Page 15 - Deadliest Snakes

Index

Note: Boldface page dry bites, 15, 47
numbers indicate Dubois, Charles Frédéric,
illustrations. 48
Dubois’ sea snake
Agta tribe (Philippines), (Aipysurus duboisii), 50,
65 56
anaconda, 58 basic facts about, 53
antivenom/antivenin, 6–7 home/habits of, 49–51
hunting behavior of,
black mamba 51–52
(Dendroaspis polylepis), physical description of,
21, 23, 26 48–49
basic facts about, 22 threat to humans,
defensive behavior of, 55–57
22–25 venom of, 48, 53–55
home/habits of, 19–20
hunting behavior of, inland taipan (Oxyuranus
20–22 microlepidotus), 11, 17
physical description of, basic facts about, 12
18–19 home/habits of, 10–11,
speed of, 24 16, 30–31
temperament of, 23–24 hunting behavior of,
threat to humans, 18, 12–14, 31–33

25–27 physical description of,
venom of, 21, 25 9–10
temperament of, 16
cobra. See king cobra threat to humans,
constriction/constrictors, 16–17
64 venom of, 9, 14, 33–35

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