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Does Australia have the most venomous creatures in the world? | Did You Know?
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6:25Now PlayingAustralia has a reputation as being home to the deadliest or most venomous creatures in the world. There's plenty of videos and stories online making the claims and listing the top 10. But does Australia deserve that reputation?
The University of Queensland's Bryan Fry put together a Lethal Dose 50 list for us showing the world's most potent stakes drop-for-drop. Here's the top 10.
1. Inland taipan, Oxyuranus microlepidotus, 0.025 mg/kg (Australian species)
2. Eastern brown snake, Pseudonaja textilis, 0.0365mg/kg (Australian)
3. Coastal taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus, 0.106mg/kg (Australian)
4. Many banded krait, Bungarus multicinctus, 0.108mg/kg
5. Congo water cobra, Boulengeria christyi, 0.12mg/kg
6. Peninsula tiger snake, Notechis a. niger, 0.131mg/kg (Australian)
7. Banded water cobra, Boulengeria annulata, 0.143mg/kg
8. Saw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus, 0.151mg/kg
9. Western tiger snake, Notechis a. occidentalis, 0.194mg/kg (Australian)
10. Tiger rattlesnake, Crotalus tigris, 0.21mg/kg
Interviews:
Associate Professor Bryan Fry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland.
Dr Ronelle Welton, Centre for Integrated Critical Care, University of Melbourne.
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