A wildlife official told local media that he suspected the cobra mistook the lizard's tail for a smaller snake.
The video—which was reportedly recorded by a forest official and—shows the two take turns biting one another. Throughout the majority of the one-and-a-half-minute video, the lizard and the snake remain coiled around one another.
Indian outlet Mathrubhumi reported Monday the lizard eventually escaped and fled to the forest. The snake also slithered off once the fight was over. A king cobra's diet typically consists of other snakes, said the National Zoo. Because of this, a wildlife official told Mathrubhumi that he suspects the cobra mistook the lizard's tail for a smaller snake. But cobras will feast on other cold-blooded animals if the mood strikes.
According to Conservation India, king cobras have been caught dining on monitor lizards before. A photographer who captured the moment one cobra sank its fangs into a monitor told the organization in 2013 that cobra sightings had become a regular occurrence in some parts of the Chikmagalur district, located in the Indian state of Karnataka. He explained this was likely due to the presence of rat snakes and monitor lizards in those areas.. This is because they use venom to kill.
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