Few creatures inspire awe and terror quite like the formidable snake, but some of these voracious reptiles are more deadly ...

A poisonous red spitting cobra (Naja pallida) in front of a model of a toxic snake protein (orange) and a designed antitoxin protein. To be used only by news media reporting on research from the ...

It will try to spit when it is seriously threatened, but its aim is inaccurate, and this defense mechanism is much less effective than in the case of the black-necked or red spitting cobra.