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Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) showing its fangs. A rattlesnake coiled on a rock with its mouth open, showing its fangs and poised to strike, surrounded by green plants. Wolf spider showing eye arrangement, chelicerae, and fang at end of each chelicera Diagram showing the skulls of three types of venomous snakes: a cobra (Elapidae) with forward-facing fangs, a pit viper (Crotalinae) with long, hinged fangs, and a rear-fanged snake (Colubridae) with fangs positioned at the back of the mouth. Each skull is labeled to highlight the location and shape of the fangs.
The video thumbnail image shows a spitting cobra shooting venom from its teeth.
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Why Spitting Cobras Don't Technically Spit
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Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) showing its fangs.
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rattlesnake
A rattlesnake displaying fangs and adopting a striking posture.
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Wolf spider showing eye arrangement, chelicerae, and fang at end of each chelicera
Anthony Bannister/The Natural History Photographic Agency
snake skulls
Skulls of representative poisonous snakes.
Drawing by M. Moran