Do the cobra and the rat snake mate?
The common people all over South India believe that the rat snake is the ideal partner for cobras.
People assume that the female of the same species is cobra, and the male is a Rat snake..
So now the question is ..does the cobra mate with a rat snake?
Is this true? Let's wish them Valentine's Day too…
Let us know the answer to this question in detail.
The answer is…Cobra snake does not pair with a rat snake. It is also a myth that cobras are the females species of the Rat snakes family.
Let's see how it goes.
Rat snakes and cobras are snakes of different species.

The scientific name of Rat snake is Ptyas mucosa . The scientific name of the cobra is Naja naja.
Rat snake is a non-venomous snake. Cobra is a venomous snake.
Cobra has a hood, and there is a toy on it whereas a rat-snake (Jerry) does not have any hood.
There are males and females among Rat snakes and so as among cobras.
Rat snake, cobra naturally pairing chances are zero.
How did you come to have this misconception among the people despite all the differences?
There are also reasons for the formation of every myth.
And let us make a hypothesis as to why this myth may have spread so much. That's some guesswork
Rat snake is a good rat hunter. They kill and eat the rats in our fields and control the number of rats.
So Rat snakes reach where the rats mostly reach.
However these rat snakes are good food for cobras. That means the cobra eats the Rat snakes.
So cobras go in search of rat snakes, looking for their food.
A rat snake falls into the cobra's cunt which means it is almost dead

This means that when Rat snakes have been seen by farmers for a long time in the fields in our villages, the chances of the cobra being around are even higher consequently people must have mistaken for their friendly relationship.
Such a myth may have come about because of the cobra's appearance where (Jerry) rat snake repeatedly appeared.

Anyway, this misconception has to be cleared.
Cobras love to eat rat snakes, not love live with them.
You learned about the "food chain" in eighth grade and ninth grade text books. These rats, Rat snakes, cobras are integral parts of the same food chain.
And this is the basic fact of their bonding.
I hope you have dispelled the misconception you have believed so strongly till date.

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