Lived in India and the King would actually come towards you when we saw them on the golf course. Aggressive
I was on a nature trail many years ago in Boiling Springs state park with a pal, came upon some terrified Brownies (little girl scouts) in a clearing.
We had been warned there might be snakes, so we each had a shovel. For the last half of the walk there must have been a snake—a lot of them `wedge-heads’—every few feet.
We got through without anyone bitten, but since then snakes give me the damwillies.
Yeah, moccasins can be aggressive too, but dayum, cobras just look bad.
If you want a good laugh, search youtube for `Jackass, defanged king cobra dropped on Bam Margera’.
They’re not aggressive, they’re curious. I’ve been around cobras, they’re really laid back unless you hurt them or scare them.