Footage shows the lions pause in their tracks, unsure how to react, after encountering the cobra and smaller reptile.

Snake charmers in some areas once used ... The Mozambique spitting cobra (Naja mossambica) can eject cobra venom from its fangs with remarkable accuracy, often aiming for the eyes of its attacker.

Despite the resemblance, their name means “false cobra,” and they are from a different genus of venomous snakes with fixed fangs near the front of their jaws, according to the sanctuary.

Anon a cobra, no pretty worm of Nilus,* creeps ... Defanged snakes quickly grow new fangs. All snake venom is highly virulent;* Hindus have discovered, however, that if it is highly diluted ...

their relatively slow pace puts them at a disadvantage with a faster predator like the king cobra. Both snakes significantly depend on venom for their protection. Rattlesnakes possess long fangs ...

Three new species of king cobras have recently been identified, and the Field Museum’s collection has been harboring one of ...