How These Snakes Evolved to Spit… IN YOUR EYE

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If you spook a spitting cobra, it might literally shoot venom at your eyes... And our ancestors might have caused them to do this, evolutionarily speaking. Hosted by: Rose Bear Don't Walk SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Alisa Sherbow, Silas Emrys, Drew Hart. Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Nazara, GrowingViolet, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: doi.org/10.1126/science.abb9303 doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1995.tb02743.x doi.org/10.1086/595589 doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1115116108 Images: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mozambique_spitting_cobra_(Naja_mossambica).jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naja_nigricollis_(Warren_Klein).jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naja-siamensis-indochinese-spitting-cobra-southwest-thailand.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rinkhals2.jpg www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/254164.php?from=490021 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Azerbaijan_4.jpg www.istockphoto.com/photo/different-kind-of-stone-age-axes-in-a-row-gm1129314127-298268850 www.istockphoto.com/photo/interesting-animal-behavior-with-a-male-chimpanzee-walking-upright-like-a-human-gm966163804-263619522 www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/254166.php?from=490021 www.istockphoto.com/photo/naja-samarensis-samar-cobra-gm964938056-263388449 www.istockphoto.com/photo/naja-siamensis-gm915032206-251836659 www.istockphoto.com/photo/mozamique-spitting-cobra-gm509492843-45896202

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