Can you believe it? The Australian desert raptor is the world's most venomous land snake, and venom extracted from a large snake that has been hungry for many days can poison 250,000 rats.
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What comes to mind first when you think of Australia?
The first thing that comes to mind is the bouncing kangaroo, in addition to that, there are koalas, koalas, koalas, etc.
But when you talk about poisonous snakes, you can't think of them, because human fear of snakes is so engraved in DNA that people don't want to think about it.
However, people overlook that the Australian venomous snake is the most venomous and variety in the world.
Great serpent
According to statistics, there are more than 100 species of land and sea snakes in Australia, and most of them are venomous.
Known as India's most poisonous Indian ring snake, it is the most poisonous of India's four poisonous snakes (round spotted viper, Indian cobra, saw-scale viper), and looks very similar to the most venomous snake on the mainland, the silver ring snake.
Indian ringed snake
The Indian ringed snake has a violent personality and has a strong snake-eating nature, and even the round-spotted viper is its prey. The lethality rate is extremely high, only 2 milligrams can kill an adult, and what is more terrifying is that the Indian ring snake has a huge amount of detoxification, which is as much as 3 times that of the mainland silver ring snake. If unfortunately bitten by this poisonous snake, the mortality rate without treatment reaches more than 80%.
But for Australia's venomous snakes, in order of toxicity, at least 10 of them are more venomous than the Indian cobra. The most formidable rattlesnake in North America barely made it into the top 20 in Australia.
rattlesnake
It is no exaggeration to say that the crown, sub-and third runner-up of the world's land venomous snakes are all in Australia, they are the Australian desert snake, the eastern brown snake and the great spotted snake.
Australian desert serpent
The desert snake, also known as the fine-scaled Taipan snake, is the most poisonous land snake species in the world, and it is said that the venom extracted from a large snake that has been hungry for many days can poison 25 rats!
It can be seen that the title of the world's first land poisonous snake is worthy of its name. It is 300 times more toxic than a rattlesnake, about 20 times more than a king eye-eyed snake, and requires less than 1 milligram of venom to kill an adult.
Great serpent
Although the venom of this venomous snake is poisonous, its body is small, and the adult large snake is only about 2 meters. However, because the snake only lives in the desert of central Australia, which is inaccessible to humans, it rarely hurts people. Although it is the most venomous snake on the surface, its popularity and harm are far less than that of the large spotted snake.
Great spotted snake
The large spotted snake is widely distributed in Australia, and its temper is more irritable, the adult large spotted snake is 2.5 meters to 3.3 meters long, good at attacking people, in addition to releasing venom, the most terrifying thing is that it can stand up to attack people, can bite people's heads, so this snake is more dangerous in the local area.
In 1979 in the town of Swilli in Queensland, Australia, a 4-year-old boy was attacked by a large spotted snake and died 10 minutes after being bitten by the snake, despite timely first aid measures.
Eastern brown snake
Although the eastern brown snake is not as poisonous as the desert snake, more than half of the snakebite deaths in Australia are related to the eastern brown snake, and an average of 4 people die from this poisonous snake every year.
Eastern brown snake
Such a high fatality rate is closely related to its living habits, the eastern brown snake is mainly distributed in the densely populated eastern coastal areas of Australia, they can easily control a variety of living environments, so that whether in the desert or the forest, you can see it.
The urban belt, in particular, is their favorite activity area. The most terrifying thing is that it can easily enter the home and hide in unknown places, such as shoes. In December 2021, people unexpectedly found a juvenile eastern brown snake hiding in a child's shoes, and if it were not found in time, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Eastern brown snake
Although the eastern brown snake has smaller fangs, they can continuously attack people, continuously release venom, and bite people without letting go. The eastern brown snake ranks second most toxic on the surface of the world, has a fierce temperament, and is extremely easy to attack people.
In addition, there are many highly toxic animals in Australia, such as poisonous bees, group attacks are particularly strong, an electrician accidentally touched the hive when overhauling the circuit, and in an instant, was besieged by dense poisonous bees, and later jumped into the swimming pool to escape, but died after 2 days in the hospital.
Australia's redback spiders and funnel nest spiders are also highly venomous animals.
Funnel nest spiders
Funnel nest spiders live only within a 160-kilometer radius of the Australian city of Sydney, and this spider male is 6 times more toxic than female, making it the most venomous spider in the world. Hot-tempered and extremely aggressive. This spider has a very dangerous habit for people, often in the night after heavy summer rains, quietly crawling into the house, hiding in people's clothes or shoes, so that people can not be prevented. If you are unfortunate enough to be bitten by this spider, you will soon die of poisoning, so the people there are especially wary of it.
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