The king cobra, the world’s longest venomous snake, and the peacock, known for its vibrant feathers, stand out in nature.

The environmental watchdog has found six peacocks from a wild population on the Central Coast died last month from eating pesticide pellets, in what may have been a deliberate poisoning.

It's believed the peacocks were killed off by wild bobcats. A photo of one of the adult peacocks that roamed freely in Naramata until 2022. (Barbara Smallwood) Sharples remembers that as a sad ...