact, it is possible for a snake to accidentally bite its lower jaw and kill itself.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yeah, snakes are immune to their own venom, in MOST cases.

  • 1 decade ago

    yes

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No, snakes are immune to their own venom

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