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Dallas Zoo Shares Video Of Latest Babies Hatching: Spitting Cobras!

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The Dallas Zoo is introducing some baby snakes!... 32 of them from two adult females.

The zoo on Wednesday shared video of its recently-hatched very first "clutch of western barred spitting cobras."

Spitting cobras hatch
Spitting cobras hatch (courtesy: Dallas Zoo)

They are also called zebra spitting cobras because of their black/white coloration.

These snakes are native to Namibia/southern Africa.

Spitting cobras hatch
Spitting cobras hatch (courtesy: Dallas Zoo)

When threatened, they can spit their venom up to 7 feet away and tend to aim it at the eyes of their predator.

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