6883. Black spitting cobra (Naja sumatrana)

 

 Create a video prompt. Vertical 9:16. A HIGHLY VENOMOUS BLACK SPITTING COBRA (image)  - glides towards Grandpa David Sing, across the short grass of the forest path beside the Seletar Simpang Kiri River. 

Grandpa David Sing, Chinese, 76 years, tall, bespectacled, grey hair, YELLOW polo shirt, black long pants, white shoes, Canon R5 camera with zoom lens shows his granddaughter Ya Ya the black spitting cobra gliding towards him from a distance. The cobra stands erect, expands its hood, hiss loudly in a defensive posture. Grandpa says: "Spitting Cobra. Stay more than 3 metres away. Do not provoke or corner it!

 Ya Ya, 7 years old, Chinese, double pleated hair, wears white floral polo tee, dark black pants, white shoes in the RIVER BANK AREA (IMAGE) with grandpa for wildlife photography. 

 

TEXT OVERLAY: "Ya Ya, This black spitting cobra can spit venom accurately up to 2.4 metres towards a target's eye. Stay more than 3 m away. Do not provoke it. 

 

SINGAPORE - 25 SEP 2026: 11.12 am. The highly venomous adult Black Spitting Cobra, also known as the Equatorial Spitting Cobra (Naja sumatrana) glides along the bank of the Seletar Simpang Kiri River, off Yio Chu Kang Crescent forest. It has a glossy, jet black scales and a stout body. It can raise its forebody and spit venom accurately up to 2.4 metres towards a target's eyes. Native to Singapore's parks, drains and urban gardens where it hunts rodents and amphibians.  

When threatened, the cobra stands erect, expand its hood, hiss loudly as a defensive posture. It spits venom when cornered or provoked. 

Left alone in their natural habitat. It can raise its forebody and spit venom accurately up to 2.4 metres towards a target's eyes. Keep your distance. Stay at least 3 metres away if you see one. Do not provoke it.