#10) What is the biggest scary snake in the world?
The Green Anaconda is the biggest snake in the world. It lives in the rain forests in South America. A green anaconda can grow to be over 20 feet long. If an office cubicle is 10 feet long, this snake will reach 3 office cubicles long. And we are not talking about a snake the size of a garden hose; this snake is thick! While it’s unverified, the largest ones were estimated to weight as much as 550 lbs! Definitely one of the scariest snakes!
#9) What snake has the scary combination of Red, Yellow and Black?
Another one of the scariest snakes is the coral snake. You may have heard the catchy life-saving rhyme, “Red touching black, safe for Jack. Red touching yellow, kill a fellow”. I prefer the rhyme, “Red, yellow and black, just stay back!” Why take the chance? However, the rhyme isn’t always accurate and relying upon it is not safe – it only helps confirm a typical North American coral snake. There are North American coral snakes with aberrant patterns that don’t fit the rhyme – and don’t even bother using it outside of North America. The eastern coral snake lives in the southeastern states in the United States. Coral snakes are skinny snakes that get to be about 3 feet long. They are banded with alternating wide black, thin yellow, wide red, thin yellow, wide black designs. They have small heads but deliver a potent venom, a neurotoxin that affects the nervous system. Seek immediate medical attention if you are bitten by any red, yellow, or black snake, to be safe.
#8) What snake has horns?
Horned vipers are snakes that have modified scales that form horns above their eyes. They are venomous and live in the Middle East and African deserts. They hide in the sand and wait to ambush their prey, but humans are not one of their targets. These vipers are smaller snakes, usually less than 2 feet long, and prefer lizards and rodents as prey.
#7) What snake has the scariest fangs?
Gaboon Vipers have the scariest fangs! They have the longest fangs in the world, with some measuring nearly 2 inches long! These snakes don’t just bite-n-go; they hang on to dispense the most possible venom. The Gaboon viper bite is one of the most painful snake bites in the world. Luckily, they are not aggressive snakes, so bites are not common.
#6) What scary snake bites more than once?
The Inland taipan, also called the fierce snake, is very scary because not only does it have one of the most lethal venoms in the world, it bites more than once. According to research, one bite is deadly enough to kill 100 men, but it bites, reloads, and bites again, over and over! If you get bitten, you may only have 30-45 minutes before the neurotoxins present in its venom cause paralysis and death. The good news is that it lives in remote parts of Australia and rarely comes in contact with humans.
#5) What scary snake hisses and spits venom?
The Mozambique spitting cobra is a highly venomous snake that can raise its body, make threatening hisses, and spit venom up to 10 feet away! The venom is cytotoxic, causing tissue damage where it comes into contact with your skin. If it sprays venom in your eyes, you could go blind. This cobra can be found in countries in southern Africa, including Mozambique. According to a research study of Mozambique spitting cobras, “A large percentage of the bites (94%) occurred inside human dwellings, and of these, 81% occurred while the victims were asleep.” Now that is scary!
#4) What snake wraps itself around its victim crushing it to death?
If you fell to the ground and came face to face with a Reticulated Python, you could be in for the “hug of your life.” These giant snakes wrap themselves around their prey and squeeze until it stops breathing. For many years, people believed it was because they asphyxiated. However, newer research indicates that it’s more likely that the pressure from this super-hug causes cardiac arrest. Regardless how they kill, snakes swallow their prey whole. In 2018, several news outlets, including USA Today, the Washington Post, and the BBC, reported that an Indonesian woman was attacked and swallowed whole by a 23-foot Reticulated Python! The villagers found a large, bloated snake nearby and cut it open to recover the dead woman’s body. Now, that is scary.
#3) What scary snake gnaws viciously on its victims?
Don’t be fooled by the cute green, big-eyed, Boomslang. It looks like a garden hose with cartoon eyes. You find it attractive until the mouth is opened at 170°, revealing two large fangs in the back of its jaw. Boomslangs are rear-fanged snakes in the Colubridae family. Their fangs’ location means that they need to get their mouths opened pretty wide to deliver their deadly venom. Their venom is slow-acting but can be fatal because of the damage it does to blood clotting. There is an anti-venom to cure the effects of the bite. Fortunately, bites from these snakes are rare because boomslangs tend to flee the moment they sense a bigger animal nearby. They can be found in Sub-Saharan Africa in South Africa, Swaziland, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.
#2) What is the deadliest snake in the United States?
The Mojave rattlesnake has some of the most dangerous venom of all rattlesnakes in the United States. It is found in the southwestern states of Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, California, and Nevada. Rattlesnakes, while frightening, typically try to warn you away from them by rattling. When that fails, they escalate the warning level by coiling up in preparation for a strike. Their venom contains neurotoxins and hemotoxins, which can attack your nervous system and slow blood clotting. In the United States, most medical facilities have anti-venom, which can treat the effects of the bite.
#1) What is the deadliest snake in the world?
The Saw-scaled viper is the deadliest snake in the world. It is not the largest snake, about 3 feet long, but it kills more people than any other snake. This snake is found in West Africa and parts of South Asia, including India. The nocturnal saw-scaled viper is quick to bite when it gets scared. It rubs coils of its body together to make a hissing sound as it moves. The venom of the saw-scaled viper wreaks all kinds of havoc. Some snake venoms just paralyze the victim, but the saw-scaled venom has cardiotoxins (attacks your heart), neurotoxins (attacks your nervous system), and hemotoxins (makes it hard for your blood to clot so you bleed internally). These bites can be fatal in areas with no local access to health care. In my book, deadly=scary, so the saw-scaled viper is the scariest snake in the world!
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