Tuesday 17 January 2017

అత్యంత విషపూరితమైన పాము | Most Dangerous And Poisonous Snake - "Inland Taipan Snake"

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అత్యంత విషపూరితమైన పాము | Most Dangerous And Poisonous Snake - "Inland Taipan Snake"

The inland taipan is the most venomous snake in the world; based on the median lethal dose value in mice, its venom, drop for drop, is by far the most toxic of any snake – much more so than even sea snakes. The inland taipan first came to the attention of Western science in 1879. Two specimens of the fierce snake were discovered in the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers in northwestern Victoria and described by Frederick McCoy, who called the species Diemenia microlepidota, or small-scaled brown snake. In 1882 a third specimen was found near Bourke, New South Wales, and William John Macleay described the same snake under the name Diemenia ferox (thinking it was a different species).

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