Top 10 dangerous and deadly venomous snakes from Australia

[@crocodile1313]

The sharp, close up videos of these creatures is second to none. And I love the natural background sounds, no music or being forced to listen to someone drabble on and on is so refreshing these days.

[@osomorose]

I love the name ‘death adder’ it’s like an alternative way of calling it the life subtractor

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, the name sounds terrible and the snake does not deserve it!

[@tarantulasarecool]

@@LivingZoology so true! Especially since theirs hardly been any deaths from these. 😘

[@AngusMurray]

I love the simplicity of these videos, just straight facts and snakes! 🐍 you can really immerse yourself and admire the animals

[@LivingZoology]

Great that you love our videos! 🙂

[@syvfiqrahman]

💯. The same reason why I love Living Zoology videos as well

[@FischerFan]

Living Zoology has taken the right approach in that they let the snakes and the other sounds of nature do the talking!

[@ronaldstrange8981]

Many thanks from an 88 year old Englishman who compliments you on the most perfect snake documentary ever made. And I have had a lifetime of watching similar documentaries April;, 2024.

[@LivingZoology]

Wow, thank you! We really appreciate your comment! All the best! 🙂

[@richardfisher8055]

Thanks!

[@LivingZoology]

Many many thanks for your support!

[@Resebild]

Awesome footage. If I may recommend an improvement for the information given for each snake species; It would be good to explain what kind of venom they have and how it acts on the body. But I do like the peaceful presentation. Keep the good work up, you are getting more and more professional with your content.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! Great that you love our footage. We had a feeling that adding details about venom composition would make the video too long already and we plan to make a separate one more focused on venom toxicity in the future 🙂

[@tarantulasarecool]

@@LivingZoologyyes I’m kinda obsessed with the venom effects, and as to why they have different toxin thingys according to each species. Ya know I never really thought about WHY the inland taipan has such strong quick acting venom because their food source is scarce out there! 😂 I guess it’s been explained but makes total sense in this video. I even wonder what would be the inland taipans natural predator (as an adult!). For sure they would be top of food chain out there, juveniles of course would naturally be food for other animals (reptiles, frogs and defo predator birds!) but being so long-strong probably not much can harm them! Such mysterious snakes, boring as anything to see in a zoo lol. But rarely seen in wild- yet have the worst reputation! Also I believe their is so much science around venom & what it does to blood that it can be used as life saving medicine but i think it’s a tricky area to research since snakes are naturally dangerous when handled & not to many people are willing to work with these live animals since it’s like a life threatening research project!

[@LivingZoology]

@@tarantulasarecool Venoms naturally evolve to subdue certain prey so it is a long process…Different populations of the same species can have different venom composition if snakes eat a bit different prey. Sometimes juveniles have a bit different venom composition from adults as they might eat different prey. Venoms are a great source of medicine for the future. The natural predator of an adult Inland taipan is the Perentie and maybe large eagles.

[@Resebild]

@@LivingZoology Very much looking forward to that. Evolution of venom and how it is adapted for specific preys, not to harm people, is a very interesting story.

[@beachlol]

I hear many Americans say that they don’t want to visit Australia, solely because of the wildlife. I have lived in a relatively rural area of Australia my whole life and I’m yet to see a snake. We don’t have Grizzly bears or Mountain Lions, just a bunch of very shy snakes.

[@filipepedro8272]

God bless Finland

[@dancarlton7973]

We have rattlesnakes here in the US and they have big fangs.

[@melania239]

Maybe you walked past by one and never notice, they camouflage very good.

[@charlesgrotticelli2946]

Bravo!!! Another informative and excellent video. Steve Irwin did a video on the 10 most venomous snakes in Australia. There were 2 or 3 species in your video that he did not have . But had the sea snake and another one I can't think of. This video would've made Steve proud.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! Great that you love our video. In our list we were not focusing only on the toxicity of venom, but also on behavior, how many people the species bites and how close it lives to humans.

