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    The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) is one of the most venomous species of snakes in North Africa, and has bitten many humans. It averages roughly 1.4 metres...
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    pronunciation: [οὐραῖος] ; Egyptian: jꜥrt, "rearing cobra", plural: Uraei) is the stylized, upright form of an Egyptian cobra, used as a symbol of sovereignty...
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    snouted cobra (Naja annulifera), also called the banded Egyptian cobra, is a highly venomous species of cobra found in Southern Africa. The snouted cobra is...
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    imply that envenomation actually occurred. The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) is another species of cobra that causes a significant number of bites and human...
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    Naja (redirect from Aquatic cobra)
    commonly known as cobras (or "true cobras"). Members of the genus Naja are the most widespread and the most widely recognized as "true" cobras. Various species...
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  • other People affiliates. The Egyptian Cobras formed in the year 1954 on Chicago's west side. The founder of the Egyptian Cobras was James Cogwell. During...
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    Asp (snake) (category Ancient Egypt)
    is now known as the Egyptian cobra. Throughout dynastic and Roman Egypt, the asp was a symbol of royalty. Moreover, in both Egypt and Greece, its potent...
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    nonspitting cobras - Cape cobra (N. nivea), Egyptian cobra (N. haje), snouted cobra (N. annulifera), Anchieta's cobra (N. anchietae), Arabian cobra (N. arabica)...
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    much more frequently encountered in the open at daytime. Unlike the Egyptian Cobra, this species prefers localities near water, to which it will readily...
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    Cobra maneuver / Dynamic deceleration In aerobatics, the cobra maneuver (or just the cobra), also called dynamic deceleration, among other names (see Etymology)...
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    Pschent (category Egyptian artefact types)
    It bore two animal emblems: an Egyptian cobra, known as the uraeus, ready to strike, which symbolized the Lower Egyptian goddess Wadjet; and a vulture...
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    Wadjet (category Articles containing Ancient Egyptian-language text)
    depicted wearing the Red Crown of Lower Egypt. Wadjet was depicted many times in her cobra form alongside her Upper Egyptian counterpart Nekhbet, in her vulture...
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    Death of Cleopatra (category 1st century BC in Egypt)
    According to popular belief, Cleopatra killed herself by allowing an asp (Egyptian cobra) to bite her, but according to the Roman-era writers Strabo, Plutarch...
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  • in West Africa. This species was long thought to be identical to the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje), but morphological and genetic differences have led to its...
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    with the snouted cobra (N. haje annulifera), Anchieta's cobra (N. haje anchietae) was formerly regarded as subspecies of the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje), but...
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    Egyptian and Greek polytheistic faiths. She oversaw the construction of various temples to Egyptian and Greek gods, a synagogue for the Jews in Egypt...
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    "cobra”. The specific epithet arabica means “of Arabia” or “Arabic”. This species, Naja arabica, had long been considered a subspecies of the Egyptian...
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  • Cape cobra Caspian cobra Chinese cobra Cobra de capello Congo water cobra Common cobra Eastern water cobra Egyptian cobra Equatorial spitting cobra False...
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    The forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca), also commonly called the black cobra and the black and white-lipped cobra, is a species of highly venomous snake...
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  • camouflage. Elapidae include the black-necked spitting cobra, the Egyptian cobra and the Mali cobra. Atractaspidinae are a family of small, inoffensive snakes...
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  • In July 2018, he was bitten by an Egyptian cobra while preparing for a show in Turkey. He was evacuated to Egypt for treatment with the anti-venom, and...
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  • the Sahara desert Cerastes vipera, a viper found in the Sahara desert Egyptian cobra, a venomous snake found in North Africa and parts of the Middle East...
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    spitting cobra or Egyptian spitting cobra (Naja nubiae) is a species of spitting cobra native to Africa. A relatively small spitting cobra. Maximum recorded...
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    Meretseger (category Articles containing Ancient Egyptian-language text)
    Meretseger (also known as Mersegrit' or Mertseger) was a Theban cobra-goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, in charge with guarding and protecting the vast...
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    FX original series Archer. He also provided the voice of Ushari the Egyptian Cobra in The Lion Guard. He also made a short film for HP called The Wolf...
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  • (and later was absorbed by) their primal snake goddess Wadjet, the Egyptian cobra, who from the earliest of records was the patron and protector of the...
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    and may well have been confused with other cobra species by their similar appearance. The Egyptian cobra lives in the desert and was employed as a symbol...
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    Snake charming (category Culture of Egypt)
    Snake charming is the practice of appearing to hypnotize a snake (often a cobra) by playing and waving around an instrument called a pungi. A typical performance...
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    Hieracon. His gimmick is an anthropomorphic Egyptian cobra, which is reflected in his in-ring gear and cobra head mask as well as his mannerisms and speech...
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    a number of snake species, including carpet viper, puff adder, and Egyptian cobra populations along with hippopotamus, Senegal parrot, and grey-headed...
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