Snakes are creatures that almost everyone is afraid of, there are many types of snakes, some snakes are poisonous, some snakes are not poisonous, so, do you know what poisonous snakes are in the world? Let's take a look at what are the top ten poisonous snakes in the world.
1. Fine-scaled taipan snake
Fine-scaled snake
Fine-scaled Taipan snake, commonly known as inland taipan snake, formerly known as inland shield sharp-nosed snake, and desert fierce snake, fierce taipan snake, large spotted snake and other aliases. It is the world's most toxic terrestrial snake species, a venom can kill 200,000 rats, distributed in and near the Victoria Desert in central Australia, the fine-scaled Taipan snake is shy by nature, and when defending, the body will leave the ground.
2. Black mamba
Black mamba
Black Mamba: The inside of the black mamba's mouth is black and can be clearly seen when the mouth is wide open. The anterior end of the palate can be cocked upwards when attacked, allowing its fangs to pierce objects close to the plane. It belongs to the anterior groove tooth viper, and the venom is nerve poison and is extremely toxic.
3. The Bab Asia-Pacific Climbing Snake
Babu Asia-Pacific Climbing Snake
The Babu Asia-Pacific climbing snake is mainly distributed in the island of Papua New Guinea in Australia, although its attack power is weak, but its toxicity is very strong, it releases the most venom in the Taipan snake, but its personality is more docile, as long as it does not provoke it, it will not be attacked.
4. Brown Iao snake
Brown Iao snake
The Brown Iao snake is Australia's largest venomous snake and ranks among the top three venomous snakes in the world. Once threatened, the brown Iao snake flattens the narrow neck folds and raises the front of its body before attacking.
5. Duchenne sword-tailed sea snake
Duchenne sword-tailed sea serpent
The Duchenne sword-tailed sea snake is a highly venomous genus of sword-tailed sea snakes found in the northern, eastern and western coasts including Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and Australia, extending westward to the Coral Sea, the Sea of Arafura, the Timor Sea and the Indian Ocean. They are neutral and aggressive and only attack when threatened by external factors. The Duchenne Sword-tailed Sea Snake is a highly venomous sea snake.
- Split-cheeked sea snake
Split-cheeked sea snake
The split-cheeked sea snake is a venomous snake that lives in seawater all its life. The split-cheeked sea snake has its nostrils facing upwards, has valves that open and close, and after inhaling air, it can close its nostrils and dive underwater for up to 10 minutes. The split-cheeked sea snake is a subfamily of the snake family Cobras. Similar to the cobra subfamily, they are venomous snakes with anterior grooval teeth.
7. Belcher sea serpent
Belcher sea serpent
The Belcher sea snake is a venomous snake in the suborder Cobra family.
8. Eastern Cobra
Eastern Cobra
The eastern cobra is a venomous reptile that inhabits Australia and New Guinea and is the second most venomous snake in the world.
9. Blue and gold ringed snake
Blue-gold ringed snake
The blue-gold ring snake is the most poisonous one among the ring snakes, mainly distributed in Southeast Asia and Indonesia, and its toxicity is also very deadly, and it is one of the world's top ten poisonous snakes.
10. King Cobra
king cobra
The king cobra is one of the most dangerous snakes in the world, the longest venomous snake in the world, mainly inhabiting Indonesia, the Philippines, India and other areas, and will die within half an hour after being bitten. Because the king eyed snake will eat all kinds of snakes and its own kind, it is called "snake star" and is in the top ten of the most poisonous animals in the world.