Snake is considered to be the most poisonous animal in the world. But today we are going to tell you about cobra snake. You must have noticed that the cobra always keeps expanding and contracting its hood. But have you wondered why other snakes are not able to do this? How does a cobra spread its hood? Today we will tell you about it.
Cobra snake
Let us tell you that to spread its hood, the cobra extends the front part of the body in the air. Makes stand. Their hood often reaches five feet in length. Actually, cobra snake is the only snake in the world, which can extend its body from head to neck through its hood. However, when it crawls on the ground, its hood goes inside again.
Research on the hood of cobra
Let us tell you that the cobra head When it is inflated by filling air in the tubes on both sides from the neck down to the neck, it takes the shape of an umbrella-like hood. It is called a hood and in English it is called a hood. Cobras are thought to spread their hoods as part of a defensive display. Scientists like Bruce Young of the University of Massachusetts and Kenneth Cardong of Washington State University did research on the cobra’s hood and how it spreads its hood. When he tried to see how the cobra makes a hood by placing small electrodes in the neck muscles and rotates it rapidly from side to side.
In his research, he found that the process of making the hood occurs in the head. Starts from and moves downwards through the muscles. There are some muscles along with the ribs, which are able to keep the hood in a taut state. Overall, you should know that in this special process, the cobra first fills air in the tubes made in the muscles and expands it from head to neck and then some muscles keep it in a taut state and give it freedom of movement. However, when the cobra spreads its hood, it puts a lot of stress on its muscles. For this reason, no cobra can keep its hood spread for a long time.
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