The 5 Deadliest venomous Snakes Prepared by: M. Jafar Mohammadi Instructor: Haroon Amani
1. Inland Taipan 1.8m length/ 44-110mg/0.025mg / 100 fully grown men/ >80% according to the International Journal of Neuropharmacology , meaning just a teensy bit of its venom can kill prey (or human victims ) clay crevices of Queensland and South Australia's floodplains rarely comes into contact with humans Australian Museum reported. When the taipan does feel threatened, the snake coils its body into a tight S-shape before darting out A main ingredient of this venom, which sets it apart from other species, is the hyaluronidase enzyme ( potency of venom/local tissue damage
2. Coastal Taipan You could be bitten multiple times before becoming aware of the coastal taipan . 2m long/ 120-400mg/ 3mg for human According to the Australian Museum . When threatened, this snake, which lives in the wet forests of temperate and tropical coastal regions , will lift its whole body off the ground as it jumps fangs-first with extraordinary precision and injects venom into its enemy. Before 1956, when an effective antivenom was produced, this snake's bite was nearly always fatal, according to Australian Geographic . The snake's venom contains neurotoxins , which prevent nerve transmission.
Now it is time for the longest & Biggest venomous one
3. King Cobra The king cobra is the world's longest venomous snake, measuring up to 5.4 m , according to the Natural History Museum in London . 169-610mg /1.565mg The snake's impressive eyesight allows it to spot a moving person from nearly (100 m) away . Neurotoxin When threatened, a king cobra will use special ribs and muscles in its neck to flare out its "hood" or the skin around its head; these snakes can also lift their heads off the ground about a third of their body length.
Its claim to fame is not so much the potency of its venom, but rather the amount injected into victims: Each bite delivers about 7 milliliters of venom, and the snake tends to attack with three or four bites in quick succession, the Fresno Zoo reported . Even a single bite can kill a human in 15 minutes and an adult elephant in just a few hours, Sean Carroll, molecular biologist at the University of Maryland
4. Banded Krait The banded krait is a slow mover during the day and is much more likely to bite after dark . 1.8m /20-114mg / 1.5mg Distribution is mostly in Indo-China subregion The snake's venom can paralyze muscles and prevent the diaphragm from moving, according to a 2016 study published in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases . This stops air from entering the lungs, effectively resulting in suffocation.
Rattles
If your first thought when hearing the words “deadly snake” isn’t the king cobra, it’s likely the rattlesnake. 100-150mg for human It’s the largest snake in the United States and one of the largest snakes on the planet. W ith 2.5m length Eastern diamondback venom is powerful, and these snakes have a lot of it 410-848mg . The target is Blood But lucky for us, they’re great at hiding from humans. If they are disturbed, they give plenty of warning — loud hisses and a shake of those namesake rattles. 5. Eastern Diamondback