A study of spitting cobra venom was published in the journal Science in January 2021.
Notes on verification
Publication details confirmed by the official Science journal page and multiple independent institutional sources (Cornell, EurekAlert, Bangor, Leiden), matching exact date and citation. [cascade flags: aggregator_dropped_primary_exists | tier=silver indep_score=1.0 clusters=2 claim_tier=everyday | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- Spitting Cobra venom reveals how evolution often finds the same answer to a common problem | ScienceDaily (seed:animals_and_wildlife)
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abb9303 (corroboration)
- https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/01/study-did-cobras-first-spit-venom-scare-pre-humans (corroboration)