Belcher’s Sea Snake


According to many experts, the Belcher’s sea snake’s venom is about a hundred times more toxic than any other snake’s in the world.

Just to give you an idea how toxic, one drop of venom from a King Cobra is powerful enough to kill well over 150 people, while only a few milligrams of the Belcher’s sea snake’s venom can kill over one thousand people.

The good thing is that this snake is considered to be very timid and would take a lot of provoking to get it to bite you.



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Inland Taipan


The impressive thing about this snake isn’t just how venomous it is but how fast it bites. It usually kills its prey with a series of rapid accurate strikes, with which it manages to inject its extremely toxic venom deep into the rodent. Its venom is unequaled in toxicity among any snake anywhere in the world.

Philippine Cobra


Among all cobra species, toxicology experts claim the Philippine cobra possibly possesses the most toxic venom.

One bite from this deadly spitting cobra can kill a human within a half hour. Its venom has the deadly ability to interrupt the transmission of nerve signals and to cripple respiratory systems, a fact that makes it one of the deadliest and most venomous snakes in the world.

Death Adder


The common death adder is a species of death adder native to Australia. It is one of the most venomous land snakes in Australia and globally. Unlike other snakes, the common death adder lies in wait for its prey—often for many days—until a meal passes.

It covers itself with leaves like a commando, and when its prey approaches, the death adder quickly strikes, injecting its venom, and then waits for the victim to die before eating it.

Eastern Brown Snake

This snake is considered the world’s second most venomous land snake based on its LD50 value (a measure of the lethal dose of a toxin) in mice. It is native to Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia, where it has often spread deadly terror to human beings

Tiger Snake

Native to Australia, tiger snakes have a truly fearsome reputation all over the country, where they are considered some of the most dangerous predators of human beings. This species is much maligned because of its aggressive nature and toxic venom; however, the tiger snake should be recognized as a great survivor, superbly adapted to some of the most inhospitable environments in Australia.

Black Mamba

Black mambas are fast, nervous, lethally venomous, and when threatened, highly aggressive. They have been blamed for numerous human deaths, and African myths exaggerate their capabilities to legendary proportions. For these reasons, the black mamba is widely considered the world’s deadliest snake

Indian Cobra


Arguably the most popular snake in the world, this highly venomous snake feeds on rodents, lizards, and frogs. As well as biting, the Indian cobra can attack or defend itself from a distance by “spitting” venom, which, if it enters the opponent’s eyes, causes severe pain and damage.

Rattle Snake

Even though rattlesnake bites are rarely fatal to humans when given proper medical treatment (including antivenin), its bites are some of the most frequent among all snakes. The greatest concentration of them is in the Southwest and northern Mexico, while Arizona is home to thirteen species of rattler, more than any other state

Saw-Scaled Viper


Saw-scaled vipers are small but their irritability, aggressive nature, and lethal venom make them very dangerous. They are usually quick to strike and mortality rates for those bitten are high. In the regions where they live (Africa, Arabia, Southwest Asia), it is believed that saw-scaled vipers are responsible for more human deaths than all other snake species combined.

Coral Snake


A bite from the notoriously venomous eastern coral snake at first seems anticlimactic. There is little or no pain or swelling, and other symptoms can be delayed for twelve hours.

However, if untreated by antivenin, the neurotoxin begins to disrupt the connections between the brain and the muscles, causing slurred speech, double vision, and muscular paralysis, eventually ending in respiratory or cardiac failure

Boomslang


Many venomous members of the family Colubridae—to which the boomslang belongs—are harmless to humans because of small venom glands and inefficient fangs. However, the boomslang is a notable exception in that it has a highly potent venom, which it delivers through large fangs located at the back of its jaw.

Boomslangs are able to open their jaws up to 170° when biting, releasing bigger amounts of venom, which usually kills the victim from internal or even external bleeding.

Forest Cobra

Not as notorious as its Indian “cousin,” this species is still very alert, nervous, and is considered a very dangerous snake. When it feels threatened, it will assume the typical cobra warning posture by raising the front of its body off the ground, spreading a narrow hood, and hissing loudly. Bites to humans are less common than for other African cobras due to various factors, though a bite from this species is a life-threatening emergency

Eastern Green Mamba

Like other species of mamba, the eastern green mamba is highly venomous; a single bite can contain enough venom to kill several people. The venom acts on the nerves, heart, and muscles, and spreads quickly through tissue.

Bites rapidly progress to life-threatening symptoms characteristic of mamba bites, which include swelling of the bite area, dizziness, nausea, difficulty breathing and swallowing, irregular heartbeat, convulsions, and eventual respiratory paralysis.