
Originally Posted by
wazkelly
Nice affectionate looking dog you have there.
Hey Doc, Inland Taipan followed by King Brown or Mulga snake rank higher than Tigers for how potent their venom is. Have spoken with many FIFO mine workers and they usually carry satellite phones and reckon if bitten by a Taipan you barely have enough time to call your loved ones before it's all over. What makes them even more deadly is that are usually 2.0m or more in length, very nervous and strike fast up to the full length of their body multiple times.
Zandit's dog was very lucky indeed.