There is a reason that Indiana Jones does not like snakes. They are dangerous. That being said, it is rare, to be bitten by a snake and die from it; at least when compared to dying of auto accident, cancer, or heart disease. Some snakes have venom, but it is not deadly Some do not have any venom at all, but it is the way the snake wraps itself around you and tightens its grip until it kills you. Tropical areas are the best place to find a lot of these snakes. Here is my top ten list of the most dangerous snake species in the world.
10. Copperhead
A moderately sized snake, less than three feet long on average, some can get up to four feet. The copperhead weighs anywhere from eight to twelve ounces. The venom is fairly painful. Hides itself
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They can get set to strike, strike and back to its strike position in less than .15 seconds. The venom per bite can be as little as seventy milligrams and as high as 236 milligrams. They hide in wait, when they hear humans coming, to strike; this increases their risk of being stepped on, but they are much more dangerous to strike.
8. Cottonmouth
Also referred to as the water moccasin, the bite is more harmful and deadly than that of the copperhead, but does not lead to death. That much, anyway. It is more aggressive than the copperhead, but only bites when it is touched. More aggressive reputation and strikes a ready to bite pose. The snake can get up to six feet long.
7. Common krait
Often considered India's most dangerous snake. The venom contains highly powerful neurotoxins which cause the muscles to become paralyzed. It has two kinds of neurotoxins (postsynaptic and presynaptic) that usually affect the nerve endings located close to the synaptic cleft of the brain.
6. Inland Taipan
This snake has the most venom, more than any other snake in the world. If left untreated, the death rate from a bite from this snake is eighty percent. That being said, this snake does not usually bite, is actually easy going, and stays away from confrontation.
5. Saw Scaled
According to the article “Burmese pythons : not the ideal pet”,Matt Piven states “The python’s unique hinged jaws allow it to swallow an object five times as wide as it’s own head.” This statement means it would be very difficult to kill a snake like this,so if the hunter was not survive. My reasoning is to spread the word that the people we set out to kill these monsters needs to be trained not people that have no experience they're basically putting themselves in a cage saying “come at me.” In addition a newspaper article that goes by the name of “Florida's python hunt” by Andrew Ng he mentions “with no natural predators,these eating machines appear to be wiping out huge numbers of opossums,raccoons,and many bird species.” Ultimately, this matters because we can clearly tell by this article that the Burmese pythons are carnivores(they eat meat). They could easily sneak in someone's house and kill them. Pythons are not safe pets to have. In fact we shouldn't have them as pets at all considering how dangerous they
Their venom is a potent Hemotoxin, the venom kills red blood cells and impales muscle tissue. The venom is highly potent and lethal to humans, but antivenin is ubiquitous and deaths are very uncommon. The snake is easily recognizable by its large head and bulky body The ground color of its body is olive brown and has large diamonds with brown centers and cream borders. The tail is brownish grey (banded with dark rings). Newborns have a button at the end of their tail, and adults and juveniles have a rattle. Young and old have a cat eye with a vertical pupil. While baby snakes are 15 inches long, they can grow up to eight feet because of its complementing 20 year livelihood The Diamondback Rattler can also strike 2/3 of its body length so a six foot snake can strike four
The Burmese python can grow up to 23 feet and can be 200 pounds. “...capable of growing to an astounding length of 23 feet and a weight of up to 200 pounds.” (Burmese Python: Not the ideal pet) This quote states how long and how much the snake can weigh at their full growth.
Have you ever heard of the dangerous Burmese python? If you have not, Burmese pythons are one of the most vicious snakes in the world. They have very dominant jaws that can open five times its own head and are capable of developing to an enormous length of twenty-three feet and a weight of two hundred pounds! Burmese pythons are as large as a telephone pole! To kill their prey, they grasp the victim with their back-curving teeth. When the victim tries to escape, it only sinks deeper into the python’s wrath. The python coils its gigantic and tough body around the animal, squeezes it until it dies, and eats the animal whole! They have a beautiful pattern on their skin and they have a fast and rapid growth rate. These pythons generally have a submissive disposition.
The Burmese python is a very powerful and extraordinary animal. This huge reptile is among the largest snakes in the world. This gigantic snake is capable of growing to twenty-three feet and a weight of two hundred pounds. These exotic animals are carnivores and usually, survive eating smaller mammals. This is no ordinary snake, it has no venom but has other deadly features. They have back-curving teeth that help clench their prey and the more the animal struggles, the tighter it gets. The Burmese python wraps itself around its food and squeezes until it is dead. This snake swallows its dinner whole. Somehow, people have thought this was a better pet than the family dog and went out to find one. Soon after that, they must have learned otherwise.
