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Why spitting cobras don't technically spit
These snakes mean business.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Watch a Herpestes mongoose attack and kill its common prey, a venomous Asian cobra
A mongoose (Herpestes) attacking an Asian cobra (Naja naja).
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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cape cobra
Cape cobra (Naja nivea).
© Four Oaks/Shutterstock.com
Indian cobra
Nearly a dozen species of the Indian cobra (Naja naja) exist in Asia.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Black-necked cobra (Naja nigricollis)
Black-necked cobra (Naja nigricollis).
© Paul Lloyd/Shutterstock.com
Mozambique spitting cobra
The Mozambique spitting cobra, one of several species of snakes found in that country.
© Digital Vision/Getty Images
cobra
Cobra in striking posture.
© poco_bw/Fotolia
cape cobra
Cape cobra (Naja nivea).
© Digital Vision/Getty Images
Egyptian cobra
Venomous Egyptian cobra (Naja haje).
© Eric Isselée/Shutterstock.com
king cobra
King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah).
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King cobra
The four species that make up the genus Ophiophagus are considered to be...
© Heiko Kiera/Fotolia
Indian cobra, or Indian spectacled cobra (Naja naja)
Head and neck region of the Indian cobra, or Indian spectacled cobra (Naja naja).
Drawing by M. Moran/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
snake skulls
Skulls of representative poisonous snakes.
Drawing by M. Moran
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