Snakes on a train: King cobras are hitching rides in India

Mongabay
Feb 11, 2026, 1:55 pm159 pts
On India’s railways, stowaways are not limited to ticketless passengers. Some arrive without limbs, luggage or much interest in timetables. A paper recently published in Biotropica suggests that king cobras (Ophiophagus kaalinga) may occasionally hitch a ride on trains in western India, turning railways into…

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