Axel Gomille / Indian / Asian / Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja) raising its hood in a threat display. Karnataka, India.

Pete Oxford / Snake charmer's Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) and African puff-adder (Bitis arietans arietans) Djemaa el-Fna (the square), Marrakech, Morocco, June 2009

Tony Phelps / Male Cape cobra snake (Naja nivea) dark speckled variety, De Hoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Cape Cobra (Naja nivea) juvenile defensive hooding, Little Karoo, South Africa

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Central asian cobra {Naja oxiana} with head raised, Turkmenistan

Mary McDonald / Cape cobra (Naja nivea) hood raised - captive NHU Programme Publicity Dragons Alive (Feb 04)

Mary McDonald / King cobra juvenile. Captive.

Mary McDonald / Snake charmer's Spectacled cobra coming out of basket, India

Mary McDonald / Spectacled cobra coming out of basket, India

Jabruson / Milking venom from Spectacled cobra {Naja naja kaouthia} Bangkok, Thailand. Used for anti-venom production. Snake bites onto glass plate and ejects venom.

Jabruson / King cobra in strike pose {Ophiophagus hannah} Bangkok, Thailand at Quenn Saovabha mem institute and snake farm

Michael Richards / John Downer / Spitting cobra sprays twin jets of venom with deadly accuracy at eyes of attacker (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)