Snakes Facts
Snakes Facts
- The black-necked cobra, which lives mostly in Africa, spits its venom into the eyes of its victim, to cause it blindness.
- There are no snakes in New Zealand.
- The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that one bite can kill twenty people or one elephant.
- The fastest moving land snake is the Black Mamba, which can move up to 7 miles per hour.
- The King Cobra has enough venom in its bite that it can kill up to 13 adults.
- The Australian Brown Snake's venom is so powerful that only 1/14,000th of on ounce is needed to kill a human being.
- Taipan snakes have 50 times more toxic than a cobra snake.
- Snake venom is ninety percent protein.
- Snake is a delicacy in China.
- Most snakes have six rows of teeth.
- A snake charmer in Bangladesh once found 3,500 poisonous cobras and their eggs hidden underneath the floors of two suburban homes.
- Sea snakes are the most poisonous snakes in the world.
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