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The Most Venomous Snakes In The World
Creature which can strike fear into the hearts of the toughest men and women, the snake. The vast majority of snakes aren’t venomous and they are quite often shy and don’t like humans but there are still plenty which are harmful to humans and quite a lot of the worst are native to Australia. Which snake species is the most venomous depends on the measure used.
The average or the maximum venom yield from milking could be suggested, but these measures can be criticised as not reflecting the impact of a real bite. The measure generally acknowledged as best reflecting how dangerous a snake’s venom is is that of LD50. The lower this number, the less venom is required to cause death. This is a list of the most venomous snakes in the world. Sources here.
10. Australian Copperhead
The copperhead snake is limited to Victoria, Tasmania, the highlands of New South Wales and possibly the southern parts of South Australia their favoured habitat is near water. They are shy and retiring by nature, and prefer to escape rather than fight where escape is possible, and their venom is, by Australian standards, only moderately toxic (equal on a per-mg basis to that of the Indian cobra). Nevertheless, they deliver a substantial quantity of venom, and a copperhead bite left untreated can easily kill a healthy adult human.
9. Spotted Brown Snake
The spotted brown snake is another native Australian snake and in the same family as the other brown snakes( see further down the list). A distinctive snake but not overly aggressive and doesn’t normally use the venom it produces to attack favouring a dry bite.
8. Gwardar
The Gwardar or western brown snake is distributed over most of Australia, with the exception of eastern New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. Its range overlaps that of the eastern brown snake. Mostly active during the day, the Gwardar is said to be less aggressive than its eastern counterpart.
7. Death Adder
Arguably the best name for a snake the death adder is generally quite short in length yet broad with a triangular shaped head. The common death adder occurs over much of eastern and coastal southern Australia – Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
6. Beaked Sea Snake
Commonly known as the beaked sea snake, hook-nosed sea snake, common sea snake, or the Valakadyn sea snake, is a highly venomous species of sea snake common throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific. This species is implicated in more than 50% of all bites caused by sea snakes, as well as the majority of fatalities.
5.Black Tiger Snake
The Black Tiger Snake also known as the The Chappell Island tiger snake. It has a blunt head distinct from a robust body. The giant of the tiger snakes species, it averages 1.9 m (over 6 ft) in length.
4. Tiger Snake
The Tiger Snake is another native to Australia a rather scary looking snake that contains a venom that if untreated the mortaility rate is between 50-60%.
3. Coastal Taipan
The Coastal Taipan or Common Taipan is a large, highly venomous snake. It is native to the coastal regions of northern and eastern Australia and the island of New Guinea.
2. Eastern Brown Snake
Whilst the eastern brown snake is highly venomous it generally will dry bite as it’s defense and they can be quite aggressive when provoked. It’s Natural habitat is Australia.
1.The Inland Taipan
The inland Taipan, or fierce snake, has the most toxic venom of any snake world-wide. It lives in Australia and contains enough venom to kill 250,000 mice or 100 full grown adults, in spite of the name, the inland Taipan is not known to be more aggressive than any other snake.