[@barry7608]

Love your vids, all those arid zone shots bring back great memories, as I’ve worked and travelled extensively in these areas. Much of our ‘work’ time in and around the Simpson was driving and if it was me behind the wheel any sight of a snake the camera was out! My work friends knew if they were driving to pull up quick and let me out. I love the interior it’s magical to me. Did you see any of the HUGE budgerigar flocks which are sometimes encountered? They are a sight to behold, even small flocks of a dozen or so flashing fluorescent green over the red landscape sometimes settling to feed. I hope you did as they are another special treat. Take care love the vids

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! Great that you love our videos! We haven’t seen any budgerigars unfortunately…

[@inappropriatejohnson]

Thank you all so much for this beautiful videography.

[@LivingZoology]

Our pleasure! Thank you very much for watching!

[@alistairrice4110]

Awesome content as usual ! Great video

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! 🙂

[@stevegant7286]

The Mulga or King Brown is not a member of the brown snake family, it's actually in the black snake family. The King Brown could eat every snake in this video and is immune to their venom. The King Brown is the King of all snakes in Australia, just like the King Cobra is the king of all snakes in Asia, and they both are snake eaters! The King Brown has a venom yield very similar to the King Cobra, Gaboon Viper, and the Bushmaster of South America, and that's what makes them so dangerous to humans. The King Brown is a most impressive species and one of my favorites. Very nice video and very informative!

[@jaimeortega4940]

Favorite herp channel on KZbin and by far the best camera and sound work! The Inland Taipan or "Fierce Snake" (nothing fierce about it BTW,) is dangerous only when handled. Otherwise they'll ignore you. When handled though they are completely unpredictable. Unlike most snakes as they never "give you the signal of an impending leap or bite."

[@LivingZoology]

We really appreciate that you love our channel! :) From our experience, Inland taipans can be quick and a bit unpredictable during handling, but not as much as the Coastal taipan or the Eastern brown snake.

[@Freakskpp]

amazing ! thank you for your great work ❤

[@LivingZoology]

We are happy that you love our work! 🙂

[@michaelmayhood4286]

Another great one, Thanks!

[@LivingZoology]

Thanks again!

[@AndyM...]

Another excellent episode guys, I'm in Far North Qld, see plenty of EB's and Red Bellied Black's, haven't seen a Death Adder yet though. Keep up the great work :)

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! We hope to come back to Queensland one day 🙂

[@simon01ize]

Another great video, informative and entertaining. Great photography too, i enjoy the series Aussie Snake Wranglers here in the UK. I have seen most of them, but they're very good. They often come across the Eastern Brown and the Red Bellied Black snake. Thanks for more great content.

[@LivingZoology]

Glad you enjoyed it! It is fun to make videos about snakes from Australia!

[@saschas.4921]

Great video. I love notechis ! It's a beautiful snake.

[@LivingZoology]

It really is! Thank you for watching!

[@andreasmaurer4331]

Superb doc 🐍... And no commentary. 👃

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for watching!

[@calvinhobbes7504]

I probably still sound like a broken .mp3 but you guyz' photography is second to none!! You should be piling up awards for it all the time. You certainly would if I was in charge! :)

[@LivingZoology]

It never gets old to read a comment like this! ❤️ Thank you so much! 🙏

[@vewilli]

Super sharp pictures and close-ups of these snakes! 💪🏻👏🏻👍🏻🙏🏻

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much, great that you love our content! 🙏

[@kieransmith1796]

Another great video. I particularly like the sound of the environments the snakes live in.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! We spend lot of time by recording soundscapes so it is great to hear that you like the sound in this video 🙂

[@cristianbarajas1895]

Amazing video!

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much!

[@deanmcmahon2826]

Very well presented. I live in WA and have been handling snakes since I was 10 years old just out of interest and later on to relocate the snakes to safer environments for them and people.

[@a.n.2849]

I love ya videos and the devotion to this adorable animals! I admire you both!

[@LivingZoology]

You are so kind, thank you so much!

[@Naruto_AmongUs]

Australia is not for beginners

[@LivingZoology]

Certainly not!

[@FrostedSeagull]

I live here tell me about it. There was an Eastern Brown alert here in Sydney a month ago. Eastern Brown's have been cited 5 miles outside of the Sydney CBD. Our affluent, leafy North Shore is the perfect cover for these deadly snakes. They take cover inside and outside of backyard sheds. Young children, pets and even adults have been tagged and killed. In November 2023 a Queensland farmer was killed protecting his daughter. He was my weight and height, that is 6'1 and 260 pounds. He died within 30 minutes. This has been our hottest, and definitely our most humid summer in three years here in Sydney.

