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The AC Cobra (known in the USA as the Shelby Cobra and the Ford Cobra) was a British sports car built between 1962 and 1968. The AC Cobra resulted after the Texan racer, Carroll Shelby, approached AC Cars with an idea for fitting a 4.2 litre Ford V-eight engine into the light AC Ace sports car to make a competition racing car. The AC Cobra was produced with various engines between 4261 and 6997 cc capacity with power between 164 and 490 bhp providing a top speed of between 218 and 290 kmh. In 1967 the AC Cobra with seven-litre engine, won the record as the fastest accelerating production car, reaching 0-60 mph in 4.2 seconds.
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A uraeus was a representation of a sacred asp or African hooded cobra, worn on the head-dress of ancient Egyptian royalty. The emblem migrated to Phoenicia, and is also found in Mexico and India.
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The Asp, or Aspic (Naja, or Vipera haje) is a species of viper found in Egypt, resembling the cobra da capello or spectacle-serpent of the East Indies, and having a very venomous bite. When approached or disturbed it elevates its head and body, swells out its neck, and appears to stand erect to attack the aggressor. Hence the ancient Egyptians believed that the asps were guardians of the spots they inhabited, and the figure of this Asp, from ancient reptile was adopted as Egyptian monument. an emblem of the protecting genius of the world. The balancing motions made by it in the endeavour to maintain the erect attitude have led to the employment of the asp as a dancing Serpent by the African jugglers. The deaf adder that stoppeth her ear of Psalm LVIII. 4, 5 is translated asp in the margin, and seems to have been this species. Cleopatra is said to have committed suicide by means of an asp's bite, but the incident is generally associated with the Cerastes or horned viper, not with the haje. The name asp is also given to a viper (Vipera aspis) common on the continent of Europe.
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The black snake (Coluber constrictor) is a common non-venomous snake found in the USA. It is about five feet long and is so agile it was nicknamed the Racer. It feeds on small animals and birds and was used for catching rats. In Australia the black snake is a popular name for Pseudechis porphyriacus, a highly poisonous species allied to the cobra.
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The cobra is a venomous snake found in Africa and south Asia.
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Elapidae is the Cobra, Mamba and Krait family of reptiles of the sub-order Serpentes (Snakes). The family has about fifty genera and 200 species, all venomous distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics, particularly in Australia. Most of the members range in length between 30 and 100 centimetres, with the King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) reaching 5.6 metres in length. Generally the members are slender and typically the upper side of the head is covered with large scales. The species all possess a pair of relatively-short fixed proteroglyph fangs at the front of the upper jaw. Members of the family are either terrestrial, arboreal or semi-aquatic.
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Elaps is a genus of poisonous snakes, the type of the family Elapidae, to which belongs the cobra di capello.
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The taipan is a type of small headed cobra.
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In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet (Sakhmet) was consort of Ptah and daughter of Ra. She was lion headed and carried a fire spitting Cobra. Fire arrows darted from her eyes, she breathed flames and the parching desert winds radiated from her body.
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The Bolkow Bo 810 Cobra was a German small wire-guided anti-tank missile used by NATO forces during the mid-1960's. The Bolkow Bo 810 Cobra was a small weapon capable of being carried and deployed by one soldier. The Bolkow Bo 810 Cobra was armed with a 2.5 kg hollow-charge warhead capable of penetrating 475 mm of armour at ranges between 400 metres and 1600 meters, and had a top speed of 306 kmh. Later models increased the range to 2000 metres and could penetrate 500 mm of armour.
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