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Egyptian cobra

In Egyptian cobra
…cobra is a favorite of snake charmers, who frighten the snakes into an upreared defense posture and skillfully avoid their relatively slow strike.
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Indian cobra

In Indian cobra
…a favourite snake of Indian snake charmers, although the tradition has been fading in the early 21st century, since a 1972 law forbidding the keeping of snakes has been more strictly enforced. Charmers keep the snakes in wicker baskets and play music on a double-reed instrument called a pungi. The…
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