Spitting cobras may have evolved unique venom to defend from ancient humans

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A toxin unique to spitting cobras means their venom causes more pain than other snakes.

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TIL that Spitting Cobras emerged in the fossil record around the same time as early humans. It is speculated that the reason these snakes spray venom is because of the pressure humans

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