Mamba venom is nice and quick, but simple. Kings cause extroadinary heamorragic effects as well as numerous other "lethal" factors. Taipans cause one to bleed out internally plus other "lethal" factors. Browns, I have even seen absorbed through the skin and cause envenomation and bleeding out.. I respect your choice of venoms, don't get me wrong but if resistance is what you desire than even kaouthia venom would provide more of a resistance to more species of snake. Tigers would provide even more. Are mambas the only species you work with? Untreated ( antivenom or innoculation ) you would be much more likely to survive with supportive care than any of the others listed above. Death from an adult King I think would be far quicker than from an adult D. polylepis. I noticed that you describe the black mamba as far more "dangerous" than the others, there is simply nothing more dangerous to work with than an adult wild Brown or Taipan Im not Aussie either, I've worked all of the above in numerous counts for many many years. I don't do it much any more, slowed down a little over the years. I have just seen a major trend towards the Haast methods... so curiosity has kicked in.

Also, out of curiosity, how many times and by what if I may ask have you been bitten (envenomated) by? How long have you injected and what is it you are trying to prove or show, you mentioned science, are you doing soley as a protection for yourself or are you trying to gather information for another study etc. I try not to be rude so please don't take anything I say as that. I am merely killing curiosity.

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