[@Naruto_AmongUs]

@@FrostedSeagull I am from India. In India every year nearly 58,000 people die due to snakes bite. Russell's viper and saw scaled viper is responsible for most fatality.

[@tarantulasarecool]

@@FrostedSeagullinteresting, and sad to hear those people didn’t make it. Realistically though on average only 2-3 people die here in Australia a year from envenomation (Wikipedia & other reports states this).,I am keen to understand why these people killed were unable to get antivenom into them (upon further exploration it says reason why these people got killed was cuz they were far away from a hospital!). I think i read somewhere too that if u are in real snake territory with no hospital close by then u should keep antivenom on you. Yes snakes kill many pets cuz unfortunately they frighten the snake (I guess unless it’s a food source but that doesn’t seem common- most snake diets consist of small mammals, frogs, birds, other reptiles etc) so it will react super quick but this issue can be solved (apparently 🤷‍♀️) with proper animal snake training. ❤

[@FischerFan]

@@Naruto_AmongUs You people need to learn from the Australians on how to reduce the risk of snakebite. You need to stop leaving piles of garbage around because that invites in rodents which brings in the snakes. Of course, your country, for some strange reason, also felt the need to create a billion more people than the U.S.

[@chrishewitt9721]

My first week in Tasmania, Australia, I came face to face with a large jet black tiger snake in the bush behind Hobart sunning itself on a large slab rock. I just watched it for a while but he knew I was there. As soon as I began to walk away, he was gone in a flash into the scrub. The big yellow centipede in my bedroom the following night wasn't so welcome. I was 17 then and have seen dozens of Aussie snakes since but that was the best. Had a dugite in my house in Perth once. Called CALM and they relocated it. Beautiful animals and a privilege to encounter. Thank you for your amazing channel.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for watching our videos and sharing your experiences with snakes!

[@baghbahadur]

Breathtakingly beautiful video. Would love to go to Australia to see some of them.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! 💚

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

10:29 The Cameraman's reflection can be seen in the beautiful snek's beautiful eye! But there are so many more beautiful Australian Snakes! (Like Colett's) any chance for a part 2 with the top 20?

[@LivingZoology]

Thanks for watching! Well, maybe in the future we will save enough money for another trip to Australia :D

[@tommyworles5344]

Australia is beautiful i was so lucky to be able to visit it back in 2002. I hear people all the time say they would never go because of all the dangerous animals but when i visit i never saw one i went during the cooler months. I hate snakes want nothing to do with them but its a healthy fear because i do my best to never hurt one because ni matter how i feel they play such a vital role in our ecosystem. They help keep the pest population in check that would other wise destroy our crops and pass on diseases. Even non venomous snakes help keep in check the venomous ones. They also play the part of prey for other animals so in Australia each creature plays its part one way or the other. People and snakes can coexist together it has been proven like an island off of Africa where Forest cobras and fishermen live we just have to do our part and be educated to learn how to make these interactions as less a possible. Quick question which of these snakes were the hardest to find also as always another great video by you all wish you all had your own show for Discovery or National Geographic Wild.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for watching our video! 🙂 Many people who went to Australia and did not specifically look for snakes did not see any. Snakes are shy and usually not super easy to find. As you say, snakes play a vital role in nature. The most difficult to find from these were the Coastal taipan and the Eastern brown snake! They are quite common, but super fast and inteligent snakes!

[@Uncle_Neil]

Growing up in Eastern Texas I had too many encounters with snakes as a boy. I respect them but never want to be in that amount of danger again. Does anyone know how many snakes per capita there are in Australia? Just curious.

[@The_Crusty_Old_Hag_Next_Door]

@@Uncle_Neil there’s so much Bushland & unpopulated areas of Australia you’d never be able to work that out. The bushfires would have wiped a few out but the population would bounce back without any problems.

[@shaunoliverii8961]

Excellent video! I also wanted to know more about the carpet pythons (jungle and coastal), the diamond pythons, even the olive pythons as well!

