Sure aint wrong there buddy....

__________________
My field is with apex predators, hence your crocodiles, your snakes, your spiders. -Steve Irwin

It's a completely academic point with no "realworld" relevance. It's akin to saying "what's more deadly, a .357 to the head or a 9mm to the head? "They're both going to kill you. As previously pointed out, the most deadly snake is the one that just bit you, because in order for it to have any chance of harming you, it has to bite you first

__________________
Why can't anyone call me "sir" without adding "will you please leave" ?

My Reptiles1.1.0 Corallus caninus (Northern variant) 1.1.0 Boiga dendrophila dendrophila 1.0.0 Bitis gabonica gabonica [option 0.1.0 Trimeresurus trigonocephalus [/option]1.0.1 Morelia viridis (Wamena & Biak) 3.0.0 Furcifer pardalis (2 Ambilobe, 1 Nosy be) 1.0.0 Gecko gecko

My Amphibians2.2.0 Litoria caerulea 1.1.0 Kaloula pulchra

My Inverts0.0.1 Heterometrus longimanus

Others0.1.0 cats 1.0.0 son (very expensive to keep)

Agreed, the deadliest snake to you is the ones you keep or see on a regular basis, my 2 corns and my royal have more chance of killing me Because when am i gonna stumble across a mamba or taipan.

Well going sri lanka next year so the russels viper is a possibility

__________________
0.1 Perfect partner - Katie
1.0 Carolina Corn - Kazza - R.I.P little guy
1.0 Anery corn - Trigger
0.0.1 Snow corn - Marlene
1.0 Normal Royal - Boycie
0.0.2 Cumberland Slider - Rodney and Del
0.1 Alsation - Sasha
0.1 Labrador - Jess

Not really....

I think you've mis-interpreted the often heard statement "the most dangerous snake is the one that just bit you".

__________________
I keep Green Tree Pythons, Emerald Tree Boas, Black-Head Pythons, Woma Pythons, Irian Jaya Pythons, Royal Pythons, Leopard Geckos and dart frogs.

Got to be the Inland Taipan ,anoff venom from 1 bit to kill 1oo people...
RemeNber seeing Steve Irwin kissing one before it had warmed up "NUTTER"

__________________
My Reps! ROYAL PYTHON(STEVE) 1.0.0 BLOOD PYTHONS 1.2.0 VARIABLE KING 0.1.0 BANDED CALI KING 0.0.1 ALBINO CALI KING(PETE) 0.1.0

RFUK.MEMBER 10314

No snake is dangerous/deadly......................until it bites you, then fang length, venom yield, venom toxicity, proximity to medical help, availability of antivenin all start to take on some relevance. I'm not worried about Russell's vipers, mambas, kraits etc, because I don't encounter them. If you want comparative figures, use the LD50 table, but remember that it was based upon mice, not people. Bottom line is the most deadly snake in the world is the one that kills the most people. In that event the title should go the either the Russell's Viper or the Saw-Scaled viper

__________________
Why can't anyone call me "sir" without adding "will you please leave" ?

My Reptiles1.1.0 Corallus caninus (Northern variant) 1.1.0 Boiga dendrophila dendrophila 1.0.0 Bitis gabonica gabonica [option 0.1.0 Trimeresurus trigonocephalus [/option]1.0.1 Morelia viridis (Wamena & Biak) 3.0.0 Furcifer pardalis (2 Ambilobe, 1 Nosy be) 1.0.0 Gecko gecko

My Amphibians2.2.0 Litoria caerulea 1.1.0 Kaloula pulchra

My Inverts0.0.1 Heterometrus longimanus

Others0.1.0 cats 1.0.0 son (very expensive to keep)

__________________
Your development of emotions is very disturbing!

they have killed so few people though, I heard of one person that survived a serious bite from one, with no anti venom at all.

__________________

well,they also have to bite straight into a vein...!

i do believe that the Death adder is up their being that the venom doesnt need to be straight into the blood stream...but it seeps through your body attaching to the bodies liquids to spread...then paralyzing the muscles...
hmm,were is my friend to correct me?

__________________

a snake doesnt have to get you in a vein but if it does thats when death is extremely quick a matter of minutes not hours.

__________________