& that is when they are at its most lethal moment!
hmm..love to cuddle a K.I Tiger...lol

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Your development of emotions is very disturbing!

ah right I see what you mean, you have to be pretty unlucky for a snake to get a direct hit on a vein or artery fortunately, although it does happen, I know Bill Haast accidently injected venom directly into a vein I think it was Micrurus sp if I remember correctly.

ibites, No denying they are deadly, but just because they are deadliest on LD50 doesnt nessesarily mean they are going to be deadliest to humans.

I rememeber reading this a while ago on Dr Frys site, interesting article.
Australia's Venomous Snakes: The Modern Myth

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yeah you could, coz its none!

and oh my god, thank god someone has some sense at last. does my head in when people say that the most DEADLY snake in the world is the one that just bit you!
I am no expert on the matter but as far as i was aware. the fierce snake is the most lethal on the LD50 tests, and the saw scaled viper is the biggest killer due to its large geographical range, small size, good camouflage and willingness to defend itself by biting!

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na its not none, I read of a famous case from the 1950s of someone dieing so its not none, il see if I can find it.

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i didn't think the inland taipan was even discovered until quite recently

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na I could be wrong now I check, the guy was called Kevin Budden, but it was ages ago I read it and looking at it now it could of been a coastal taipan.

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Aye mate it was a coastal. It happened in a small town near Cairns.

David Williams' Australian Herpetology ONLINE - Kevin Budden

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Just been searching this & here's the data from Australian snake research..
Top 10 Deadlist snakes:Amount of venom needed or the likelihood of death or survival of an attack (In reverse order)

10)Death adder
9)Boomslang
Coral Snake
7)Viper
6)Beaked
5)Tiger
4) Taipan
3)Krait
2)Brown

And still at number 1

1)Fierce

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we do have the 10 deadliest!...
& all snakes deserve respect..no matter what the venom yield is!

yes Itbites........i thought my heart stopped!
when i found that out...incredible friend...would have been a tragic experience
...bah! media!!!

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