Miss_Croft
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You are right - the snake been milked is a Banded Krait - I was only thinking of Cobra. 
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Where does the PNG Taipan fit into the list? I have recently heard its venom is right up there with the Inland Taipan, but many people are bitten each year from it.
Foreign Correspondant has a story on tonight at 9.30 tonight about the illegal trade in anti venom in PNG featuring David Williams (toxinologist), and apparently includes footage of him getting tagged by a PNG Taipan and almost dieing.
Foreign Correspondant has a story on tonight at 9.30 tonight about the illegal trade in anti venom in PNG featuring David Williams (toxinologist), and apparently includes footage of him getting tagged by a PNG Taipan and almost dieing.
Miss_Croft
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PNG taipan – I doubt this snake has been tested or studied. Therefore will not enter the list – it is the same as many snakes from around the world – With all of our sciences – if it was not studied by a scientist from a country within the Washington Accord (Relating the recognition of University qualifications) then it is not going to be accepted. I doubt anyone has studied the PNG taipan and as such will not feature on any lists.
Hint avoid getting bitten by any taipan and life should be good
Hint avoid getting bitten by any taipan and life should be good
Cheesecake
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That snake is Oxyuranus temporalis collected from Walter James Range in WA and described by Doughty et al. 2007. It would probably fit in somewhere up there with the other 2 but only a single specimen has been found as far as I'm aware. Has anyone else heard any more about this recently?
JasonL
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I still think it's funny about all the who hah going on about a single dead snake found.
Moreliaman
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I know the dendrobates aren’t really that harmful, its the phyllobates that are the toxic little buggers, ive kept what they say is the most toxic two of the group which is terribilis & then bicolor, the terribilis I had were 3rd gen w/c & lived up to their name when I didn’t think what I was doing one day & brushed a twitch on my lip whilst wearing the rubber gloves I used to clean them out with :shock:...duh!.!(everywhere they walk is poisonous).......thankfully the only effects I felt were bad headaches & talking to "Hewey" & "Ralph" on the porcelain telephone for about half an hour..... but yeah i think you’d need either an open wound or a blonde moment like I had for it to affect you
:lol:I thought australia had the highest percentage of deadliest fauna than anywhere else full stop:lol:
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JasonL
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Still, it's better than being ripped apart and eaten by a bear whilst your sleeping.
caustichumor
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I thought that the most venomous (known) animal on the planet was the irukandji jellyfish...
caustichumor
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Yeah JasonL, but your not going to accidentally step on a bear...
JasonL
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Their only the poor cousin of the box, just have a fancy name.
JasonL
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Moreliaman
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Good job theres none here then!:lol:....i think they say that a (wild) terribilis has roughly enough toxin to kill around 10-20 humans:shock:
Caustic ...what the hell is one of those?...:shock
goes off to google it)
JasonL
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and I'd rate the Box Jellyfish as the nastiest thing to encounter.
$NaKe PiMp
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i also wonder why this still doesnt get a mention,or why the studies into its venoms toxicity
not common knowledge now
I think you'll find that the Australian snakes are the deadliest, however there is an effective first aid treatment along with effective medical infrastructure in Australia. To touch on another thread, the situation in PNG highlights the danger that the Australian Taipans can pose.
shlanger
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Miss Croft, you state that, "Whip snakes have killed a few people at Mt Alexander", can you elaborate please ? I Have lived in the district for 50+ years, been keeping herp for 40, this is the first that I have heard of! More information please!
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i heard someone died, but i believe the venom had a reaction to his heart medication
Miss_Croft
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Shlanger - I lost an argument in the early 90s about whip snakes and the fact they would have trouble getting a bite in and that their fangs are too short to endanger anyone. I was told someone got bitten near Mt Alexander by a whip snake and died. I believe he was bitten on finger that resulted in his death. Not sure about the exact date but 87 comes to mind. Hope this helps… Hope that helps….
Here is the 2007 case of whip snake bite.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21562098-1702,00.html
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/harmless-snake-proves-deadly/2007/04/16/1176575716438.html
Back to the topic of deadly snakes in Australia… This link might help
http://members.iinet.net.au/~bush/myth.html
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/181_11_061204/cur10911_fm.html#CACEEGCI
http://www.avru.org/compendium/biogs/A000084b.htm
http://www.ciap.health.nsw.gov.au/downloads/guidelines/Snake_spider_guidelines_GL2007_006_3.pdf
Here is the 2007 case of whip snake bite.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21562098-1702,00.html
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/harmless-snake-proves-deadly/2007/04/16/1176575716438.html
Back to the topic of deadly snakes in Australia… This link might help
http://members.iinet.net.au/~bush/myth.html
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/181_11_061204/cur10911_fm.html#CACEEGCI
http://www.avru.org/compendium/biogs/A000084b.htm
http://www.ciap.health.nsw.gov.au/downloads/guidelines/Snake_spider_guidelines_GL2007_006_3.pdf
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