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  2. List of deadliest animals to humans - Wikipedia

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    Animal Humans killed per year Animal Humans killed per year Animal Humans killed per year 1 Mosquitoes: 1,000,000 [a] Mosquitoes 750,000 Mosquitoes 725,000 2 Humans 475,000 Humans (homicide) 437,000 Snakes 50,000 3 Snakes: 50,000 Snakes 100,000 Dogs 25,000 4 Dogs: 25,000 [b] Dogs 35,000 Tsetse flies 10,000 5 Tsetse flies: 10,000 [c] Freshwater ...

  3. Black mamba - Wikipedia

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    The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is a species of highly venomous snake belonging to the family Elapidae.It is native to parts of sub-Saharan Africa.First formally described by Albert Günther in 1864, it is the second-longest venomous snake after the king cobra; mature specimens generally exceed 2 m (6 ft 7 in) and commonly grow to 3 m (9.8 ft).

  4. List of dangerous snakes - Wikipedia

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    Acute kidney injury has been reported in a few cases of black mamba bites in humans as well as in animal models. [17] Death is due to suffocation resulting from paralysis of the respiratory muscles. [17] [42] Untreated black mamba bites have a mortality rate of 100%. [17] [43] Antivenom therapy is the mainstay of treatment for black mamba ...

  5. 8 Strongest Snakes in the World - AOL

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    The common kingsnake is one tough animal. Sometimes called the Eastern kingsnake, they are not afraid to take on larger snakes or venomous snakes! ... get to be 3-5 feet long but will often kill ...

  6. Basilisk - Wikipedia

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    Then Leonardo noted of the weasel, "this beast finding the lair of the basilisk kills it with the smell of its urine, and this smell, indeed, often kills the weasel itself." Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa wrote that “[the basilisk] is alwayes, and cannot but be a male, as the more proper receptacle of venome and destructive qualities." [13]

  7. Boomslang - Wikipedia

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    The boomslang is a timid snake, and bites generally occur only when people attempt to handle, catch, pursue or kill the animal. When confronted and cornered, it inflates its neck and assumes an S-shaped striking pose, a key indicator of any snake species feeling threatened.

  8. Inland taipan - Wikipedia

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    [13] Belcher's sea snake's actual LD 50 (recorded only intramuscularly) is 0.24 mg/kg [103] and 0.155 mg/kg, [102] less lethal than other sea snakes such as the olive sea snake (Aipysurus laevis) 0.09 mg/kg and the most toxic intramuscularly, recorded of the sea snakes – the black-banded robust sea snake (Hydrophis melanosoma) 0.082 mg/kg.

  9. Venomous snake - Wikipedia

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    Other important factors for risk assessment include the likelihood that a snake will bite, the quantity of venom delivered with the bite, the efficiency of the delivery mechanism, and the location of a bite on the body of the victim. Snake venom may have both neurotoxic and hemotoxic properties. There are about 600 venomous snake species in the ...