Spitting Cobra Venoms Evolved to Cause Extreme Pain
An international team, including scientists from the University of Queensland, made the discovery by studying the composition of spitting cobra venoms from three groups of snakes — Asian spitting cobras, African spitting cobras, and rinkhals. Co-authors Professor Irina Vetter and Dr. Sam Robinson from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience are among the team that demonstrated the defensive mechanism had developed as a ...
