The Worst Snake Bites on Earth Ranked

I ran someone would discuss venomous snakes in the UK. I think the Adder is the only one we have and I don't think it's life threatening to humans although it is venomous.

Ein Entenarschloch ist langsam gegen die KI , da bleibt nicht viel übrig zum einprägen geht eigentlich alles vorbei und bleibt nichts hängen ❗👎🏻

Ireland has no snakes at all. There's a silly religious story that a Saint banished them. 🥱🙄 And here on the mainland UK i think we only have grass snakes, which are totally safe and Adders (Also known as Vipers) which are the only venomous snakes here and the Smooth snake. I've never seen any of them. I live in the North West of England (Lancashire) though and most snakes in the UK live in southern England, where the temperatures generally higher.

After reading the comments i realize that these highly poisonous snakes are horrible creations

wtf everything in Australia wants to kill you

Golden lance heads are one of the worst on snake island

Was bitten by a cotton mouth in the Carolinas yea my a$$ they don’t effect you my throat closed couldn’t breathe yea I was pretty messed up needed anti venom

Cane fields of Qld, coastal taipans ❤☠️ rodents that have found an ecosystem at the ground level of sugarcane monocultures. Personally my favorite 🇦🇺🐍

I can attest to how nasty a bite a large Burmese Python can inflict. I've been bit a few times on my arms between my elbow and wrist by 8 to 12 foot Burmese Pythons. They inflict a pretty large deep wound that bleeds alot and while I didn't initially feel much pain, that was because my adrenaline was flowing. Once it was over, 30 minutes later, you definitely feel it and you definitely need wound treatment as it will get infected for certain, and without antibiotics, I'm certain will grow into something pretty nasty. I can only imagine getting bit from much larger, say 18 foot, 200 pound snakes. OMG that would be a very large wound.

I watched a video about a young man, in his early 20's, fishing on the bank of a lake. He was familiar with the snakes as he encountered them from time to time. Family said he always respected them, never trying to get closer or trying to pick them up, instead he would slowly remove himself. From what they stated, he saw something move out of the corner of his eye approximately 20 feet away, moving towards him. He saw it was a good size water mocason. He started moving backwards as it kept approaching but his heel caught in the mud and he fell backwards on the ground. The snake continued towards him and bit him twice in his leg, then disappeared. He started to walk back towards his truck which wasn't very far, but the effects came on quickly and he felt face down on the ground. Two boys fishing off a pier saw him, one ran to him while the other ran to get help. When police and paramedics arrived he had no pulse and didn't survive. When they went over time lines they came to the conclusion he died somewhere between 18 minutes and 25 minutes from the bite. I know water mocason are notoriously aggressive, tending to stand their ground as opposed to fleeing, but they made it sound like the snake came after him, which I just find difficult to believe, especially from 20 feet away. In most bites, the individual either unknowingly steps on the snake, having not seen it, or immediately on either side, close enough that the snake defensively bites, but actually coming after someone, just doesn't sound realistic. Now I've never dealt with water mocason so I have no personal experience. Maybe others who have experience with these snakes in the wild can attest to whether it's possible for one of these to come at a person and bite them. They didn't say that he panicked or was flailing at the snake upon falling but who knows. I tend to think the snake was simply moving in that direction, and had the individual simply froze, didn't move a muscle upon falling, the snake would've simply just slitherd by, probably not even showing any defensive body language. If anyone can add to this, I'd love to hear what you've experienced as I'm just perplexed by the details. It's a shame this young man lost his life so quickly just out fishing. I feel bad for him and his family. Please don't think I was criticizing the victim when I spoke about "if he simply froze....." I was strictly speaking in terms of what I would believe, or expect the snake to do. I don't blame the victim at all for moving frantically trying to get out of there. That's a natural reaction and what 99.9% of humans will do so I want to be crystal clear in case anything I mentioned came across in any type of negative manner concerning the victim. Thanks.

Not all venomous bites are defensive, bites from wild venomous snakes are defensive, but in captivity many bites are missed feeding strikes, which are often worse because the snake will inject more venom with a feeding strike than a defensive strike and will never dry bite. I have a few pet snakes myself (all but one non-venomous and the one is a hognose so she's only mildly venomous and a hognose would have to really chew on you to envenomate and even at that point it would be no worse than a bee sting) and they whiff enough strikes (though I've never been tagged) that I would never want to keep a medically significant venomous snake

I hear if a Gaboon bites you you'll die in less than 60 seconds. Thoughts on this?

you can never be to careful please be safe!

I'm a former US Army Medic serving '77-'81, and I heard from my mentors, many of whom served in 'Nam. Is the Malaysian Krate the infamous "2-step" snake? I've heard YES, and I've heard NO, and I was hoping to hear from fellow elder Medics & Corpsmen of that era. Thanks....BTW, I always look forward to your incredibly researched posts.

This was really interesting! Thanks so much for education :)

I worked as a scuba instructor for over a decade and every time we were in the ocean and it rained for a while the yellow lipped sea kraits would swim at us and try to climb on top of us...it was kinda scary because we knew how venomous they are but they are insanely docile...they were just trying to get out of water because it would get too cold for them after the rains...out of the water they move very awkwardly in sand...beautiful animals and they can get pretty long too...would love it if you spoke more about the yellow lipped sea kraits..

One of my friends who was also a snake handler died from a king cobra bite...and it happened in record time, from the time he got bitten he was dead in under an hour. This is one of the best videos on YouTube on snakes, you literally covered every snake i had any doubts about ..where I live we see the red necked keelback often, we see it in one of the fish ponds hunting frogs and fish...i didn't know it was that venomous...thanks mate

Outstanding video essay, you received an A +!

As a black mamba breeder. you are gay

the audio compression on your voice is fucked in this vid. booming slow attack.

I tried to look up some reports that were actually valid and had good source material for the ones that say that snakes eat people but there's no actual good sources it's all a bunch of hearsay and not from actual experts or anything.

Ummm golden lance head enters the chat

In the US, you have a strong chance of dying from Mojave Rattlesnakes in certain counties of Arizona, Southern Pacific Rattlesnakes in Souther California and Eastern Diamondbacks anywhere they live. Finally, the canebrake rattlesnakes from North Florida into S Georgia, Savannah and the barrier islands off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina. A very large Eastern Diamondback might be a death sentence, if the snake wants to kill and dumps its venom in a bite.

I live in the outskirts of Sydney in a rural area. A few years ago I saw a couple of young lads (about 8 -10 years old), poking something with a stick, so I thought I would wander over and check it out. They were lucky. It was an Eastern Brown that was thankfully quite patient. Walked them back to their house and told their dad what they were doing. Never seen someone go from 'tanned Aussie' to pale as a sheet so quick.

An older friend of mine got bit by a cotton mouth when he was like 10. He and his brother were playing in a creek and he was bit on the ankle. He got super sick for a couple of days, but he didn’t have a lot of permanent damage. I’m assuming it was a controlled strike by an older snake, but the way he described it it definitely wasn’t a dry bite.

Hey dude.
Twig snakes and boomslangs were abundant in our garden. We had a beautiful natural garden in Nelspruit with lots of trees.
We also had a resident black mamba about 3m long in the bush we used to play in. We often saw it sun bathing

After a recent move, I noticed there are several garter snakes in the area that like to visit me. Lol! I don't mind them ( they're actually very pretty). However, my English Bulldog isn't particularly fond of them.
So...
What type of side effects should I watch for if he does get bitten?

Loved this documentary 😭 not all my favourite snakes appearing in the S+ tier 😭

I was fully expecting a puc of my ex-wife at #1.