Monday, July 9, 2012

The five most venomous snakes in the world

The snake is one reptile species in the world. Heard the word snake, you must think about venomous. Here I show the five most venomous snakes in the world.

1. Fierce snake


This snake has can be the most toxic of all snake species on land berhabitat. According to the study, one bite Fierce, could inject as much as 110 mg. This amount is enough to kill about 100 people or 250,000 mice!

Fierce could be 10 times the power of the rattlesnake and the Mojave Desert 50 times more powerful than most cobras can. This could be cause of death in adult human in just over 45 minutes. Fortunately, Fierce is not so aggressive and rarely encountered by humans in the wild. Currently, there are no reports of casualties caused by the bite (attack) Fierce snake.

2. Eastern Brown Snakes


Eastern brown snake habitat in Australia has a central section. This snake can move quickly, aggressively under certain conditions, to fight with his opponent, and can be repeatedly attacked the opponent or prey.

Eastern brown has to be a neurotoxin and can agglutinate blood. With venom, the bite of an eastern brown is still a teenager can even cause death to humans. Much as 2 mg can be enough to end the life of a human adult. Fortunately, cases of bites (attacks) eastern brown on humans are extremely rare. This is caused by the habit of brown eatern that only react to movement and are less likely to attack humans.

3. Blue Krait


Blue Krait can be found throughout Southeast Asia and Indonesia. Known to 50% blue Krait bites can be deadly, even with anti-venom though. Krait hunt and kill other snakes, even sacrificing other Krait. They grow well at night, and more aggressive in the dark. However, overall, they are quite shy and often hide than fight.

Venom is a neurotoxin that 16 times more powerful than a kobra. Before found anti-poison, 85% death rate. In fact, if anti-venom is administered, you may not be able to survive. Death usually occurs within 6-12 hours after being bitten. In fact, death can occur when a new victim on his way to the hospital due to not get medical care immediately.

4. Taipan Snake


One more snake of Australia, the Taipan, usually strong enough to kill up to 12,000 guinea pigs. Poison the victim's blood agglomerate sehinggah inhibit artery or vein. Usually also contain a powerful neurotoxin.

Before there was anti-poison, no record of survivors from taipan bite. Deaths occurred in just over an hour. Even with any anti-toxins, most of the victims have to undergo intensive treatment. Taipan snake and black mamba snake is similar to Africa in morphology and behavior.

5. Black Mamba


Black Mamba snake across the African continent. These snakes are known to be very aggressive and attack the premises of deadly precision. This snake is also the world's fastest land snake, capable of moving at speeds reaching 20 km / h. This snake can strike with deadly venom up to 12 times in a row.

A bite can kill an adult 10-25. Venom is a neurotoxin that affects fast. bite an average of about 100-200 mg of venom injected. If the poison reaches the virgin vessel, 0.25 mg of toxin sufficient to kill a human.

The initial symptoms are pain bite area, and tingling in the mouth and feet, fever, excessive salivation (foaming out of the mouth and nose), and lack of muscle control. If the victim does not receive medical care, symptoms rapidly progress to severe abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, pallor, shock, and paralysis. Finally, the victim experiences convulsions, respiratory distress, coma, and death. Without anti-venom, death rate almost reached 100% in just 15 minutes to 3 hours.

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