Whats the Most Dangerous Snake in the World?
A snake expert was once asked what he thought was the most dangerous snake in the world. His reply: “Are you asking for the snake that bites the most people, kills the most people, or the one I would least want to be locked in a phone booth with?” Part of the problem in choosing which is the most dangerous snake is that everyone has varying criteria, and different definitions of “dangerous.” Some experts consider only the power of the venom, although not all bites are equal, and the amount of venom may differ slightly from day to day in the same snake for the same type of prey. In fact, even the method of testing the strength of the venom may be invalid, because the standard way, milking a snake, doesn’t equal the amount of venom injected by a snake in a normal bite. Some base a snake’s dangerousness on its size (sometimes in conjunction with the potency of the venom); the fang’s size, the likelihood that you will encounter the snake; the likelihood of recovering from a bite; or the “v
