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most toxic african snake?

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Posted by: budman 1st at Sat Mar 25 06:31:24 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by budman 1st ]  
   

Well it looks like the water cobra is by far the most toxicafrican snake.
The LD50 of its long-chain neurotoxins are lower than any african snake.

U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
water cobra venom info pub med 1991


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