I have maintained both coastal and Papuan Taipans in my collection----They are, needless to say, extremely fast and very deadly !! I have personally collected Bothrops asper in the Darien of southern Panama and in Tabasco, Mexico....they too, needless to say, are also fast and deadly. The most dangerous snake I have ever maintained and/or handled are the Tree Cobras--Gold's Tree Cobras are the fastest thing w/ventral scales...if you ever have to handle an infuriated specimen, may God be with you---you are in for one hell of a surprise....Black Mamba's cannot match the ferocity of an enraged Gold's and speedwise would be considered "slow".....Earl Turner

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