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What is officially the undisputed most deadly snake in terms of venom "drop for drop"2007-11-24 2:03:33

I have so much fascination about snakes esp venomous ones and often confused with this . Some sites quoted the Australian brown snake, some say the taipan, mamba, cobra, viper, rattler, coral blah blah. Which is which? Can anyone with authority settle this argument and pass the official crown to the most deserving slither?.

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actually the most venomous snakes are the sea snakes, i think the olive snake is the most poisonous.

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bushmaster

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black mamba

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Most poisonous snake drop for drop, as far as I know is the South African Boomslang. It's a colubrid and it's fangs are situated at the back of the mouth. They grow larger than 1.8m. There toxin is a hemotoxin, it stops blood clogging and the victim bleeds to death through all any openings on the body. A small amount of venom is injected, between 4-8mg (5mg being enough to kill a fully grown healthy man). The venom starts working after 24 hours.

I have to agree with Meggz, after carefull reading up sea snakes are definately tops. Here's a quote from wikipedia;

"Sea snakes are venomous. They have short hollow fangs near the front of the upper jaw, and the poison acts on the nervous system like the related cobra's. Unlike land snakes, however, sea snakes are not inclined to bite, and as such are not harmful unless abused. Sea Snake venom is generally more toxic and dangerous than venom from land snakes.[2] However, Sea snakes have a less efficient venom injection apparatus as compared to land snakes, vipers or cobras. Antivenom is available commercially in Australia, made by CSL Limited it is active against all sea snake venoms.