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The monocled cobra, aka monocellate cobra or Indian spitting cobra, can be found throughout south and southeast Asia. They are typically found dwelling in swamps, mangroves, paddy fields, grasslands, forests, shrublands, agricultural fields, villages, and even in cities. Even though they face the threats of hunting and trapping for their […]

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Cobras, in and of themselves, are dangerous enough. But the Indochinese spitting cobra adds that special element of surprise and danger to the mix; and not just the Indochinese cobras are potentially deadly. There are 20 known species of spitting cobra. 10 are found in Africa and 10 are found […]

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If you think you’ve seen these before… you have. They’re the most populated mammal in South America, the guanaco. These critters are the parent species of the domesticated llama. They inhabit the mountainous regions of Patagonia, in Argentina and Chile. The males have fierce and painful battles as described below. […]

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