Sentences with phrase «king cobra»

Thus we'd love to see the world's largest king cobra in a zoo display, but not in our shower stall.

The diversification of these toxins correlates directly with their functional importance in prey capture, for example the most pathogenic king cobra toxin family have undergone massive expansion, while, in contrast, venom proteins with less important functions do not participate in the evolutionary arms race occurring between snakes and their prey.

Lastly, advanced practitioners can also take king cobra, an even deeper backbend.

He came back to Road America with his winning Trans - Am Mustang GT350s, the Cooper - derived King Cobras in the USRRC and Can - Am series, as well as Shelby - tuned and Ford - powered Lolas and McLarens.

RK Motors is bringing out two legendary muscle cars for the 13th annual Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival and Concours d'Elegance this coming November 1 and 2: A 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Super Sport with just 26 original miles and one of just two 1970 Ford Torino King Cobras, prototype aero cars built to take on the Plymouth Superbird and Dodge Daytona.

My first book, OPERATION KING COBRA, is traditional.

I don't care in you want to handle six king cobras: don't bring them to the courthouse.

We've been to some super fun third birthday parties this year: an all bouncy house party, a play space rental party, a pirate themed party (also with bouncy houses), a kickas $ backyard festival, and had our own fantasies of petting zoos and king cobras.

Menke had access to the genomes of three snake species for his study: boa constrictor, Burmese python, and king cobra.

«Genome for the king cobra sequenced.»

Dr Nicholas Casewell said: «These are the first snake genomes to be sequenced and fully annotated and our results in relation to the king cobra provide a unique view of the origin and evolution of snake venom, including revealing multiple genome - level adaptive responses to natural selection in this complex biological weapon system.

Members of this team also analysed the genome of the Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) and used it for comparison with the king cobra (Ophiophagus Hannah).

Armed with the both the king cobra and Burmese python genome the team was able to show that, despite previous hypotheses that venom genes evolve «early» in the lineage leading to snakes, venom gene families do not duplicate early, in fact the study shows that the rapid and extensive expansion of functionally important venom toxin families is restricted to the venomous «advanced» snake lineage.

Researchers from LSTM, along with a team of international biologists who have recently sequenced the genome of the king cobra, say that their work reveals dynamic evolution and adaptation in the snake venom system, which seemingly occurs in response to an evolutionary arms race between venomous snakes and their prey.

«We did lose a king cobra,» Laita says.

Laita says the king cobra is capable of doing whatever it wants, so even with a trainer on the scene at all times, the photographing sessions turned out to be «a little hairy.»

After the escape fiasco, Laita decided to photograph the king cobra in a plexiglass box to prevent another high speed chase.

«They've had to make so many changes to adapt to life as a tube,» says David Pollock at the University of Colorado at Denver, part of a team that sequenced the genome of the Burmese python and the king cobra.

The king cobra and Burmese python are the first snakes to have their genome sequenced, and the results show their genes are unusually prone to change

The scientists who sequenced the king cobra — which occurs in India, China, and Southeast Asia — focused on its venom, a very toxic mix of 73 peptides and proteins.

One group chose the king cobra, the largest venomous snake in the world and one of the most deadly ones.

These are only the first two snake genomes ever sequenced; snake scientists have studied snakes around the world, but were late to join the revolution in molecular biology, says Nicholas Casewell, a snake scientist at Bangor University in the United Kingdom and a co-author on the king cobra paper.

Shown here, clockwise from the main image, are the king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)-- the world's longest venomous snake; the non-venomous speckled kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula holbrooki); the green vine snake (Oxybelis fulgidus); and the blue Malaysian coral snake (Calliophis bivirgatus).

The bite of a king cobra can result in the death of a healthy human adult within fifteen minutes.

Only one species of snake, the king cobra, will build a nest for its young.

«I've heard another rumor, that you were bitten by a king cobra?»

King Cobras were the kind of brilliant skunk - works cars that used to come out of Ford Motor Company's association with Holman - Moody and Bud Moore Engineering in the 1960s and early 1970s.

While around the Bophut area, you could also swing by the Samui Crocodile Farm and take in the dazzling shows involving crocs and king cobras — fun for children and nature lovers alike!

This is one of the best places in India to charm a king cobra.

The one horned Rhinoceros, Tiger, Leopard, different species of wild cats, Asian elephants, sloth bear, gaur, wild boar, Two types crocodiles, rhesus monkeys, pythons and the king cobra find shelter in this beautiful park.

His son is a paramedic and his daughter is a king cobra wrangler.