And "Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra" shows an exquisite youth confronting a veritable umbrella stand of swaying, battle-ready snake heads dominated by a giant caped cobra in a landscape strewn with victims.

They are cold and he hisses like a yellow cobra when he speaks."

Here, in the Kalahari, a group of meerkats is angrily seeing off a deadly yellow cobra.

Also known as Sailor Dorgan and the Yellow Cobra, A Korean Night and A Night Ashore.

The Cape cobra (Naja nivea), also called the yellow cobra is a moderate-sized, highly venomous cobra inhabiting a wide variety of biomes across southern Africa including arid savanna, fynbos, bushveld, desert and semi-desert regions.

Naja nivea was first described by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

Cape Cobra (Naja nivea)

The Cape Cobra (Naja nivea) is a cobra inhabiting the regions of South Africa.

The Cape cobra (Naja nivea), also called the yellow cobra is a moderate-sized, highly venomous cobra inhabiting a wide variety of biomes across southern Africa including arid savanna, fynbos, bushveld, desert and semi-desert regions.