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Target tracking during venom ‘spitting’ by cobras

Spitting cobras, which defend themselves by streaming venom towards the face and/or eyes of a predator, must be highly accurate because the venom they spit is only an effective deterrent if it lands on the predator's cornea. Several factors make this level of accuracy difficult to achieve; the...

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Autori principali: Westhoff, Guido, Boetig, Melissa, Bleckmann, Horst, Young, Bruce A.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Company of Biologists 2010
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2871007/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20472765
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.037135
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