CIS Year 3- Animal Life Cycles

Life Cycle of the King Cobra

 

 

 

Generic questions:

 

 

 

   1.    What is the name of your animal?   A: My animal’s name is king cobra

2.    Does your animal have different names in different countries? Example: The Great White Shark is called a Tommy Shark in   South Africa. A:No

3.    Where did the animal get its name from?   A:King Cobra (Ophiophagus hanna ), the Latin word Ophiophagus means “Snake-      eater

4.    Does it have a Greek or Latin name as well?  Ophiophagus Hannah is the Latin name for the King Cobra.

5.    Which family does it belong to? Example: reptile, amphibian, mammal A:Reptile

6.    Why did you choose that animals ? A: Because king cobra is very fast.

7.    Which country did it originate from? ????????

8.    What kind of environment do they live in?. A: They live in tropical rain forests.

9.    How many countries can it be found in now? A: Cobras generally inhabit tropical and desert regions of Asia and Africa.

10.  What is the size of the animal? A: The king cobras average size is 13-14 ft. (3.96-4.26m) weighing around 20 lbs. (9kg), they   can reach a length of around 18.5ft (5.6388m) weighing over 40lbs.(18.1436kgs.).

11. How can I recognize your animal (like an African honey bee, from an American honey Bee?)?  A: 11.king cobra’s head has a  hood so we know it’s a king cobra

12. How many stages in the animal / plant’s life cycle? A: The fist stage the cobra is in a egg two the snake is out from the egg  now he eat some small meat three he eat mice.

13. What are the stages of the cycles that they go through? ????

14. How long does each cycle go for? ?????

15. What happens in each cycle?

16. What are the names of each cycle?  A:  The names of each cycle are mating egg, deposition and incubation and hatching maturation.

17. What is the life expectancy of the animal?

18. What predators do they have? A:  Humans are the number 1 predator of king cobra.

19. What dangers do they face?  A: The number one enemies us – HUMANS. Pollution, destroying of the natural habitat, etc, etc…

20. What is their role in the food chain?  A: King Cobra's eat birds, fish, lizards, and other small creatures. Their predators are humans and birds of prey. That is a king cobra's food chain.

21. Do they help people in any way?   A: No they are not helpful they are dangerous

22. Do they change colours as they get older?  A: Yes they change colour when they get older.

23. Do they change colours as they get older?  A: Yes they change colour when they get older.

24. What do they do to protect themselves? A: A king cobra defends itself by lifting up 6 feet more or less, of its body.

25. What does your animal eat at each stage, is it different? A: When they small they eat same meat and they eat mice when they big they eat big meat.

26. Does your animal have poison or some other form of self-defense? A: Yes they have poison in they teeth

 

Additional questions:

 

 

1.     What is the king cobra’s diet?

2.     How does he catch his prey?

3.     Do snakes have glasses?

4.     How many different colours/patterns are there?

5.     Can a snake swim?

6.     Can a snake jump?

7.     How can snakes climb trees?