A Chinese cobra (Naja atra) fed on cooked rice

At ca. 1100 h on 18 July 2020, Miss Hui-Ling Fan, visited a nearby badminton club in Meilunshan Park (°N, °E, WGS84), located on a suburban hill close to Hualien City, Taiwan. Outside the club, she encountered a woman who routinely provides food for stray dogs. The woman put some cooked rice in a dish and left the club. Within 10 min, a Naja atra, seemly to be attracted by the smell, approached the dish and began to swallow the rice. This foraging behavior lasted ca. 10 min until the snake was disturbed by a passerby who wanted to take photos. However, the snake soon returned, followed by another cobra. The first snake continued consuming rice, but the follower did not. After 5 min both snakes left the site.