The King Cobra's have a much different way of reproduction than other snakes. There is no vissible difference between male and female King Cobras the only way for humans to tell is to stick a probe up into the cloaca of the snake if it is a female the probe will not be able to make it a far way up the cloaca, in a male the probe will go up a much father distance. The way the snakes themselves are able to tell the difference is the smell. Once the male finds a female he will then begin and try to mate with the female, once this happens the males leaves as the female begins to lay her eggs. The female then lays about 20-40 eggs and guards the eggs with her life attacking anything that threatens her or the eggs. King Cobras are the only snakes the lay nest for their eggs. After about two to three months the female snake then leaves to find food so she is not forced to eat her babies. When the eggs hatch the baby snakes come out between one and a half to two feet long with very bright colors. The colors then fade away as the snakes begin to grow older. However when the babies are first hatched that is when they are at their dangerous born with as potent venom as adult snakes the babies are born alert and very nervous which means they will attack anything that comes close.