Re: parental care (cobra)

["Thomas de Wilde" <jedimr_thomas@hotmail.com>]

> Of the 4000+ amphibians, only a few show any real parental care, and of
the
> ca 300 turtles and nearly 7,600 species of squamates, only ONE is
documented
> to show true parental care (the king cobra, Ophiophagus hannah).  A few
> others are suspected, but not really shown conclusively to do so.

And that's not even caring for the hatchlings, she only guards the eggs,
which is in comparison to other squamates quite a lot.
But she's gone as soon as they hatch

Thomas