King Cobras

Mattias Klum

Eddagatan 10 / National Geographic Magazine

Wild King Cobra - After a frantic chase for the ultimate photograph, I at last faced a wild king in a Danum Valley stream. With a growling hiss and flared hood the defensive cobra stood its ground, landed a forceful strike on my camera lens, then dropped flat and fled downstream. 14 feet of muscle and scales sweeping my leg as it made its escape.

Mattias Klum, "King Cobras," in POYi Archive, Item #32522, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/32522 (accessed November 22, 2024).