When it comes to venomous snakes, most people's first reaction is the king cobra, after all, this guy's reputation is too loud. But when it comes to the strength of the poison, it is still necessary to count the fine scales and climb the snake. In front of it, the king cobra was just a younger brother.
The slender-scaled Taipan snake, also known as the inland Taipan snake, is a venomous snake unique to central Australia. According to records, its shape is smaller than the ordinary Taipan snake, the adult snake is only about 2 meters, the poisonous fangs are 7.0 to 13.0 mm long, with strong toxicity, is a veritable king snake. The toxicity that established its king status is even more deadly, and the venom discharged by each bite is enough to kill 100 adults and 250,000 mice, which is equivalent to 20 times the king cobra and 300 times that of the rattlesnake.
The inland Taipan snake is the fastest snake to attack continuously, and its deadly venom makes the inland Taipan snake attack different from other snakes. When the general snake attacks, it will bite the prey and then inject the venom, and it will immediately retreat after taking a bite, and directly wait until the prey falls down before coming forward to eat it.
Inland Taipan Snake: That's confidence.
At this time, some friends wondered, this snake is so poisonous, what if it appears in the human living area?
Fortunately, they live in areas such as grasslands and deserts, where they live and have little contact with people. It generally feeds on frogs and small rodents, and has a more docile temperament, so as long as it is not actively provocative, it rarely actively attacks large animals.
Of course, if it is really unfortunate to encounter and be bitten. Be sure to press tightly with a bandage in time and stand still, so that you can hold on for several hours and wait for rescue; But if it is simply bandaged, it will kill you within 45 minutes.
About the inland Taipan snake said this, we will see you in the next issue!