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! We will make a video about the Carpet python in the future 🙂

[@kimchipogi7694]

amazing snskes from down under Australia 🌏

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for waching! 🙂

[@allanboyer2769]

Impressive.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you! 🙂

[@zepmarq]

Your videos are simply beautiful....and have to be seen on a big screen TV to really appreciate the beauty of these animals.🐍

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! Glad that you think so! 🙂

[@johnschlesinger2009]

Thanks for another great video. Apart from the death adder, these snakes look fairly similar.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you! Yes, large elapids in Australia all look fairly similar.

[@Seventeen_Syllables]

"If you are not an expert...": excellent advice about any wild animal anywhere.

[@LivingZoology]

We want to teach people that they can admire animals also from distance, touching is not neccessary 🙂 Thank you for watching!

[@DevaNeeramanii]

So beauty-full, stunning and stunningly deadly. The Eastern Small-eyed has gorgeous colouring. Lovelovelove.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you so much! We appreciate it 🙏

[@cheryltysver4819]

Excellent videos! In the reviews and comparisons that I have seen so far I have not run across a single clear cut error which is exceptional! The only Australian species that I have had experience with are a number of Death Adders though I came very close to getting some NG taipans that were beautiful! I decided against them due to the unavailability of antivenin.

[@LivingZoology]

@@cheryltysver4819 Thank you so much!!! We do a lot of research before posting our videos so we can present as accurate info as possible! We would love to film NG taipans in the future, do you have any local contacts in Port Moresby?

[@cheryltysver4819]

@@LivingZoology No I do not. I am in the U.S. (in Florida) and the individual that had the N.G. Taipans is no longer with us. He was one of the most dedicated herpetologists to all who knew him. He was the source for the baby King Cobra that I raised and loved his animals more than life itself! When raised from babies I have had experience with Eastern Green Mambas, Eastern Diamondback's, Eyelash Vipers and King Cobras...and all have turned out to be very reliable and completely tame pets! The baby (and later juvenile) Eastern Green Mamba and the King Cobra (for the 3.5 years that I had her) were exceptional and the Diamondback was 100% reliable until we released him back into the wild!

[@LivingZoology]

@@cheryltysver4819 Oh, ok! We thought that you went to NG and searched for taipans. You had some cool captive snakes though!

[@nenad2427]

so sorry for my late..this is top episode

[@LivingZoology]

No worries. Good to know that you love it! ❤️

[@BaSiC47]

Outstanding footage as always. Thank you for sharing. For some reason the eastern small eyed snake reminded me of the common krait in India. Also the common death adder is incredibly well camouflaged. Stepping on it is a real possibility.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much for watching! Yes, the Eastern small-eyed snake might remind you a bit of the Common krait and the Common death adder is amazingly camouflaged!

[@helenlogan6481]

Another fab video. Never heard of the small eyed snake or the highland copperhead b4. The copperhead’s colours r beautiful

[@LivingZoology]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you! Great that you learned about the Eastern small-eyed snake and the Highland copperhead!

[@chrishewitt9721]

Not to be confused with the equally lethal one-eyed trouser snake...

[@helenlogan6481]

@@chrishewitt9721 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chrisgroves4097]

Does the tiger snake have a cobra-like hood? Are these species related?

[@LivingZoology]

Some elapids, including cobras and the Tiger snake, flatten their necks when they feel in danger. Brown snakes can do it, taipans and Mulga snakes too. The Black mamba does it too.

[@EdwardPootchemunka]

The King Brown or Mulga Snake is the KING of all Snakes they also eat Inland Taipans or Fierce Snakes

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, they hunt other snakes, true. The purpose of this video is to show 10 deadly venomous snakes which we think are the top 10 due to their venom toxicity, behavior, proximity to people or number of bites.

[@horrorgirl1986]

The Mulga Snake is such a fascinating snake, it's like a huge version of the other Brown snakes species in Australia. I would love to see another video on it and the Death Adder.

[@LivingZoology]

We really liked to work with Mulga snakes! We featured the Mulga snake here too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYnSf41nf5yti9E Here is the full video about the Common death adder: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKOnfKlsaahsgbs

[@tarantulasarecool]

Death adders are so cute and unimposing, would make a great pet if not for their life threatening saliva! lol (jokes I know it’s their proteins).

[@LivingZoology]

@@tarantulasarecool We agree that death adders are super cute!

[@FischerFan]

The King Brown is my favourite Australian snake. It is huge and robust and can take down an inland taipan!

