Spitting Cobra
A spitting cobra is one of several species of cobras snakes that have the ability to eject venom from their fangs when they defend themselves against the predators. I really like the spitting cobra because that is a very beautiful scene that is rarely happens in our sees and we can see an interesting scene when a snake spread his neck while he rises it highly and then sprays the dangerous water forward, The sprayed venom that they spit is harmless to intact skin. However, it can cause permanent blindness if introduced to the eye and left untreated that causing chemo-sis and corneal swelling.
this is one of the beauty creature of God who has always creates beautiful things in our life and then we must always thank to him.
And despite their name, these snakes don't actually spit their venom but he venom sprays out in distinctive geometric patterns, that 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. And when cornered, some species can "spit" their venom a distance as great as two meters. They while spitting is typically their primary form of defense from their enemy, and all spitting cobras are capable of delivering venom through a bite as well.
Most species' venom exhibit significant hemotoxic effects, along with more typical neurotoxic effects of other cobra species.
Here are species of the spitting cobras:
African:
* Naja ashei
* Naja katiensis
* Naja mossambica
* Naja nigricollis
* Naja nigricincta
* Naja nubiae
* Naja pallida
Asiatic:
* Naja atra
* Naja philippinensis
* Naja samarensis
* Naja siamensis
* Naja sputatrix
* Naja sumatrana
