Most Dangerous Snakes

What does the word snake bring to your mind? A long, slimy creature with a deadly bite, well as popularly believed, not all snakes are poisonous. In fact, there are just about 10 percent from the total types of snakes that are poisonous. Snakes have long been associated with deadly attacks killing its victims, especially be movies such as ‘Anaconda’. Though snakes are baleful, venomous creatures, their existence is extremely important to maintain the ecological balance of the earth. Snakes are, legless, elongate, amniotes covered in overlapping scales. They are found in all the continents except Antarctica, from the deepest jungles to the islands. They have fifteen ‘families’ which comprises of 456 genera and more than 2,900 species. Their size ranges from tiny, 10cm thread like snakes to large pythons which are around 7.6 meters (25 feet) in length.

Here are five most dangerous snakes in world:

1. Philippine Cobra
‘Standing’ proudly on Number 1 is this comparatively smaller yet sturdy brown snake. Never judge it on its size, as this 3 feet reptile has the deadliest venom in the world. Found in open fields and dense forests, its bite has the potential to incapacitate the healthiest of human beings.

2. Cotton Mouth Snake
Cotton mouth snake are dark brown or olive green and may be even solid black in color and are 20-48 inches long, having dark bands around their body. These killers are found in Southeastern half of the United States, common in swamps, wetlands, marshes, rivers, ponds and streams.

3. Belcher’s sea snake
It has thin body and usually yellowish chrome in color. Surrounded by dark greenish bands it can hardly be recognized in dense vegetation. Its length varies from 0.5 to 1 meter. It is commonly found in seas of Indonesia, South Pacific and Philippines near Panay and Visayan islands.

4. Inland Taipan
Inland Taipan is olive and dark brown in color. Average length of taipans is 1.8 meters to a maximum of 3.7 meter and is found in Northern Australia and Southern New Guinea.

5. King Cobra
King cobra is olive, brown and green in color with rings resembling intersecting bands of black. Its typical length is 1 meter with maximum of 1.5 meter. It is one of the most popular snakes in the world, and is found in Sumatra, Southern China, Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sri Lanka and India.

Though not all snakes are dangerous, it’s best to be wary of them and take precautions, especially when you are out in the wild.