[@qalandrumaafriid]

Informative video, very good and simply narrated 👍 👏 tiger snake nick look like Cobra when they ready for steike... It means camping and jogging are very dangerous, especially in fields and forest sides

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much for your positive review! It is good to be careful where you step and put your hands during camping or jogging for sure 🙂

[@jacobkoningen4395]

Still loving and enjoying your content lucky you two for travelling such a long way enjoying time with our Aussie reptiles..we are now living near Millaa Millaa on a dairy farm regularly seeing red bellies carpets and some stunning aqua blue in the tree snakes here..Jake Bec Michael and Shiloh ❤

[@LivingZoology]

We are very happy that you love our content! It was so good to film snakes in Australia! Living there must be amazing, beautiful landscape and many snakes! 🐍❤️

[@KimSpurre104]

I love this video. Informative with beautiful presentation. I probably won’t ever be able to go to Australia, but I decided to make up a rule for myself if I ever did: every snake I see I would consider to be venomous except obvious pythons 😉Even then I wouldn’t go near it unless it was a pet from a breeder.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much for watching! We are very happy that you like our presentation :) It is always good to be careful when you see a snake in the wild. We also don't pick any snake until we are sure that it is a harmless species.

[@teuku-nh7fz]

amazing video. I seemed to be around the object of observation.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! Our goal is to make you feel like you are observing wild snakes with us 🙂

[@MFBURNS7909]

On one hand I'm glad and grateful I don't live around venomous snakes but on the other hand I would absolutely love to be able to safely see these snakes in the wild GWARDAR!!!

[@LivingZoology]

We would also love to have more than 5 snake species in the Czech Republic! 🙂

[@jennyrules2694]

Good very educational video but me not going to sleep tonight me have nightmare's 😨

[@Chase_baker_1996]

I have a friend who lives in Australia. Perhaps I should share this video with him in case he's not familiar with venomous snakes

[@chantalbarry3023]

Belle vidéo de serpents Félicitations bravo salutations distinguées de France ❤❤❤

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much and greetings from the Czech Republic!

[@noodle5283]

1:12 That's a quick snake. The death adder is no joke

[@LivingZoology]

Death adders probably have the fastest strike of all snakes.

[@barry7608]

Re my comment on budgerigars on more than one occasion I have witnessed murmuration of these stunningly beautiful little birds, I’m talking thousands and they move together. If you come back to Australia I’d be happy to show you some hot spots, I’ve also seen Corella , only once in a flock exceeding a thousand, you could hear them Km’s away and when they took to the air it was mesmerising AND they ended up flying over head. A sight and sound to behold that occurred in 2024 the very best budgie flock was in 2007 but many other large flocks, thousands on the move in the early morning several times over the year's

[@LivingZoology]

Cool that you can see such huge flocks!

[@KypriansZoo]

Opět moc krásné video, do Austrálie bych se velmi rád podíval. Ještě by možná stálo za to uvést, že v průměru na hadí uštnutí umírají v Austrálii díky dostupnosti protijedů a kvalitnímu zdravotnictví cca 2 lidé ročně, zatímco při dopravních nehodách je to přes 1000 ročně. Nedávno jsem zaregistroval na Novinkách zprávu, že řidičce v Austrálii přilnula (sic!) k noze pakobra páskovaná. Řidička zastavila, vystoupila, odchytovka hada odborně odlovila a odnesla pryč a to je všechno... Přišlo mi to k smíchu. Zvláště vzhledem k tomu, že v Indii či třeba i ve zmíněné Papui Nové Guinei lidi opravdu na hadí uštknutí umírají relativně často...

[@LivingZoology]

Opět děkujeme! V budoucnu vytvoříme film o jedovatých hadech Austrálie a také film o nejnebezpečnejších hadech světa. Určitě se v nich zmíníme o tématu hadího uštknutí a počtech úmrtí. Máme téměř natočený materiál na 4 až 5 filmů…Je to ale finančně a časově náročná práce, takže dokončení všech velkých projektů potrvá roky…

[@KypriansZoo]

@@LivingZoology Je mi jasné, jak moc je s tím práce. Mimochodem, napadlo mě ohledně těch uštknutí farmářů v Indii apod. - oni chodí naboso, protože si nemohou dovolit boty, nebo je to prostě zvyk, nebo by jim v nějakých kotníkových botách bylo celá den horko? Kdyby totiž šlo jen o to, že si nemohou dovolit boty, které by snížily riziko uštknutí při šlápnutí na zmiji, bylo by to asi docela zajímavé téma pro projekt nějaké neziskové organizace...

