00:00Shhh, Toxic!
00:02India's top list of venomous snakes features four prominent species, collectively known
00:07as the Big Four.
00:08One is the Indian Cobra, everyone's favorite.
00:10Due to the U-shaped, spectacle-like pattern near its neck, it's also known as the Spectacled
00:15Cobra.
00:16Its hobbies include raising its hood like a fan when provoked and hunting for rats in
00:21burrows.
00:21They are oviparous, meaning the female cobra lays eggs and gives birth to 10 to 40 hatchlings.
00:27Another is the Common Crate.
00:29Their triangular body helps them move easily across damp ground and through grassy areas.
00:34Active at night, the crate is a bit of a silent killer.
00:38You won't even feel their bite as much as a mosquito's.
00:41But the venom is 15 times more potent than a cobra's.
00:45I am going to tell you that the Cobra is one of the first ones.
00:48One is the Russell's Viper.
00:51The Russell's Viper is in this gangrene area, which is called the Cobra.
00:57Sollali Kolakku Mandala.
00:59This Viper and the Ambush Predator are both OO Viparous.
01:04They are called saw-scaled vipars because their surface skin resembles saw teeth.
01:14When they sense danger, they coil their body into an S shape, rub their scales together and
01:20produce a strange sound like sawing.
01:22And like the Russell's Viper, they are also OO Viparous.
01:25To see many more snakes along with these, visit Arbanar Ratta Zoo.