Fatal snake attacks in Australia have risen from 2 to 5 deaths in 2013. The controversy with this is however is that these
The Burmese python is a very large and dangerous snake. Owners go into the store and buy a snake, they like, not realizing how big it's going to get. According to source one, “… Capable of growing to an astonishing length of 23 feet and weigh up to about 200 pounds.” This example provides proof the pythons grow to big to be kept in the house. This article also states, “When animal tries to pull away, it only sinks further into the python grip then the python coils its large and powerful body around the animal… And swallows
Its venom destroys the walls of blood vessels near the site of the bite, sometimes causing a large skin ulcer.
When looking at their physical appearance, they are slim and scaly and sometimes rough. In addition to being the second most venomous snake, rattlesnakes are infamous for being quick, silent killers that only make noise to intimidate. “…the rattlesnake which known as the 'rattler is a symbol of potency and fertility…the rattle is a symbol of death and transformation since its venom can turn one nearing death to life” (Hallberg). Although they are patient and typically coiled into tight loops, the consequences of pushing these reptiles too far to the edge can be quick and fatal. When analyzing Delia Jones' character, many of the traits depicted in snakes are evident in her as
know what they look like, what their venom does, and what action to take if bitten. There are four types of venomous snakes in the area; they are all classified as Pit Vipers: Copperhead, Cottonmouth, Timber Rattle Snake and Pygmy Rattlesnake (Powers, 2014). Ticks, brown recluse spiders, and black widow spiders also pose potential health threats to members of the community (“Tennessee”, 2007).
The timber rattlesnake has a yellow (light) and black (dark) color phases, there are no markings on their heads, and they have a dark band along their back (Pennsylvania Boat & Fish Commission). Each time a rattlesnake sheds its skin, it adds a new rattle to the end of its tail (Pennsylvania Boat & Fish Commission). It is quite well known that these snakes have a rattle at the end of their tail that they will shake to warn predators to stay away. The eastern massasauga is known for its small body size averaging less than 2 feet in length with a row of dark blotches down the middle of of its back with smaller spots along each side (Pennsylvania Boat & Fish Commission). Comparing the 2 snakes, it is apparent that they are quite different in size and have different colors and patterns to their scales. The copperhead snake is tan or light brown in color and also has larger but more narrow blotches along the length of his body and their head are a copper color with no markings (Pennsylvania Boat & Fish Commission). As these snakes all show different traits they all are similar because they are all from the pit viper family and are extremely
Irwin hs never hesitated when it came to handling venomous snakes. “Irwin claimed his risk-taking style helped to raise concern for threatened, but dangerous, animals.” He would grab a snake by the tail and support it’s body with a stick or hook. He’s dived into the ocean to find sea kraits, an extremely venomous snake. “Sometimes caressing them, he always met the animals in their own
Though the viper’s venom wasn’t toxic enough to kill her, it could knock her off her feet for a couple of days, worse, weaken her control over her soul harvester nature. And, she needed that like she needed a hit right between the eyes.
Sunbeam snakes have a special coat on there eyes to protect it from the sun. sunbeam snakes get there name because the shimmer in the sun like a beam. Sunbeam snakes are hard to point out because there coat moves to two different colors to help look like a snake that is poisonous there skin goes from shimmery to brown in the shadows and that's why it's hard to find them in the woods. The snake that you have to be careful about is the eastern brown snake it looks just like the sunbeam snake when the snake is not shining these two snakes have not much in common except the skins these snakes are the most non rare because there population is more like 12 snakes a week. The sunbeam snakes has a white collar around his or her neck and is entirely harmless to humans. These snakes get as small as 1 inch and the body is choby. These snakes can use their unique sense of direction to find food by using the coat. The coat on there back detects the predator then instantly turned to brown when senses danger to disguise itself as a venomous snake so it wouldn't get
Every species is not venomous or poisonous, instead the inhabitance of toxins belongs to a special group of individuals who inhabit a toxin or cocktail of toxins they use to protect themselves and ensure survival. Moreover, as we know, venom is an expensive trait to have and maintain, it is labor intensive for the species themselves, and they have to have a place to store the venom and an entirely separate local for administering the venom to their victim. Although venom has proven to be incredibly advantageous in scribing and eating, it did not just pop up. Instead, the capability evolved from enzymes and genes carrying out other functions in their bodies (Case well et.al,), these old functions often directly link to the target of the venom itself where some venoms derive from mutation with immune system proteins or digestive enzymes. The most common of these mutations occur in DNA, where DNA is duplicated twice folds as the original, and with that mutation the original function is unaltered, but the new genes are able to distort the signal and make proteins elsewhere. Once these mutations take place, natural selection begins to come into play. If these newly mutated genes begin to create proteins or enzymes populated in the mouth, and these enzymes get into a prey’s womb after it is bit, and the prey is