Coastal Taipan Replaced! - New Third Most Venomous Snake
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In this weeks Wicked Wildlife #Shorts we talk about the newly discovered Central Ranges Taipan.
The central ranges taipan or western desert taipan was discovered in Western Australia in 2007 where it was first mistaken for a western brown snake before being formally identified as a new species
It wasn’t however until 2014 that any information about the new taipans toxicity was published and what scientists found is that the central ranges taipan is about half as venomous as the inland taipan, which remains the most venomous snake on earth, but is slightly more toxic then the coastal taipan putting in third place in earths most venomous snakes
Thanks for tuning in to our second #Shorts video guys, hopefully one day I can feature the central ranges tiapan on the channel!
He's an awesome snake, seems like the most relaxed coastal tai I've ever seen! I love how calculated and clever they are and their eyes are the best!
His not always this relaxed 😂
@@WickedWildlife like a bloody kid, acts all sweet and lovely on camera soon as the camera is off they are trying to bite your face.
Wait, so Australia literally has the 4 most medically significant venomous snakes on the whole planet? Australia, y u gotta be so bootiful And so scary at the same time 😩😂❤️
Well we already had the top four (tiger snakes where in fourth place) in terms of toxicity The definition of medically significant is trickier though, one snake might be much more potent, but have less side effects for drs to manage for example
That's why Aussies are so laid back and into having a good time. Because death is literally in our backyards and in our homes. It's not that everything wants to kill you but that almost everything CAN. Gives us a different perspective on life. :-))
That being said I think our wildlife is far safer to be around then North America or Africa 😂
we have a lot more than 4 we have deadly sea snakes, death adders, copperhead, red bellied black snakes, vipers and tiger snakes too plus all sorts of other snakes. Australias most deadly snake is the hoop snake
MY husband walked through a nest of taipans in long grass while working on a High Voltage Powerline construction. He survived because he had work boots and pants. He bought gaiters after that
A nest of taipans 😳😳
Dead flatlined
He sure is looking sad for the 4th place 😔
I would NEVER want to cross a Coastal Tai, I've seen some with some major attitude problems!😱
Incredible how you can present so much information in such a short video - full respect!
Thanks i hope to keep putting out these shorts videos every week
My favourite snake
you had me @ one snack
Keep on doing what you do. Your presentations are so well prepared and concise (even when in longer formats), and delivered in a most amenable style. I hope that lockdown madness still enables you to make a decent living from your admirable knowledge and talents.
I know very little about the Central Ranges Taipan, I think it’s fascinating that we’re still discovering so many species, and some with such incredible adaptations as the taipan has! Their venom is amazing, I’ll have to remember to change the order of the top 3 when people ask me about it!
Thanks, it’s going to take me awhile to get used to it 😂
Crazy
Wow just when you thought it couldn't get any better 😊 Now I'm going to have to look up the Central Ranges Taipan to see what it looks like 🐍🐍💕🐍🐍 Thanks for info & video with that very handsome Coastal Taipan 😍
I’d love to be able to feature central ranges taipans at some point
Wow that is really good to know
Yes!! So proud to be a West Aussie.
I hope to get over there one day One of our Patreon supporters is a snake catcher near Perth
So what makes a taipan a taipan? What do they all have in common when their venom is so different?
Their venoms arnt all that different really, number 1,3&4 in the world actually makes their venom far more consistent then say brown snakes which range from number 2, down to species that arnt considered capable of killing someone But it’s the animals genetics and physiology that makes them related more then just their venom
Their venoms arnt all that different really, number 1,3&4 in the world actually makes their venom far more consistent then say brown snakes which range from number 2, down to species that arnt considered capable of killing someone But it’s the animals genetics and physiology that makes them related more then just their venom
So what are their similar physical characteristics, is it their heads?
@@cobbsta88 I'd say heads, scales pattern, internal organs positions and size, fangs length...
Is it from a lack of available food or something??
look slightly similar to the king brown🤔...beutiful looking snake
The two look very different to me but I’m around them all the time Have you seen our video on the king brown? Much heavier built with a fat head and no distinct neck like the taipan The taipans like an afl player and the king brown more like a rugby player 😂
Nice
Cool....eastern brown interests me
Have you seen our video on Eastern browns yet? If there’s anything I don’t cover it that let me know and we will make sure shorts about them!
@@WickedWildlife i think i have....but i would love to see a video om inland taipan vs eastern brown comaparisons and similarities
@@robot4829 I can try and arrange that
@@WickedWildlife cool...i appreciate that
@@WickedWildlife I'm a bit more interested in Tiger snakes, but that sounds interesting to me too. That being said, I seem to remember having read several times in articles that a given species was aggressive while in another one, the same one was described as tame. Could you address that in a short video? Like, is it a species trait, wild vs bred trait or down to an individual trait of each and every snake? (I know wild snakes aren't really aggressive and mostly flee if possible, but those in captivity people like you handle can't, and those are the ones I'm asking about the most.)
Gosh it's almost hard to believe such a beautiful snake with that adorable face is one of the most deadly venomous snakes known :O definitely won't be bothering any snake I come across though, for my sake and that of the snake (must be scary for the poor creatures to be harassed by a hairless ape). Such a lovely group of animals. Reptiles don't get enough love 😔 ♥
Why are tiapans so bloody venomous???
The strongest a snake's venom, the faster a prey dies, the lower the probability of a prey escaping or fighting back and injuring the snake. Their venom primary target is to kill their prey as fast as possible, while their secondary target is to ensure their safety by being able to threaten any animal big enough to be a threat, like humans. Imo, in Australia, the relatively harsh conditions made it so that prey were relatively harder to pass by, so their venom became even stronger then in most other parts of the world in order to give their preys absolutely no chance to escape. (There is a subspecies of the bothrops genus, bothrops insularis, which feeds exclusively on birds which passed by their island, and to avoid losing their prey after biting it, they keep it in their mouth, thus being more prone to being injured by their preys. To reduce those injuries as much as possible, they developed a stronger venom than their counterparts feeding mostly on rodents and frogs. At least from what I know...)
You're talking about Land snakes because the Faint Banded sea snake and the Beaked Sea snake are both 100 times more toxic than any land snake so your list is wrong again!!!!!!!! Australians just can't get it right!
No, I’ve confirmed with with Scott Eipper (author of venomous snakes of Australia) and Peter Mirtschin (owner of Venom supplies and works for CSL) because I assumed you’d be back to troll my comments Both agree that the sea snakes don’t appear in the top 5 at all
Ha! @Jacinta, you got told!
@@WickedWildlife Maybe you both are comparing for one the venom toxicity like the DL50 and for the other the effect of a bite, for which the amount of venom injected is also taken in account? Like "Strongest venom" vs "Most venomous snake bite"? The faint banded sea snake's venom apparently has a DL50 of 0.02mg/kg vs 0.03mg/kg for the inland taipan's venom, but the taipan injects between twice and fifteen times the amount of venom, thus having a more venomous bite...
@@JohnDoe-oo2lj the issue is the faint banded sea snake is 0.02mg/kg when injected intramuscularly where as the taipans result was from subcutaneous injection Intramuscular testing always provides deadlier results so it’s not comparable and we use subcutaneous testing because it most similarly resembles an actual snake bite
@@JohnDoe-oo2lj I actually have a whole video explaining the misunderstanding