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Cape cobra
Cape cobra (Naja nivea) reared up in a threat posture. It has expanded the hood around its neck to indicate its readiness to strike. This snake, measuring up to two metres in length, is a highly venomous predator of rodents, birds and small reptiles. It may climb trees in the morning and evening to search for prey, which it paralyses and kills with a potent neurotoxin. It has the most toxic venom of the African cobras and is fatal to humans. N. nivea inhabits dry regions and lives in rodent burrows, disused termite mounds or rock crevices. Photographed in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa.
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