Sunday, May 29, 2011

The World's Deadliest Snakes

Snakes are legless, ear less, carnivorous reptiles that are found in all over the world. It is such a creature that varies in color, size, species, nature, characteristics. It is found in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australia and in all the oceans, seas.


Every Snake species contains  a strong backbone, skull. Many species of snakes have skull with a lot of joints.  Snake does not contain any ear, but it can take smell through its throat. Snakes mouth construction is different from other animals. Its mouth bones are act like a fiber, that can eat a thing three or four times bigger than its body.
 Living snakes are found in all sub continents and continents except Antarctica. Snake has about 450 genera over two thousands and nine hundred and twenty species. Its size can be varied from a few cm to seven or fifteen meters. Its weight can be varied from a few mil lb to four or five hundred lb. Most species of snakes are non venomous and those species that contain venom , use their venom mainly to kill prey. Some species venom are so dangerous that it can kill a man within a few moments.  Non venomous species usually kill their prey by constriction. 
If we want to find world’s top ten poisonous snake, first off all it comes  Hydro phis Belcheri. It is the world’s most toxic venomous snake. It is usually chrome  yellowish in color and rounded by dark green bands. It lives in the water. Its mouth is very small. It is a sea snake. Belcheri usually bites the fisherman in the sea but only in a few cases Belcheri injects its venom. Few milligram of Belcheri’s Venom is enough to kill over a thousand of people. Its length is usually .5 to 1 meter. 

World’s second poisonous venom snake is Western Taipan. It is the world’s most venomous land snake. It has several species. The Taipans are found in Australia. Its length is usually 1.5 to 3.75 meters
. Another top  class venomous snake is Indian Krait. Its venom is 15 times more severe than cobra. Its length is usually .90 to 1.5 meters. It is usually found in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan. 
 

Another poisonous snake is Philippine Cobra. It is the most deadliest snake in Philippine. Its length is usually .1 to .15 meter. It is found in Philippine. 
King Cobra is the World’s largest venomous snake. Its length is usually 3.5 to 5.5 meters. It is found in Thailand, India, Malaysia and Philippines. Another poisonous snake is Russell’s Viper. It is found in topical rain forests. Its length is 1 to 1.5 meters.

Africa’s most poisonous snake is Black Mamba. It has another specie called Green Mamba. It can moves very fast. Its mouth is black and small. That’s why it is called Black Mamba. If it bites any human being, he will surely get severe pain and suffering if anti venom is injected properly and quickly. Its length can be 4.5 meters. It is found   in Africa and topical rain forest.