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  2. Snake venom - Wikipedia

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    Snake venom is a highly toxic saliva [1] ... which determines the concentration of a toxin required to kill half the members of a tested population.

  3. List of dangerous snakes - Wikipedia

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    Based on how sensitive monkeys were to the venom, Whaler (1971) estimated 14 mg of venom would be enough to kill a human being: equivalent to 0.06 ml of venom, or 1/50 to 1/1000 of what can be obtained in a single milking. Marsh and Whaler (1984) wrote that 35 mg (1/30 of the average venom yield) would be enough to kill a man of 70 kilograms ...

  4. List of fatal snake bites in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A snake expert determined from the size of the bite that Gaboury had likely been bitten by a diamondback rattler. [96] December 29, 1971 Bryan L. Bristow, 28, male: Cottonmouth: Louisiana — Bristow had been collecting snakes in a bag when he was bitten on the hand by a cottonmouth moccasin in Garyville, on December 29, 1971. [97]

  5. See Killer Snake Experts Believe Causes the Most Human Deaths

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    The venom yield from a mature snake is typically around 12mg, but 5mg is enough to kill an adult human. The dry bite rate is around 8%, which suggests the snake injects its victims with venom as ...

  6. Asp (snake) - Wikipedia

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    "Asp" is the modern anglicisation of the word "aspis", which in antiquity referred to any one of several venomous snake species found in the Nile region. [1] The specific epithet, aspis, is a Greek word that means "viper". [2] It is believed that aspis referred to what is now known as the Egyptian cobra. [3]

  7. This Tennessee County Experiences the Most Snake Bites - AOL

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    A common misconception about snake bites – and pit vipers, in general – is that every bite brings with it a lethal dose of venom. In reality, many times a snake bite is a defensive maneuver ...

  8. Inland taipan - Wikipedia

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    The inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), also commonly known as the western taipan, small-scaled snake, or fierce snake, [6] is a species of extremely venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to semiarid regions of central east Australia. [7] Aboriginal Australians living in those regions named the snake dandarabilla.

  9. Venomous snake - Wikipedia

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    The evolutionary history of venomous snakes can be traced back to as far as 28 million years ago. [1] Snake venom is modified saliva used for prey immobilization and self-defense and is usually delivered through highly specialized teeth, hollow fangs, directly into the bloodstream or tissue of the target.

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