The coastal taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus ... it can do so faster than many other snake species. The eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textiles) is one of the fastest striking snakes in the world ...

Found in the arid deserts of central and eastern Australia, the Inland Taipan is ... with darker brown markings. Although venomous, the horned adder rarely bites, and the snake generally avoids ...

The snake in question, a coastal taipan named Cyclone ... Keepers extract venom from other deadly snakes as well, including ...

said while taipans were far less likely to bite than a brown snake, the consequences could be far more serious. Dr Jackson said taipan venom could attack both types of nerve endings — those that ...