[@dejanhadzikaric6541]

Hello, I'm a trail runner from Croatia (Europe). I'm interested in how trail runners manage to get through training in Australia next to so many poisonous snakes. How do trail runners prepare for running training in nature with all those snakes?

[@LivingZoology]

Encountering snakes when you don't specifically search for them is rare! In Perth people run in city parks close to snakes and they don't even know that the reptiles are there!

[@mrdilligaf1968]

Just run faster ! ! 😂 Seriously they're not that bad and I live in a country area

[@blessonjoseph5342]

Great work keep it up guys 👍 Can you please explain the name of the snake shown at the end of the video

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! The snake in the very last shot is the Curl snake (Suta suta).

[@blessonjoseph5342]

Is that snake venomous

[@LivingZoology]

@@blessonjoseph5342 Yes, it is.

[@Oracle550]

I live on a 25 acre property just west of Bundaberg,about 30 kms,its amazing I don't get many snakes around here,seen the odd tree snake and python but only came across a couple of nasty aggressive snakes in the last 6 odd years.We have goannas living in some holes near the house in the side of some hills,I see them nearly everyday I wonder if they keep the snakes away,heard they do but would like to know if there is any truth to it.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for watching! Yes, monitor lizards prey on snakes but unless you have tons of them it should not influence the number of snakes in the area.

[@CamMac-kd1ou]

That turn around speed on the death adder is frightening.

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, they can ve very fast!

[@chonqmonk]

I like the Inland Taipans that are wearing the black executioner hoods the best, followed by super cute-faced Death Adder, Tiger Snakes & Highland Copperheads, Dugites....ya know what, I like'm all... Being in North America makes identifying hot snakes so much easier, and many of them are super chill; most our Copperheads are truly gentle beings, and some of our rattlers are the same way - like death adders I guess. I've never been able to find a coral snake, and I wouldn't personally mess with a Cottonmouth. Still, I like meeting non-venomous snakes way more; seeing if they mind being picked up, maybe would enjoy a little mammal warmth....lol.

[@LivingZoology]

As you say, the best is to love them all! :) But we agree that Inland taipans with the black head are stunning! Venomous snakes in North America are fun too and quite easy to work with :) Finding non-venomous snakes is always cool!

[@sturejonsson]

I like this video😊👍

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you! 🙏

[@BrahimParis-w5s]

The good good color of inland taipan 👍👍👍

[@LivingZoology]

👍👍Thanks!

[@ahbenjamin2889]

Are Death Adders similar to the Black Adders found in parts of the UK ? Or a different species all together ?

[@LivingZoology]

No, they have nothing in common. European adders are vipers, death adders are elapids.

[@lonceysvideos333]

Cane farmer at Edmonton said Taipans reach 3 and a half metres and everyone I've spoken to that's encountered a Taipan said it's chased them

[@bradsillasen1972]

Lovely! :D)

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you!

[@ganeskmr]

Thank u very much

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for watching!

[@venusrinivasan8270]

Please go through this Matej and Zusana

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you!

[@christophersmith2470]

You probably should've had the red bellied black in the place of the small-eyed. Sure the small-eyed could deliver a more potentially fatal bite, but they almost never even bite people. The red bellied however is right up there with the Eastern brown and Tiger in the number of people they bite.

[@LivingZoology]

We decided to favor the Eastern small-eyed snake as there is a case of death after a bite from this species. It was a decision between those two. We are aware of the fact that the Red-bellied black snake bites many people, but it has not very toxic venom.

[@kevanhubbard9673]

A few years ago I was hiking near Blackheath in the Blue Mountains and almost stepped on a snake of unknown type.Lucky i didn't step on it otherwise I would have found out if it was poisonous or not!The only poisonous snake that i have ever been bitten by is a Night Adder in South Africa but nothing happened.Probably a dry bite or the fact that the Night Adder isn't very poisonous.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for sharing your experiences. Snakes are venomous, not poisonous (with very few exceptions). Venom is injected, poison eaten, inhaled or absorbed through skin.

