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Sunday, September 19, 2010

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

Red Spitting Cobra

Red Spitting Cobra has also name "Naja pallida", is the same as the snake that can spit or spray his venom for defending his life from the predators, but the red Spitting Cobra is a relatively small-sized cobra, with maximum length is 120 cm or 4 ft and smaller sized specimen is about 60 cm or 2 ft to 75 cm (2 ft 6 in).
The color of Red Spitting Cobra is great variation from red, deep orange, pale red, pinkish and light brown.

The Red Spitting Cobra is mainly found in Eastern Africa, that is including Kenya and Sudan. They primarily inhabit in dry savannah and semi-desert area. They eat lizards, small mammals, and also birds and even other snakes and eggs.

Indian King Cobra

Indian cobra Hood

Forest Cobra

Gold Tree Cobra

False Water Cobra

Friday, September 17, 2010

False Cobra

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Egyptian Cobra

Chinese Cobra

Cobra De Capello

Cape Cobra

An awesome picture of Cape Cobra in the sand, suitable with his yellow body.

Black Cape Cobra sneaking around dry ground.

Dangerous Cape Cobra, beware of it near of us.

Beautiful yellow Cape Cobra is looking at an object in a heat day.

A Wonderful Cape Cobra, reminds me about the Egyptian Queen.

Cape Cobra is one of the beautiful cobra from it's color and body. Cape Cobra actualy has varies color from location to location, but those the yellow color is from Kalahari and according to me these snakes are the most beautiful.

and it may you also have the same opinion, if we see and observe them, they are actually beautiful and interesting to see, from they body it is like the Queen of snakes and looks have a wisdom, and we can also see the picture 05 this snake is actually like the Queen of Egypt how wonderful the creature of our God.

The cape cobra produces a powerful neurotoxin that affects the respiratory system. Without proper antivenom treatment the mortality rate in humans is 60% and death normally occurs 2–5 hours after being bitten and is usually as a result of respiratory failure because of the onset of paralysis. The snake is quick to strike and becomes aggressive if cornered.

Black-necked Cobra

The image of black necked cobra. black color only its neck.

Black-necked Cobra

Black necked spitting cobra, black colored in whole bodies.

Black-necked Cobra

very black colored necked cobra (black in whole the bodies) sneaking around the earth.

Black necked cobra is a cobra with the black color in its neck as known as in its name. like in image number 01, but there are another types of black necked cobra, some of them are black colored in whole of its body, we know it like in the image 02 & 03 even the black color of the type of this cobra is thick and also can spit the poison from its fangs.