Monday, December 10, 2007

Largest Spitting Cobra Discovered


Africa's Naja ashei snake is not only the world's newest snake species—it's also the largest spitting cobra.

Blood and tissue samples helped confirm what some snake experts have long believed: that these massive, aggressive, extremely venomous snakes — which can grow to more than 9 feet long — form a separate species.

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