[@maineoutdoorsman677]

I wounder if somebody brought a dreading pair of black mamba's to Australia ,I wounder if they populate or make a wild population of them ?

[@LivingZoology]

That is difficult to predict. In theory, some habitats in Australia are suitable for Black mambas and have enough prey.

[@FrostedSeagull]

​@@LivingZoology I once read that horrible people who steal these beautiful reptiles make them illegally fight. An Eastern Brown fought a Black Mamba and won. The Eastern Brown struck first allegedly. Our Australian terrain is most likely too tough for the Black Mamba. The Mamba's average length is 14 feet ( 3.2 metres) and grow up to 18 feet in length. Our Aussie venomous snakes mostly grow up to 8 feet due to heat and very very hot. Size is not a bonus in our hot Australian climate. A 14 foot Mamba wouldn't be able to hide and/or effectively hunt in our Australian terrain. The deserts where the Inland Taipan dwells is too hot and prey to scarce for a Black Mamba. If the Black Mamba had to compete with the Eastern Brown on our Eastern seaboard once aging, its size would go against it. Predators The Harpy Eagle and mongoose are the predators that hunt and kill Mamba's Africa. We have numerous Eagles that hunt and kill our deadly venomous snakes. The Black Mamba wouldn't have a chance, again due to its size, against our numerous Eagles.

[@KangaJack-ns9gd]

Amazing how flattened out that Tiger snake was, must have been close.

[@LivingZoology]

We were fairly close but not within striking distance at all.

[@godofmaine]

What about the king brown snake

[@oscarzambello3533]

I'm waiting this video. You are the bestest in this sector.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you so much!!!

[@GEIST00]

Far and away the best snake, one might say reptile, videography on KZbin. As much as the camera excellence, the natural history information included distinguishes these videos. A minor point, but to the extent one has to read one is distracted from the visual presentation, which is primary. So, possibly verbal narration, a-la-David Attenborough, in the future? Much more natural history information could be presented, and in a way greatly complementing the visual.

[@LivingZoology]

We also do narrated documentaries, but it takes long time to do them and it is costly. Watch what we produced already: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5u6f3aNgrl1oLs

[@WhiteDove73-888]

That copperhead is gorgeous

[@LivingZoology]

We agree, copperheads are gorgeous!

[@stephonlutchman6820]

The main reason Aliens stop coming to earth

[@LivingZoology]

😀😀😀

[@georgeg2369]

Aussie male here. Fair dinkum, we are more afraid of the local Sheila’s than the wildlife, they’re just pets, the others are just pests.

[@lordwalker71]

I remember the first time I saw Steve Irwin’s show and he went to a suburban neighborhood and went into someone’s backyard and lifted up a plastic kiddie pool to reveal and eastern brown and I was like yeah no Australia isn’t for me. I used to follow this guy on Instagram who went to Australia to study and one day he posted that he was trapped in his biology building because some venomous snak had curled up in front of the door and they had to wait for a snake handler to come take it away.

[@LivingZoology]

These things happen, we also flipped a Coastal taipan you saw in our video under a piece of tin 🙂

[@sriramg7495]

What about Inland taipan its not most powerful venom snake?

[@LivingZoology]

The Inland taipan has the most toxic venom, but it is a calm species which rarely comes into contact with people. Don’t confuse the most venomous and deadly.

[@MFBURNS7909]

Inland Taipans live in the middle of nowhere and it's on the list 😅

[@amykhaw]

My top 10 most venomous snake in Australia: 10.western brown snake 9. red bellied black snake 8.king brown/mulga snake 7.desert taipan/central range taipan 6.collett snake 5.death adder 4.tiger snake 3.coastal taipan 2.eastern brown snake 1.inland taipan

[@Reppintimefitness]

King Cobra would eat them all

[@LivingZoology]

Your list is based on how much you like each species or anything else?

[@FrostedSeagull]

​@LivingZoology The list is a Descending Order of venom potency and he's right.

[@emilio4020]

You should design T-shirts with Australian snakes

[@LivingZoology]

We should, good idea!

[@shaunhoward6838]

We have none in New Zealand 😔

[@LivingZoology]

We know, what a pity!

