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Spitting Cobra Venom Didn’t Evolve to Kill – Just to Put Us in a World of Pain – ScienceAlert
Like pappy used to say: if you see it writhe and hiss, give it a miss. Humans have passed on similar nuggets of wisdom since time immemorial, giving us a healthy…
Like pappy used to say: if you see it writhe and hiss, give it a miss. Humans have passed on similar nuggets of wisdom since time immemorial, giving us a healthy (and sometimes less than healthy) respect for backing away from snakes.
Yet the fact snake bites hurt is usually an accident of nature virtually every single species of snake evolved the ability to inject venom to catch prey, rather than for defence. But there are exceptions to the rule new research shows some snakes actually evolved their…
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