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most toxic of any snake
The inland taipan's venom is rated the most toxic of any snake in standard LD50 mouse tests — yet the shy species lives remotely and rarely bites people.
SrcAustralian Museum

Next evidence →42 feet longTitanoboa, a Palaeocene snake from Colombia, is estimated at about 42 feet long and over a ton — the largest known snake from the fossil record.

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