How spitting cobras are such blinding shots

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Published: 30-May-09 03:00 AM
Source: digg
Category: General Sciences

For venom-spitting cobras, an accurate shot is the difference between slithering away and getting trampled to death by an elephant.A new study finds that the snakes adjust the trajectory of their squirts to deliver venom right to the faces of animals that tread too closely. Cobras can shoot venom up to 3 metres (9.843 ft).
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