Top 5 Most Venomous Snakes

5th - RATTLESNAKE

Country originated

• - America(North America)

RattleSnake Bite Effects

• - Hemotoxic Venom that will destroy tissue, degenerating organs and causing coagulopathy(disrupted blood clotting).
• - Difficulty in breathing, paralysis and can lead to the loss of a limb or death.

How to cure?

• - Rattlesnake bites is untreated especially from larger species, are very often fatal. However, antivenin, when applied in time, reduces the death rate to less than 4%

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4th - DEATH ADDER

Country originated

• - Australia and New Guinea

Death Adder Bite Effects

• - The venom is a neurotoxin.
• - A bite causes paralysis and can cause death within 6 hours, due to respiratory failure

How to cure?

• -Antivenin is very successful in treating a bite from a Death Adder, particularly due to the relatively slow progression of symptoms, but before its development, a Death Adder bite had a fatality rate of 50%.

                     

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3rd - VIPERS

Country originated

• - Middle East and Central Asia, particularly India, China and South East Asia

Vipers Bite Effects

• - There is a drop in blood pressure and the heart rate falls. Blistering occurs at the site of the bite, developing along the affected limb in severe cases. 
• -Vomiting and facial swelling occurs in about one-third of all cases. Severe pain may last for 2-4 weeks.
• Often, local swelling peaks within 48-72 hours, involving the affected limb. Discoloration may occur throughout the swollen area as red blood cells and plasma leak into muscle tissue.
• Death from septicaemia, respiratory or cardiac failure may occur 1 to 14 days post-bite, or even later.

                     

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2nd - PHILIPPINE COBRA

Country originated

• - Philippines

Death Adder Bite Effects

• - The venom is a neurotoxin which affects cardiac and respiratory function, and can cause neurotoxicity, respiratory paralysis and death in thirty minutes.
• - The bite causes only minimal tissue damage.
• - The symptoms might include headache, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dizziness, collapse and convulsions.

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1st - TIGER SNAKE

Country originated

• - Australia

Death Adder Bite Effects

• - Death from a bite can occur within 30 minutes, but usually takes 6-24 hours.
• - Symptoms can include localized pain in the foot and neck region, tingling, numbness and sweating, followed by a fairly rapid onset of breathing difficulties and paralysis.
• - The fatality rate from Tiger snakes was 60-70%.

                    

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