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SPITTING COBRAS
(Wikipedia)
A spitting cobra has the ability to eject venom from their fangs when defending themselves against predators. The sprayed venom is harmless to intact skin. However, it can cause permanent blindness if introduced to the eye and left untreated.
Despite their name, these snakes do not actually spit their venom. The venom sprays out in distinctive geometric patterns, using muscular contractions upon the venom glands. These muscles squeeze the glands and force the venom out through forward-facing holes at the tips of the fangs.The explanation that a large gust of air is expelled from the lung to propel the venom forward has been proven wrong.
When cornered, some species can “spit” their venom a distance as great as 2 meters (6.6 ft). While spitting is typically their primary form of defense, all spitting cobras are capable of delivering venom through a bite as well.
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Largest Spitting Cobra Found — New Species
Nicholas Wadhams in Nairobi, Kenya
for National Geographic News
December 7, 2007
The aggressive reptile was previously identified as a brown-colored variant of the black-necked spitting cobra, though researchers had long suspected that it merited its own species. Now blood and tissue analysis have confirmed this theory to be true.
The snake dwells in the dry lowlands of north and east Kenya, as well as in Uganda and Ethiopia.
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mickhartley.typepad.com/blog/2007/12/ashes–spitting.html – Cached
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