In this struggle of holding on to larger prey, if the prey gets loose, it can kill the spitting cobra, even after injecting the venom.

You see, spitting cobra’s venom doesn’t do anything if it just hits you on the skin or even gets in your mouth.

If you're smart, you'll never come within six feet (two meters) of a spitting cobra. The average length is about 3 feet long, although they can grow to up to 5 feet. This it does by blinding it. Thus, it is important for the spitting cobra to disable its predator, as quickly as possible. This pressure causes venom to be sprayed in certain geometric patterns so that the venom is targeted at the eyes of the predator. They lay between 10-22 eggs when they breed and … Snapped by field guide student Daniel Hitchings Tar at Marataba Safari Lodge, the images show a Mozambique spitting cobra gobbling down a black mamba as though it … Mozambique spitting cobras eat small mammals, frogs, birds, insects and other snakes. This is because the venom takes time to kill the predator. They squeeze the muscles in their venom gland (a modified salivary gland). › The red spitting cobra can accurately spit the venom up to a distance of 8 feet. If you're unlucky and by some horrible chance you do, a word of advice: Close your eyes. They are the smallest species of cobra.