The Taipan Vs The Black Mamba, Who is the Most Dangerous Snake?

Being found on every conitnent on earth but one, there is few countries around the world that don't have a snake that achieves some level of "legendary" status, and in this video we are comparing two snakes that are both certianly legends, the Taipan, and the Black Mamba. A special thanks also has to go out to our mate Dingo Dinkelman for letting us borrow some of his footage for our video, and here is a link to his video making the same comparision of Taipan vs Black Mamba!    • Видео  

Size:
While inland taipans grow to a maximum of around 1.8 meters long the black mamba is capable of growing to an astounding 4.5 meters in length, however today black mambas usually grow to around 3 meters, which still makes them significantly bigger snakes then the inland taipan. The Coastal taipan however has been recorded at 3 meters long (although averages just under 2) which makes it the fourth longest venomous snake in earth, behind the mamba who is number two

Personality:
Black mambas are famous for having a cantankerous personality, they are flighty, alert snakes that are ready to bite is they cannot escape. While the inland taipan is by comparison a fairly placid animal, the coastal taipan has a reputation for being a very skittish species of its own and bites several hundred people a year in Papua New Guinea

Venom:
The inland taipan is well known to possess the most toxic venom of any snake on earth, and while the black mamba doesn’t fall far behind, it remains four times less toxic the coastal taipan, which is three times less toxic than the inland taipan! Having such potent venom however the inland taipan doesn’t need a prey volume of venom, and typically injects 40-100ml compared the the black mamba who can inject up to 400ml or the coastal taipan who objects 120-400ml

Speed:
While taipans of all species, just like most Elapids are capable of moving quickly when threatened, the black mamba remains the fastest snake in earth. This lightening speed generally allows it to avoid humans, but when being handled can also mean things go wrong very quickly!

At the end of the day these factors are why the black mamba has to be one of the most dangerous snakes on earth to handle, yet the coastal taipan kills significantly more people in the wild, particularly in Papua New Guinea, the inland taipan in the other hand has only caused a few bites and no deaths to date