Dangeraus, updated

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Larger, more accurate map of Australia

Comments

[trpeal.livejournal.com]

"Feirce Snake"? Is that a name, or merely a description?

Also, what's an irukanji?

[ngarewyrd.livejournal.com]

tis a name, and a description

and Irukanji is a type of jellyfish, IIRC... Slightly more dangerous then the box jellyfish.

[trpeal.livejournal.com]

Ah. Bad news all around, then. A critter best avoided, it seems.

[pipibluestockin]

Avoiding them is the hard part - they are no bigger than a finger tip.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Feirce Snake aka small-scaled taipan aka western taipan. No 1 most venomous snake.

Irukanji (http://www.barrierreefaustralia.com/the-great-barrier-reef/irukandji.htm)

No 1 most venomous snake.

[gatorofages.livejournal.com]

Well, sometimes the africa folk argue with thier mambas on that one :-)

Re: No 1 most venomous snake.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

The mamba is by far the most deadly killer. The fierce snake has more toxic venom but very few people have been killed by them.

Ah, and yeah, in that respect, they are more toxic

[gatorofages.livejournal.com]

I know alot depends on the venoms ld50 values....

I know the fierce (now properly called the inland taipan) is considered by most to be the most "toxic" snake in the world, but this is generally based on the murine affect tests. The amount of venom also has alot to do with it "deadlyness"-

(I am a snake nut, and Im jealous of OZ and glad at the same time I live in an easy country as far as hot snakes....here I don't really have to look twice, one glance tells me its either a viper, coral snake, or its generally harmless...)

http://www.venomdoc.com/LD50/LD50men.html

Re: Ah, and yeah, in that respect, they are more toxic

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

I regular;y see eastern brown snakes and red-bellied black snakes around here. Both are on those lists. 8)