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Close-up of a king cobra overlaid with question marks, a drawn crown, and an arrow pointing to the snake

The video thumbnail image shows a spitting cobra shooting venom from its teeth.

Black-necked cobra (Naja nigricollis)

Mozambique spitting cobra

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Black-necked cobra (Naja nigricollis)

Mozambique spitting cobra

Indian cobra, or Indian spectacled cobra (Naja naja)

Close-up of a king cobra overlaid with question marks, a drawn crown, and an arrow pointing to the snake

The video thumbnail image shows a spitting cobra shooting venom from its teeth.

Watch a Herpestes mongoose attack and kill its common prey, a venomous Asian cobra

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