Venomous Rinkhals or Ring-necked spitting cobra, not a true cobra 

This channels footage is absolutely gorgeous everytime! 🐍

Outstanding! Seems to me Rinkhals are an exemplar of convergent evolution. The spitting and hooding of true cobras, the keeled scales of many aquatic frog/fish eaters, the play-dead act broadly distributed among species, and to me the most profound, is the similarity to the Eastern Hognose snake of North America. That species shares, diet, play-dead, hooding, and keeled scales, and an upturned snout, albeit that feature is subtle in Rinkhals. Put all that together with the snakes beauty and the spectacular habitat it thrives in, and that makes it my favorite snake! :)

Thanks again for this nice video. You are the best snake channel.

Such a cool snake. And definitely one of the best actors in the animal kingdom.

Stunning film work as always. I ❤ these snakes. So beautiful and at the same time a bit comical (but dangerous). Funny to watch how they play dead and also when they look like they’re almost falling over when they spit. So many differences in how the individual snakes are coloured. One of my very favorite species.

Easily my favorite cobra species even though they aren’t true cobras. I just love their color and patterns. The best reptile species seem to all come from Africa definitely my top favorite place in the world. Thanks for sharing this video definitely enjoyed watching and learning few new things. Keep up the great work just stay safe and have fun you two 🙋‍♂️✌️

Love the way you guys have captured

Awesome video. Beautiful snake. The banded variant resembles the “Western Barred Spitting Cobra” (Naja nigricincta nigricincta) from southwest Angola and northern Namibia.

Epic video and superb footage! Nice job guys 👌🏼👌🏼

What a striking looking snake!

Beautiful and charismatic animal.

looks amazing

Fascinating video, really enjoyed finding out about a snake I'd not heard of before

The rinkhals are dangerous but hilarious because of the way they play dead. Another great video that explained the many differences between the rinkhals and true cobra.

I LOVE WATCHING AND THE EDUCATION THAT YOU BEGIN IS AMAZING, BECOMING A MEMBER SOON. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO.

haven't seen your videos in awhile. have you done anymore with the American Cotton Mouth? they are my favorite snake of all.

Ty! Did you see the video of the man getting bit by a Twig Snake recently?

I know about this snake.its a good actor.,Am i right?😊...this snake is my childhood memory...And i love this snake❤🐍

Amazing research analysis.

Another excellent video. Thank you.

Your video footage to show this magnificent creature is absolutely stinning.

So cool! How do you do it? Incredible pics!

Alwaya love a good Rinkhals ! Perhaps a "proto cobra?"

Always loved this species. I recently went herping on a trip to Singapore and found Multiple Blue coral snakes. You guys should totally film that species!

Another amazing Video! thank you again, their antics were hilarious the clowns of the snake world for sure

Very beautiful snake... dazzling warning colouration; especially with the orange red on black. Interesting how it slithers with its hood still out

Please turn down the Hadeda sound channel 😂 - it gives me PTSD.

As i have said before i am not a big fan of snakes but i have always found this specie's to be my favorite. They have a mystery behind them and i love how black their heads and eyes are even seen one of you all reflection from its eyes. You dont have to like or love snakes to admire and respect them and if you really think about it most encounters with snakes are our own fault taken their habitat away to the point they have no choice but to live nears us. Remember if you like snakes or not there's no need to mess with or kill them just like us they want to be left alone and go about their day and do the job they were born to do. As always a great documentary would love to see your work on some kind of streaming platform you all deserve for your work to been seen by millions and educate future generations.

Thanks for featuring this most interesting snake - and explaining why it isn't a true cobra...such a unique species

absolutely stunning 🤩

Absolutely stunningly beautiful species of snake. I have suddenly become very fascinated with this breed.

Thank you great information on Rinkhals I always thought it was a species of cobra

Might have less toxic venom! But what a strikingly beautiful specimen from God!

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Just awesome ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

My computer screen is as close as I want to get!

Beautiful species !

You ppl call it "A ring necked spitting Cobra", while at the same time you deny that it belongs to the Cobra family, so how do trust you if I may ask just in good faith?

Beautiful snake.

amazing

Certain specimens are amongst the most colourful elapid like the african Aspidelaps lubircus, the Naja pallida and the gold variation of Naja nivea.

What an amazing serpent, 🤘

They also emit a rather nauseous stink when they play dead...it takes weeks to get that smell out of your nostrils...

Beautiful cobra ❤

is this beautiful Cobra 🐍 ❤

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The bird in background sounds like a peacock but I know we don't have peacocks that are wild in africa 😮 Or is it a jackdaw

Quite a striking "death noodle". Just like King Cobras, who are also not true cobras but a species unto themselves. May look funny when they spit venom but I'll pass on a spitting contest with one. Are they as accurate as true spitting cobras? Or do they spit and then say, "missed you by that much!"

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I grew up in South Africa and the part about them not being a true cobra is nonsense. They are a variety of Spitting Cobra. I do not understand how anyone can say that they are not. They have the hood and they spit venom.

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Dead machine

Rinkhals is not a Cobra. Get your facts right ot go home😢

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