The king cobra holds the record as the longest venomous snake, at 18.7 feet long. As apex predators, they prey on other snakes, shaping local ecosystems and venomous-snake populations. Read on to ...

A female king cobra is about to consume the last meal she’ll enjoy for a while: a smaller cobra that has succumbed to her powerful venom. Now, all that remains is to swallow his four-foot body, whole.