From Indian Taipan to Russell Viper here are the eight most venomous snakes in the world of whom you should be aware of.

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The Boomslang is one of the most venomous of the so-called rear-fanged snakes. Such snakes can fold their fangs back into their mouths when not in use. This one has hemotoxic venom that causes its ...

Of this number, the fatality rate is pegged at 0.01%, averaging one death every three years. Although copperheads bite a lot, their bites are rarely fatal. They have a less toxic hemotoxic venom, and ...

Brown recluse bites are dangerous because they contain necrotic and hemotoxic venom. Brown recluse spiders are rarely aggressive, attacking only when their isolated environments are disturbed and when ...

The King Cobra is considered intelligent and is big in size with its deadly neurotoxic venom, whereas Russell’s Viper possesses powerful hemotoxic venom that attacks tissue and blood cells.