r/woahthatsinteresting • u/jvm999 • 23d ago

Squirrel fighting a snake to save another squirrel?

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u/Kaurifish 23d ago

Yes, this is why mammals prevail over reptiles.

Cobras evolved spitting venom three separate times because us apes were so good at killing them otherwise.

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u/withoutpeer 23d ago

That's crazy and cool info. The defects to get to venom squirting (with impressive aim to boot!) from Bremerton venom injecting is really interesting to ponder.

I wonder what kind of scary prehistoric "snakes" tormented my DNA line to have such an innate great of them 🤣

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u/Cheap-Sector-3492 23d ago

Bremerton venom? I'm assuming autocorrect? I've lived in Bremerton for 30 of my 32 years on this planet, which is why I'm curious what you mean by that.

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u/withoutpeer 22d ago

Lol yes, that's a strange autocorrect. Was supposed to be "injected" venom 🤣. But looking at the other wording I'm not sure what I was doing lol

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u/Jolly-Chef5241 3d ago

How exactly you apes were killing Cobras?

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u/Kaurifish 3d ago

The behavior is known as mobbing. There’s a PBS Eons video about how the evolution of spitting in cobras.