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since time immemorial humans have
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consistently displayed a bizarre and
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frankly foolish fascination with
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dangerous animals creatures with the
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ability to injure maim and straight-up
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kill us in a variety of fun and unusual
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ways have beguiled humankind for
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millennia but it's one particular method
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of mayhem that we'll be looking at today
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venom but which of the animal kingdom's
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snappiest steadiest critters is the most
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venomous of them all I'm Stu
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this is debunked and we're here to solve
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the truths and the myths and the facts
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from the misconceptions first off we're
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gonna need to figure out exactly what we
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mean by a venomous animal the word
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venomous is often mixed up with a
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related term poisonous though both words
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are used to refer to animals that
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produce toxins there is an important
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distinction between the two turns out
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it's all in the delivery
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venomous animals administer their
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harmful payload by biting or stinging
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their target while poisonous animals
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merely secrete toxins passively put
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simply if you bite it and you die it's
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poisonous if it bites you and you die
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it's venomous it's also worth pointing
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out that some particularly fearsome
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animals such as certain species of
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snakes and frogs are both poisonous and
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venomous so that's fun now that we know
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exactly what it takes to be a
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venom-injecting monster which animal
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scurrying around out there in the dense
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jungles scorching deserts and
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treacherous oceans of the world can lay
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claim to the chilling accolade of the
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most venomous of them all well once
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again we've run into some more
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bureaucracy as we are forced to ask
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ourselves what exactly makes an animal
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the most venomous is it the venoms
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potency the amount of venom that a
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particular animal can deliver or do we
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just look at the beasty
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that's racked up the most kills in the
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all time venom killer scoreboard
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if we're looking at the most potent
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venom on earth we need to learn a little
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about something called median lethal
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dose also known as ld50 an abbreviation
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of lethal dose 50% this refers to the
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amount of venom needed to kill half the
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members of a tested population meaning
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the lower the score the stronger the
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venom however the strength of the venom
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also depends on several other factors
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including who or what the venomous
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animal was attacking and where on their
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body they are bitten or stung what may
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be extremely toxic to humans may have
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little or no effect on other animals and
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different toxins behave very differently
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when administered to the various parts
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of a victim's body
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for instance the Bruno's cascaded frog a
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recently discovered species of frog
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endemic to the forests of Brazil has
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been found to possess venom with an ld50
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as low as naught point 1 6 milligrams
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per kilogram of body weight scaled-up
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that means that one gram of this little
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rascals venom could theoretically kill
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as many as 80 people but before we throw
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the book at this murderous scallywag we
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must also consider the fact that its
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venom only manages to achieve this level
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of carnage when it's injected directly
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into the victims abdominal cavity in the
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real world this species of frog delivers
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its potent injection of venom through
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tiny bony spikes on its skull which it
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pokes into its victims using adorable
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little head butts this method of
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delivery only manages to administer the
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venom just underneath the skin or
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subcutaneous Lea which makes a deadly
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cocktail of toxins over ten times weaker
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ultimately despite its ability to
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produce extremely potent venom the
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delivery method and small dosage make it
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unlikely that this species of frog could
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ever kill a human still we can certainly
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look at which animals produce the most
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potent death inducing juices and my my
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what a motley crew of assassins we have
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before us we have animals like the Black
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Mamba so-called for the inky black
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inside of its mouth which possesses
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venom that can kill humans in less
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fifteen minutes and also happens to be
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the world's fastest land snake capable
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of moving at speeds of almost 20
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kilometers per hour with the average
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human running speed varying from 10 to
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25 kilometers per hour I'll let you
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decide whether you can outrun this
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killer or not or we could talk about the
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snazzy blue ringed octopus a tiny little
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cephalopod decorated all over in
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hypnotic flashing blue rings that uses
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an often painless bite to deliver a
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venom over 1,000 times as toxic as
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cyanide perhaps we could talk about the
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Deathstalker which despite being one of
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the world's deadliest species of
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scorpion possesses a venom found to be
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helpful in the treatment of brain tumors
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in humans ultimately most sources
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identified the winner in the most potent
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venom pageant as the gelatinous blob of
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hell now known as the box jellyfish
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individuals of this species possess an
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extremely dangerous venom that works by
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opening up holes in their victims red
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blood cells causing potassium to leak
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out into the bloodstream the leakage of
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massive amounts of potassium from red
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blood cells is one of the worst things
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that could happen in the body as a
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result not only does the venom of the
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box jellyfish produce excruciating pain
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in its victims it also prompts cardiac
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arrest that can lead to death in as
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little as two minutes in some cases
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swimmers unfortunate enough to be stung
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by a box jellyfish have drowned before
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they could even make it back to shore
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and so with an ld50 as low as naught
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point naught four milligrams per
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kilogram numerous scientists as well as
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jellyfish expert dr. angel yanagihara
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have claimed the box jellyfish is the
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most venomous animal in the world you
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think that would be the end of it
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discussion over that's perhaps not
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unsurprisingly there remains some
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disagreement within the scientific
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community regarding the winner of the
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most potent venom accolade by some
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estimates the venom of Australia's
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inland Taipan boasts an ld50 as low as
