New additions to serpent population at Pilikula

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, July 27, 2013 : A total of 36 out of the 37 eggs of King Cobra which were found  in a farm at Dharmasthala a  month ago and later shifted to the breeding centre at Pilikula, have hatched  after incubation. The  baby snakes are  nearly one and a half foot long.

In an earlier case, three cobras had laid eggs at Pilikula and 80 hatchlings were  born. They were reared for a year and then left in the forests.

The breeding centre at Pilikula  is run with the support of Central Zoo Authority.