Spitting cobra venom is cytoxic, meaning destructive to tissue cells, while other cobra venoms are neurotoxic (harmful to nerves) or cardiotoxic (harmful to the muscles and electrical impulses ...

According to the authors, the findings suggest that varespladib could become an invaluable treatment against the tissue-damaging effects of black-necked and red spitting cobra venoms, which cause ...

It will try to spit when it is seriously threatened, but its aim is inaccurate, and this defense mechanism is much less effective than in the case of the black-necked or red spitting cobra.