They Were Looking for Mushrooms in a Nepal Forest and Ended up Discovering Something Unique in the Animal World: the Nest of the Royal Cobra, the only Snake that Makes It, Now Closely Watched

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An exit to search for wild mushrooms ended with an unusual finding in Nepal. On July 15, 2026, users of the Ambe Community Forest found a royal cobra nest near Jhakri Sota, in Ghorahi-18, Dang district, and warned conservationists. It was not a simple pile of leaves. The royal cobra is known to be the only snake to build a nest for its eggs, so the authorities restricted access to the environment and let the process go on without removing the an…