Why do king cobras spit poison?

Answer 1

no way.. king cobra are the largest venomous snakes, they are specalised in preying on other snakes and are immune to the other snakes' venom.

In addition to that all snakes have a transparent cover on their eyes so the spitter's venom wont blind the king cobra.

in a battle b/w a king cobra and and the spitting cobra, king cobra will easily kill and devour the spitter...

Answer 2

First, King Cobras do not 'spit' venom.

There are several species of 'Spitting Cobras' that can spray (not spit) deadly venom from holes on the front of their fangs up to about 6 feet or so. The venom is harmless if it hits healthy skin, but in the eyes it causes excruciating pain and a quick death if there is no antivenin available to inject in the victim.

Marlin Perkins, head of the St Lous zoo was thus attacked, and only lived because the zoo workers had a supply of antivenin close at hand.

To answer your question, spitting cobras spray venom to protect themselves from predators.

Answer 3

no, the king cobra is the largest and most dangerous of all the cobras but it does not spit venom and it is not classified as a spitting cobra.

Answer 4

Some of them are known to because it serves as a warning to the prey/predator, some spitting snakes even have venom in their spit to blind others.

Answer 5

No. They smell using their tongue.

Answer 6

No.