King Brown

 

Characteristics

An adult King Brown snake is around 2.4m. A baby king brown is 22cm. Adult male King Browns are the same size as the females adult size. A 7 year old child is about the same length as one adult King Brown. The King Brown takes 4 years to become a fully grown adult. The features of the King Brown are yellow, black, brown and scaly with diamond-like patterns.

 

Behaviour

The behaviours they exhibit are:

• Foraging: the behaviour for foraging is when they kill other animals if they have the food that they want

• Parental care: they lay their eggs and then nurture them by sitting on them

• Reproductive: they have sexual intercourse and have over 40 eggs

• Defensive: they attack other animals if they feel threatened

• Territorial: they fight till the death when someone is in their territory

 

Diet

The King Brown's diet consists of birds, lizards, other snakes and mammals. The King Brown eats other snakes that try to harm it or if it is hungry.

 

Distribution and Abundance

The King Brown is only found in Australia; it is found everywhere around Australia. They like to hide in warm bushy places, or even in people’s rooms in their beds. The abundance has not changed since 1976 when they found an increase in King Brown abundance.

 

Impacts

The King Brown is a native snake; it was found first in Alice Springs in Australia. It is not a protected species, as there are many and they kill others things before other things kill them. The King Brown is a threat to humans as it can kill them. There is a cure for the snake bite but you have to apply the medicine quickly.

 

Management

To manage the King Browns signs are put around to warn people that there are King Browns about and they are deadly. These signs ensure that people know what to do if bitten by any snake. We have hospitals to cure people if bitten by the King Brown.