<p>Indore: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Tuesday (May 20) presented a male king cobra to the Kamala Nehru Zoological Park here.</p>.<p>Yadav later chaired a cabinet meeting in the city.</p>.<p>The chief minister released the king cobra, which was brought from the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/mangalurus-pilikula-biological-park-to-get-asiatic-lions-penguins-and-yellow-anacondas-3194245">Peelikula Biological Park</a> in Karnataka, in the snake park at the zoo.</p>.<p>While Indore is not a natural habitat for this species, Yadav appreciated the enclosure set up by the zoo management for the cobra, said an official.</p>.Madhya Pradesh Police sets up SIT to probe minister Vijay Shah's remarks against Col Qureshi.<p>The zoo already has a female king cobra. Special facilities have been created in the zoo to facilitate breeding, the official said.</p>.<p>The king cobra is the world's longest venomous snake and grows as much as 18 feet long.</p>.<p>It is considered one of the most intelligent snake species, as it changes its hunting strategy according to circumstances. Female king cobras are different from other snakes as they make a nest and hatch the eggs.</p>.<p>King cobras are beneficial for biodiversity and ecosystem and are called friends of farmers as they eat rodents, the official said.</p>.<p>The chief minister also visited the Bird Park in the Zoological Museum and fed some birds.</p>.<p>Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava, other public representatives, and zoo director Dr Uttam Yadav were present. PTI MAS KRK ARU</p>
<p>Indore: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Tuesday (May 20) presented a male king cobra to the Kamala Nehru Zoological Park here.</p>.<p>Yadav later chaired a cabinet meeting in the city.</p>.<p>The chief minister released the king cobra, which was brought from the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/mangalurus-pilikula-biological-park-to-get-asiatic-lions-penguins-and-yellow-anacondas-3194245">Peelikula Biological Park</a> in Karnataka, in the snake park at the zoo.</p>.<p>While Indore is not a natural habitat for this species, Yadav appreciated the enclosure set up by the zoo management for the cobra, said an official.</p>.Madhya Pradesh Police sets up SIT to probe minister Vijay Shah's remarks against Col Qureshi.<p>The zoo already has a female king cobra. Special facilities have been created in the zoo to facilitate breeding, the official said.</p>.<p>The king cobra is the world's longest venomous snake and grows as much as 18 feet long.</p>.<p>It is considered one of the most intelligent snake species, as it changes its hunting strategy according to circumstances. Female king cobras are different from other snakes as they make a nest and hatch the eggs.</p>.<p>King cobras are beneficial for biodiversity and ecosystem and are called friends of farmers as they eat rodents, the official said.</p>.<p>The chief minister also visited the Bird Park in the Zoological Museum and fed some birds.</p>.<p>Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava, other public representatives, and zoo director Dr Uttam Yadav were present. PTI MAS KRK ARU</p>