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the snake whose single bite carries enough venom to drop a hundred grown men
means A large, highly venomous Australian snake of the genus Oxyuranus, among the most lethal snakes on Earth.
from From dhayban, a word in Wik-Mungkan, an Aboriginal language of Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland. It was recorded by the naturalist Donald Thomson in the 1930s, who took the local name and carried it into English. (Don't confuse it with the other taipan — the foreign business boss of Hong Kong and the China trade — which comes instead from Cantonese, from a phrase meaning roughly 'big shot'; two unrelated words that happen to share a spelling.)
- deadliest land
- Inland taipan owns the most toxic venom on Earth
- speed kills
- Strikes multiple times in a fraction of a second
- hidden killer
- Inland species shy, rarely seen, almost never bites humans
- colonial slang
- Also meant a powerful Western trader in old China
- venom speed
- Untreated bites can kill within 30 to 45 minutes
inland taipan — world's most venomous snake, found in remote central australia
coastal taipan — second most venomous snake, inhabits northern australia and papua new guinea
taipan james packer — australian billionaire businessman and former crown casino owner