David R. Bontrager

These are the rules of king cobra fight club A new study offers the first detailed look at king cobra combat. Video evidence reveals that when these snakes joust there is no venom—just a ritualized fight for mating rights.

My recent paper on king cobra combat was featured in National Geographic. The article includes our videos of combat events in Thailand and an interview with Dr. Max Jones, who led the king cobra research

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

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Huge thanks to Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, Suranaree University of Technology, Wildlife Reserves Singapore, and Thailand Institute of Science and Technological Research for supporting this research, as well as to the people of Udom Sab for allowing research to occur across their land

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Ritualistic Male–Male Combat of the Northern King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) in Thailand Following the recent taxonomic split of the king cobra complex, it is important to provide new information and context to behaviors and natural history linked to each new species. We therefore provid...

🚨 New paper 🚨

We describe ritualistic male-male combat of Northern King Cobras, including behavioral details and context for sexual size dimorphism.

Videos of the combats can be found in the article below 🧪

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Oh cool, that’d be great

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A Northern Aplomado Falcon in flight with sky background

New to this platform so here’s a quick intro: I’m an ecologist and conservationist, currently focused on Aplomado Falcon reintroduction (at Boise State in partnership with The Peregrine Fund). Stay tuned for research updates and photos of travels and wildlife

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