Posted by Bryan Grieg Fry on September 02, 1999 at 20:05:48:
In Reply to: most dangerous snake in the world posted by jared on September 02, 1999 at 11:34:37:
Inland taipans yield on average under a hundred mgs, coastal taipans on the other hand can easily yield a couple hundred and over five hundred is not uncommon, kings yield a bit more but are far less toxic. Further, coastals are notorious for multiple bites. Thus, for size temperment and toxicity, it would be the coastal followed closely by the black mamba with the saw scaled viper not too far behind.
This is all academic of course, there are not relative degrees of dead.
Cheers,
Bryan