The Egyptian desert cobra is a completely black venomous snake up to one meter long. It lives in hot deserts, hunts at night, and uses strong venom for prey.
The Egyptian desert cobra differs from other cobras in its uniform black color and lack of an expanding hood. It is important for nature because it regulates the population of rodents and lizards in the desert.
Immature form that undergoes metamorphosis before adulthood.
Worker
birth time
Hot and almost no precipitation
Venom glands count
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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Fangs color
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
hot Africa south of the desert, many savannas and forests
days
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
adult
Maturity
Coconut
About health
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
rodents in general — rats, squirrels, ground squirrels
Repro interval
results
Eyes count
Colors
Sex
very hot and almost no rain
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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Uses an excavated underground tunnel or chamber for refuge or nesting.
rains are very rare, almost a desert
Trophic type
Filters
Captures or processes food by biting or nipping with the mouth.
summer very hot, dry, lots of grass
Palearctic realm
Upcoming birthdays
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
Desert and dry shrubs
Very hot and almost dry
Age (from birth to death)
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Wanderers
Fangs count
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Lifespan average
Egg shell count
Rapidly swallows prey or food items whole without chewing.
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
Produces toxins capable of causing harm when delivered.
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
gulping
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
from 0.5 to 0.8 kilograms, 0.5 – 1 meter
Pets
biting
Hot steppe
whole swallow
{name} jubilee
cm
Old-timers
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desert and semi-desert
turns
Rascals
terrestrial grassland and steppe
hot Africa south of the desert, many savannas and forests
Litter size
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
Where are they found?
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
Bro
live snakes
Taxons
carnivore
if born as {name}
age
birth date
small mammals — mice, shrews, bats
Palearctic realm
arid terrestrial biotopes with sparse vegetation
Close
Egg shell color
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
Venomous
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
primary food sources
teeth
burrow
Potential Habitat
lots of grass, few trees, rains are rare
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
small mammals
snakes
{name} birthday
No results found
Eyes color
On the map
all life stages
Female ♀
Body color
world of Afrotropics
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Fangs size
desert
birth year
Maturity
venom
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
sq mm
yr
How similar?
Male ♂
until the celebration
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Very dry
Neither
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
early young
Hard dental structures used to bite, tear, or scrape food.
rodents
world of Afrotropics
Very hot and dry
Duration
This is me
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Steppe
Gamers
How are they built?
live lizards
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
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My age?
wk
My size?
very hot during the day, cold at night, almost no rain
terrestrial
Asexual
swap
active predation
lizards
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
Head color
celebrated their {n} birthday
open grassy spaces — steppes, savannas, prairies
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
very hot and almost no precipitation
Hermaphrodite ⚥
embryo
Length
kg
very hot and dry, rare rains, cacti live
hunting with poison
Observations
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