The Fierce Snake or Inland Taipan has the most toxic venom of any land snake in the world. The maximum yield recorded for one bite is 110mg, enough to kill about 100 humans or 250,000 mice! With an LD/50 of 0.03mg/kg, it is ten times as venomous as the Mojave Rattlesnake, and 50 times more than the common Cobra.
The Fierce Snake or Inland Taipan has the most toxic venom of any land snake in the world.
The maximum yield recorded for one bite is 110mg, enough to kill about 100 humans or 250,000 mice! With an LD/50 of 0.03mg/kg, it is ten times as venomous as the Mojave Rattlesnake, and 50 times more than the common Cobra.
Fortunately, the Inland Taipan is not particularly aggressive and is rarely encountered by humans in the wild. No fatalities have ever been recorded, though it could potentially kill an adult human within 45 minutes.
Unlike most other snake species, the Inland Taipan evolved as mammal hunter, so its venom is ultimately designed to kill warm-blooded prey, just like us.
Despite the fact that the Inland Taipan has the most toxic snake venom in the world, they are hunted and killed by other animals. Like the king brown snake (Pseudechis australis) that is immune to most Australian snake’s venom, and the perentie (Varanus Gigantes), the largest Australian monitor lizard, which will attack large venomous snakes for prey.