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naught point naught to 5 milligrams per
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kilogram of body weight simultaneously
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making it the most toxic venom snake on
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earth
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and nudging this snake species just
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slightly ahead of the box jellyfish in
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terms of potency however some research
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suggests that the world's most powerful
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venom actually comes from an entirely
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different and perhaps unexpected
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creature say hello to the geography cone
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snail a small species of sea snail that
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produces a truly terrifying venom with
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an ld50 as low as naught point naught 1
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2 milligrams per kilogram at this level
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of toxicity the venom found within a
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single geography cone snail is enough
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venom to kill roughly 700 people indeed
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the venom of the geography cone snail is
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so extremely toxic that it's even been
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identified as a danger to public safety
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due to its potential use in biological
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weapons of mass destruction regardless
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there's more to venom than its potency
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as another important factor in how
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dangerous a venomous animal might be is
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the sheer amount of venom it can inject
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into its victims the king cobra for
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instance is capable of injecting his
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victims with as much as 7 milliliters or
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roughly 1/2 teaspoons of venom in a
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single bite considering the fact that
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these snakes which are found throughout
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much of India and Southeast Asia often
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bite 3 or 4 times in a single attack the
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amount of venom it could potentially
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inject into his unlucky target may well
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trump the more toxic bites of other
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species even so the king cobra doesn't
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have to rely on quantity alone while its
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venom lacks the extreme potency of those
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produced by the most extreme toxic no
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Tropes
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a single bites worth of venom is still
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enough to kill 20 people or even a fully
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grown elephant in as little as three
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hours but when it comes to which animal
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produces the largest amounts of venom
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unfortunately the answer is far from
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definitive most sources list some
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species of snake as the likely record
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holder offering up candidates such as
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the Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
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found in southeastern United States as
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well as aforementioned species such as
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the king cobra
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and the inland Taipan regardless is
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believed that the world's number one
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venom crater is the gap of Viper a
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menacing serpent found throughout a
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large region of Central Africa that
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carries around up to nine point seven
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milliliters of venom ready to envenomate
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some unsuspecting target not only that
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the gaboon viper also has the largest
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fangs of any snake measuring up to five
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centimeters or about two inches in
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length ultimately however producing
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extremely potent venom or extremely
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large amounts of it doesn't necessarily
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make an animal the most deadly
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statistically speaking many of the uber
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venomous creatures we've mentioned on
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this list are responsible for relatively
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few human deaths this is partly because
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of advances in medical science that have
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prevented envenomated individuals from
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dying but also simply because we may not
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encounter these animals particularly
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often in the first place for example if
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we go back for a moment to our old
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friend the geography cone snail it is
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interesting to note that despite its
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ability to produce probably the most
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potent animal venom on the face of the
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planet there are less than 40 recorded
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cases of people dying after having being
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stung by one like ever
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similarly the previously mentioned
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inland Taipan producer of the world's
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most potent snake venom actually very
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rarely kills humans despite the fact
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that they possess venom that kills 80%
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of untreated human victims inland
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Taipans
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are generally speaking exceedingly shy
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reclusive and non-confrontational snakes
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that will almost always slither away
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from disturbances rather than throw down
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that's right the most potently venomous
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snake on earth is an introvert on the
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other hand between the year 2000 and
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2017 stings from members of the insect
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order Hymenoptera which includes bees
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wasps hornets and ants led to deaths of
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well over 1,100 people in the United
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States alone this is both because stings
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and bites from insects are obviously
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more common and because although the
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Venom's that these animals produce is
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relatively weak they can sometimes
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trigger life-threatening
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allergic reactions as a result most of
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the venomous animals that pose the
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biggest threat to humans possess
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relatively wimpy venom with that in mind
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we can really open up the question and
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simply ask which venomous creature kills
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the most humans using venom regardless
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of scent Venom's potency without zeroing
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in on a specific species once again the
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Serpent's reign supreme er according to
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the World Health Organization snakebites
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calls up to a staggering 150,000 deaths
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worldwide every single year of the
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venomous snakes the species responsible
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for the most human kills is the very
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observant ly named saw-scaled Viper
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found throughout northern Africa the
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Middle East and India the source called
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Viper is thought to be responsible for
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more human deaths than all other snake
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species combined primarily because of
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its aggressive nature and its frequent
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presence in populated areas and so the
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search for the world's most venomous
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animal throws up a number of deserving
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winners each capable of killing you in
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mere minutes if you so much as look at
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them funny as it turns out the animals
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that produce the most venom and have the
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highest body counts are snakes which
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perhaps isn't all that surprising given
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their formidable reputation but in terms
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of the species that produces the most
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powerful venom on earth legitimate
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evidence points towards the geography
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cone snail and despite facing tough
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competition from yet another serpent and
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the world's most dangerous floating box
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of goo
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aka the box jellyfish so whether we
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crown an honorary or FID Ian or an
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entirely unnecessarily toxic snail we
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hope you've enjoyed learning all about
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