[@chantalbarry3023]

Le COBRA ROYAL est beau comme serpent mais Dangereux veineineux ❤

[@LivingZoology]

Thanks for watching!

[@silvanozennaro9526]

Wonderful your service as usual, but in this video you don’t say anything about the characteristics of the venom of these beautiful creature. Greetings from Italy. Silvano

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you! We did not want to go into details about venom composition in this video as we are diving into the topic in separate species videos. Also this list is not based only on toxicity of venom, but also behavior, number of bites and proximity to people.

[@silvanozennaro9526]

Thanks for yr reply. I’ll see with great interest yr video about the features of venom.

[@owenunderwood5000]

New Year 🎉, Awesome Snakes 🐍 For 2024 😮❤

[@LivingZoology]

Happy new year! We wanted to start 2024 with a cool video! :)

[@chantalbarry3023]

Pourquoi certains serpents se mangent entre eux ?

[@LivingZoology]

Some snakes exploit this ecological niche because it is quite easy for a snake to eat other snakes.

[@WhiteDove73-888]

I’m shy as well…😅

[@LivingZoology]

Thanks for watching.

[@mariaisabelgutierrezdelapa2600]

que balor tenéis que susto ❤

[@LivingZoology]

Thanks for watching!

[@azizmahmood5639]

Banyaknya ular berbisa di Australia.......Mengapa ular di sana semuanya berbisa......?

[@LivingZoology]

Not all snakes in Australia are venomous. Elapids are the most numerous group of snakes there, that is why there are so many venomous species.

[@osomorose]

The harsh environment means the snakes need things to die quickly. It’s no good to bite your prey then have it run away for two hours before it dies

[@subibijoy7038]

King brown??

[@Stargazer771]

Has there been any kind of study to determine why in an evolutionary sense, that so many snakes evolved to be so particularly deadly in Australia?

[@LivingZoology]

Australia is predominantly inhabited by elapids and elapids are venomous.

[@craneflaw2019]

I always thought that the "Mulga" is a snake eater just like the King Cobra? And why in the world is Australia home to three different varieties of Brown snakes....

[@LivingZoology]

Mulga snakes eat other snakes, but also other types of prey. There are even more brown snake species in Australia.

[@matthewrendle9321]

Probably the chance of meeting one is pretty remote unless you’re going looking for them

[@LivingZoology]

Exactly! Most of these snakes are shy and secretive.

[@The_Crusty_Old_Hag_Next_Door]

You’ve got to be kidding! I had a Eastern Brown at the front of my house last Friday it was less than one meter from my front door, I don’t have to go too far to find them.

[@LivingZoology]

@@The_Crusty_Old_Hag_Next_Door The Eastern brown snake is the one which lives close to people, it is defensive and causes the most bites in Australia. That’s why it is number 1 on our list.

[@JayB-u5f]

Black Mamba. Source: Wildest. ... Boomslang. Source: Britannica Kids. ... Fer-de-Lance. Source: istock. ... Russell's Viper. Source: iNaturalist. ... Eastern Tiger Snake. Source: iStock. ... Saw-scaled viper. Source: wikimedia commons. ... Banded Krait. Source: wikimedia commons. ... King Cobra.

[@JamesDay-i5n]

Does everyone carry antvenom?

[@sodivgode-q4e]

No

[@richardhincemon]

Citizens of Australia are provided free Antivenin/ Antivenom that is administered by medical professionals at the hospital. Unless you are a herpetologist who brings own Antivenin along but it needs to be kept refrigerated at hospitals for a long shelf life.

[@cbscbs9090]

You missed one of the most unique features of the Death Adder, it wiggles it's tail to attract prey! Come on man.

[@Mike-g1p]

How many people die from snake bites every year in Australia? How many are killed by crocs? Sharks? Kangaroos?

[@LivingZoology]

Very few, around 2-5 people die from snakebite per year. The highest number of people probably die after accidents with kangaroos, but we are not sure about numbers.

[@rogerjohnson2562]

The Inland Taipan is the most venomous snake in Australia, and in the world. It is more venomous than the Black Mamba.

[@barry7608]

Correction to Corella below the year was 2014 NOT 2024

[@LivingZoology]

??

[@viceroyzh]

Almost every creature in Australia is venomous, even the platypus.

[@LivingZoology]

There are many non-venomous animals.