A Rinkhals spitting cobra, native to most of Africa, was among the nearly 200 snakes purchased or sold by undercover officers as part of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s ...

Spitting cobras can hit the eyes of a target up to 2.5 metres away with venom. Wolfgang Wüster, Author provided Unique toxin cocktails. Snake venoms are complex mixtures of proteins, used ...

Once believed extinct in the Cape Town area, rinkhals snakes, a type of spitting cobra, have now been discovered living within the metropolitan boundaries. "In September this year, the city asked ...

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Spitting cobras can spray venom up to 2.5 metres with remarkable accuracy, and it can cause permanent blindness if it gets into a person’s eyes and is not treated.

Cape Town – Once believed extinct in the Cape Town area, rinkhals snakes, a type of spitting cobra, have now been discovered living within the metropolitan boundaries. "In September this year, the ...

A picture of the rinkhals inside the toilet on a property at Vrede in the Free State. ... the venomous rinkhals may at first glance resemble a Mozambican spitting cobra and is “very dangerous”.

Cobras are fascinating and frightening creatures. These snakes are most well known for their characteristic defence mechanism called hooding, when the sides of their neck flare out in a dramatic ...