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00:00 If the giant python caused fear to all species by possessing a large mouth that could swallow
00:10 its prey even though the size of the prey could be twice its own size.
00:15 It would use all its body to squeeze the prey until the prey died of suffocation and all
00:21 internal organs in the body of ill-fated animals were blown out by the pressure on the body
00:27 of the blanket and one painful death.
00:31 Not possessing such great muscular strength, but cobras have a deadly venom in them.
00:37 It is an obsession for any animal that accidentally encounters a cobra because it only needs to
00:43 be swayed head and an accurate direction and its victim is no longer standing a chance.
00:51 And a cobra is a powerful weapon, so the cobra is ready to eat its prey even though they
00:56 are larger than it.
00:58 And it seems that snakes have the most versatile mouths in the world that can weigh all sizes
01:03 of prey.
01:04 Today, the battle between the king cobra and the lizard will take place in extremely unexpected
01:10 formation.
01:11 So let's follow the result of this snake hunter and how that war unfolds.
01:18 The battle of the cobra with the iguana.
01:25 The iguana is a genius of the lizards in the iguana family and usually living in forested
01:30 areas near rivers, swamps and humid forests of the tropics.
01:35 Most of them make their nest in trees and rocks.
01:39 They are also species that dig burrows or take over the burrows of others to make nests.
01:45 In general, iguanas like to live in a cool, temperate climate.
01:50 They are afraid of heat and also afraid of the cold.
01:55 And the iguana is a reptile, externally similar to a lizard, but larger and much longer and
02:00 the whole body is covered with a layer of scales.
02:04 The head is a triangular in shape and towards the snout, the eyes have vertical pupils.
02:10 They have long necks, strong tails and legs and a well-developed limbs and undersides
02:16 of toes with suckers for ease of climbing.
02:20 The body can be up to 2.5 or 3 meters long, weighing about 10 kilograms.
02:28 Iguanas are cold-blooded animals, so their body temperature varies according to their
02:33 environment.
02:34 As a heat-loving species, the monitor lizard can tolerate temperatures of 60 degrees Celsius,
02:41 but not colds below 10 degrees Celsius.
02:45 The iguana is a carnivore and in the natural environment, iguanas often catch mice, bugs,
02:51 frogs, snakes, eels, fish or other lizards.
02:56 And sometimes, they even blasphemously sneak into people's houses on the edge of the
03:01 forest to find chickens and ducklings.
03:05 Like amphibians such as frogs, iguanas have a preference for moving prey, live prey running
03:12 right in front of it.
03:14 It likes to grab a mouse running ahead or reach out to grab a flying butterfly.
03:20 However, the lizard's favorite food is the carcass of dead animals and the smell of rotting
03:26 flesh.
03:31 And sometimes, the lizard is also very cheeky.
03:39 It dares to steal the eggs of a crocodile, which are many times larger in size and can
03:45 eat it with just one mouth.
03:48 The iguana is usually active at night and when night falls, it will find food and during
03:53 the day, it often sleeps.
03:56 The climber is also very good, although the body is heavy, rough, but when chasing prey,
04:02 it runs very fast.
04:04 Like many other reptiles, iguanas are capable of going without food for days.
04:10 However, when it does catch the bait, it will devour it to accumulate for days without food.
04:24 Besides even though it is a terrestrial animal, the iguana is considered an excellent swimmer
04:29 with a good ability not inferior to that of a crocodile.
04:34 It can stay underwater for hours to hide or stalk its prey, just like a crocodile.
04:41 However, it's also quite fashionable, knowing how to measure their own strength.
04:47 Iguanas only hunt along the banks of rivers and streams.
04:51 Only when being chased, there is no way to escape and it will plunge into the water to
04:56 escape.
05:00 What about the king cobra, whom the lizard has to watch out for?
05:04 Known as one of the most dangerous snakes on the planet, the king cobra is a combination
05:09 of size, strength, speed and deadly venom.
05:14 They are also known for their extremely scary and creepy behavior.
05:17 Besides hunting small vertebrates such as lizards, birds and rodents, they are also
05:23 cannibals.
05:24 From gentle water snakes to famous venomous snakes like the Indian cobra or giant pythons.
05:31 Many species become the prey of the king cobra.
05:35 Even when the food source is scarce, it also eats even other king cobras to keep its stomach
05:40 full, but it doesn't care much.
05:47 The king cobra hunts and sniffs its prey with its tongue.
05:51 As the receptor on the tongue sends information to the brain, which is similar to the sense
05:55 of smell in humans.
05:57 Snake eyes are very sharp and it can observe prey up to 100 meters away.
06:02 Although there are no external ear to hear, it can receive sound through very sensitive
06:08 skin.
06:09 In the throat of the king cobra, there is a sack containing venom.
06:14 This bag will contract and release venom when attacking the prey.
06:18 This poison will act quickly and strongly to the nervous system to paralyze the prey
06:24 in a blink of an eye.
06:26 Besides, despite having a large body, it moves extremely flexibly and it can climb trees
06:32 and swim very well.
06:34 This is one of the greatest advantages that helps the king cobra defend itself and hunt
06:39 in many different environmental conditions.
06:42 When in danger, king cobras often raise a quarter of their body to defend.
06:49 Usually they will try to escape and not collide with opponents, especially humans, but if
06:55 provoked they can become extremely aggressive.
07:02 Coming to the war of cobras and iguanas, it wouldn't be strange if I was the victor
07:07 in the battle with the cobra.
07:09 Just looking at the iguana's diet, it wouldn't.
07:13 But in the rare recorded situations that a king cobra won an absolute victory over the
07:18 lizard opponent, it didn't even suffer a single wound that successfully injected the
07:23 poison into the lizard's sturdy body, leaving the iguana extremely weak due to the blood
07:29 clotting after being poisoned.
07:32 Desperately trying to last on its strength to escape, it was immediately attacked by
07:37 the king cobra, and it was a surprise.
07:40 It wasn't the predator becoming food for the prey.
07:43 And a number of other battles resulted in an arrangement of the fate of the cobra.
07:50 This time was a real hunter and he was looking for the prey.
07:55 Or a cobra is crawling through the bushes in search of food, but unfortunately its dog
08:00 is nearby a lizard that is also looking for food, and the cobra is still slow, gently
08:06 moving forward and unaware of the danger.
08:10 And then a face to face battle broke out.
08:13 The cobra continuously attacks, but it is ineffective, while the iguana continuously bites at the
08:19 weak points of the cobra, such as the neck, the tail and the body.
08:25 Realising the weak part, the cobra tries to run away, but no matter what the iguana, it
08:30 doesn't let the prey escape.
08:33 It bites on the tail repeatedly, not giving the cobra a chance, and surely a one way battle
08:39 like this one.
08:40 So it's not difficult to imagine the result of the cobra this time, right?
08:46 You see, in a life where the wild is full of competition, improvisation, agility and
08:51 flexibility are sometimes more important than strength.
08:56 Hopefully with the information shared today, you will have a more useful information and
09:00 expand your understanding of the world of all species.
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