King cobra and spitting cobra are highly venomous snakes with different venom delivery methods and behaviors. King cobra, the ...

The Mozambique spitting cobra, one of Africa's most dangerous snakes, can spit venom accurately up to 3 meters. Its venom contains neurotoxins and cytotoxins, causing paralysis and severe tissue ...

Warren Dick, The Bluff snake catcher, with the captured Mozambique spitting cobra. Photo: Supplied THE Bluff snake catcher, Warren Dick, successfully caught a massive Mozambique spitting cobra at ...

According to the African Snakebite Institute, the Mozambique spitting cobra is mostly active at night and often enters houses. Although it accounts for the majority of serious snakebite cases in ...

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But the herpetologists (reptile and amphibian experts) and scientists face an extra challenge when it comes to collecting spitting cobra venom. These snakes are a double threat. Not only can they ...

FOR three months, a Chatsworth chicken farmer allowed a Mozambican spitting cobra to live on his farm as it protected his stock from rodents. But when it posed a risk to his employees, Lee Pather ...