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Spitting cobras can hit the eyes of a target up to 2.5 metres away with venom. Wolfgang Wüster, Author provided Unique toxin cocktails. Snake venoms are complex mixtures of proteins, used ...

The venom spit by these snakes carries high levels of proteins that enhance the pain sensation triggered in mouse nerve cells by the venom (Science 2021 DOI: 10.1126/science.abb9303).

While previous studies suggest snake venom differences are largely driven by variation in diet, a new analysis in three lineages of 'spitting cobra' points to a different mechanism -- the need to ...

According to a new survey of spitting cobras, published Thursday in the journal Science, the deadly snakes have evolved the same instantly painful venom on three different occasions.

Venom ophthalmia is a rare ocular condition caused by exposure of the eye to venom of a spitting cobra.It is the nature of the cobra to spit venom at predators or prey, and humans are accidentally ...

A cobra spat venom into a woman's eyes after she accidentally disturbed it while it was hiding in a cupboard. The woman in Durban, South Africa, opened the cupboard at an office to find the ...

During a three-day sojourn on the streets of northwest Raleigh, N.C., a dangerous, venom-spitting cobra sunned itself on porches and frightened the people who crossed its path as officials ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Animal control caught a venom-spitting snake Wednesday night, more than two days after it escaped in a northwest Raleigh neighborhood. The venomous zebra cobra was ...

Venom-spitting snake caught after escaping in North Carolina neighborhood by: Nexstar Media Wire. Posted: Jun 30, 2021 / 09:03 PM CDT. Updated: Jun 30, 2021 / 09:03 PM CDT.