A viral video depicting a red-spitting cobra has ignited a heated debate across the internet, leaving viewers divided over its authenticity. The footage captures the striking serpent exhibiting a ...

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.

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 ...