Wild Things: Life as We Know It
Wolves, hibernating animals, spitting cobras and more
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A Wolf In Dog's Clothing
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Proto Whale
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How Fish Recycle
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Sleep It Off
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Observed
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Evil Eye: They spit a blinding venom at prey up to six feet away.
Bull's Eye: In a study of spitting accuracy, one species hit its target 80 percent of the time and another never missed.
Snake Eyes? Sure, a cobra can see its prey's face, but the key lies in the snake's neck, according to a new study out of the University of Bonn in Germany. A striking snake shakes and twists its head, dispersing venom in a pattern that makes the drops almost impossible to avoid. The researchers, though, worked behind glass.