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Venom Collection - Adult cobras are milked every few weeks, and small doses of venom are injected into horses, which develop antibodies to it.

Antivenom - At the Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute's snake farm in Bangkok, antivenom, the modern snakebite remedy, is made.

O. hannah Cobra - Where the king cobra resides, no smaller snake of any species is safe. O. hannah, a formidable ground hunter, normally feeds on others of its kind. The cobra's visible trachea allows it to breathe despite a mouthful.

No Room for Error - With no room for error, snake handler Othman Ayib intensely eyes his student, who attempts to calm and kiss a wild king cobra. Ayib caught the agitated snake on a Malaysian golf course, where it had strayed from the forest, and…

Close Encounter - A rested king whipped toward me on release from its wooden enclosure. Though I managed to skirt its strike, I took some comfort knowing I had cobra antivenom in my pack. Locals assured me that their herbal remedy was also on hand,…

Komchai Pimsaimoon - A man for whom cobras are family, village elder Komchai Pimsaimoon - riding with his grandson - has spent years learning the rhythms of the serpent, what calms it and what makes it fighting mad.

Serpent of the Gods - Using pigments from stone on handmade paper, New Delhi artist Sneh Gangal adorns the Hindu god Siva with a cobra, in India a sacred being that can symbolize fertility or rebirth. Siva, grasping his consort Parvati, is one of the…

Danum Valley - The rain forest of Borneo's Danum Valley houses the king cobra - the inspiration for my journey to the villages and forests of Southeast Asia.a

Self-defense - Lightning fast and just as deadly, an agitated king cobra strikes in self-defense during a 'boxing match' between man and serpent.

Boxing Match - The villagers of Ban Khok Sa-nga in northeastern Thailand perform this perilous dance for coins from visitors and respect from peers. The act began as a way to lure potential buyers of herbal medicines and snakebite cures.