Definitely the spitting cobra.
They are poisonous snakes from 1.10 to 2.20 m long and as the name suggests they are able to spit the poison aiming at the eyes of the predator.
Its poison is cytotoxic (that is, it destroys the cells with which it comes into contact) but it also contains neurotoxins and cardiotoxins. It can be sprayed up to three meters away with precision.
The poison in contact with the eyes causes severe pain or burning and causes blindness and affects the nervous system.
Its bite instead causes nausea, headaches up to convulsions and collapse.
The spitting cobra "spits" the poison only to defend itself, to hunt it bites and injects the poison into the prey like all snakes.
It lives in Africa and can be found in 2 species: the red spitting cobra and the black-necked spitting cobra
Red spitting cobra (images taken from Google)
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