While speeding is not exactly the best thing to do when driving, getting spotted by a police radar is even worse. And in order to help drivers prevent this unfortunate event from happening, the Cobra company, a traditional manufacturer of radar detection solutions, has just announced a serious upgrade to its line of ... |
6 November 2008
06:20 GMT |
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Cobras are famous for their hood display, but some African species also because... they spit venom, like the black necked spitting cobra (Naja nigricollis) or ringed necked spitting cobras (Hemachatus hemachatus). They target the eyes and can spit with precision to a distance of 1.8 m (6 ft), but the venom can go eve... |
10 December 2007
02:51 GMT |
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1. When we think about venomous snakes, two species come first to our minds: rattlesnakes and cobras. The name "cobra" comes from Portuguese, meaning "snake" (like "culebra" in Spanish, "coluber" in Latin). The Portuguese were the first Europeans to open the marine pathway towards India around Africa and called these... |
7 November 2007
02:26 GMT |
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While driving at high speeds is not at all recommended (due to the fact that most serious accidents are caused by excess speed), there are certain situations in which any driver feels the need to "put the medal to the metal", but, quite often, the only things he/she can achieve by doing so are a few minutes of adrena... |
19 September 2007
07:56 GMT |
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