Inland Taipan

Did You Know?
Although the Inland Taipan ( fierce snake ) is the most toxic snake in the world with venom more potent than any other species by a large margin, according to the Reptile Park, there have never been any human fatalities caused by this species. Several bites have been recorded and successfully treated by taipan antivenom which is produced and manufactured by the Australian Reptile Park and the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories in Melbourne.

[KWind]

I like the bokeh created by its scales! Nice shot.

[june milner]

Fascinating earl beauty

[Sam]

Soft to touch?

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I am not a fan of snakes- of any kind! But I'm glad to hear that the bite from this one can be treated.

[Graeme Stevens]

Oooooh...this I like :)

[Marnie]

Yikes, I'm keeping well clear of that thing!!

[Kevin C]

Great fact to know! Very interesting - I really like animals, especially reptiles and other critters! :)

Awesome superposition/layers of the image! I almost didn't notice the larger head photo - super cool!

[Kathie]

Cool shot of textures. His reputation keeps everyone away.

[Babs]

Interesting facts. Good to know that the antivenom is not too far away .

[Annie D]

@onewing lol indeed I must say they are one of my favourite snakes - I do like them behind the glass though

[Annie D]

@kevronicoal thanks Kevin - I love animals too - am very fond of reptiles - have a few - non venomous - love invertebrates too - have a couple of spiders also.

[Annie D]

@kathiecb Fortunately we do have anti-venom - and the venomous type usually like to save their venom for something they can actually eat lol

[Annie D]

@graemestevens ooooooh I thought you might - thank you for liking

[Annie D]

@gigiflower hahaha smooth would be my guess

[Babs]

@annied Thank God for that I thought you were going to say that you had taken one home. ha ha

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied You're welcome.

[Annie D]

@graemestevens im buggered lol

[Annie D]

@onewing i think daughter would love some of the venomous kind

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied How unfortunate. Did you get buggered by one of your countrymen? I hear they go in for that sort of thing over there.

[Annie D]

@graemestevens I am not in New Zealand ;-)

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied And we are all immensely thankful for that ;)

[Annie D]

@graemestevens refer to photo from the 6th

[Susan.T.]

Nice capture there Annie,& best view behind the glass.lol

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied LOL.I'd be offended if I could be arsed.

[Annie D]

@graemestevens offended my arse - you love it - and you would love it if I were in New Zealand - drinker - swearer - mischief maker - dry wicked sense of humour - hahahaha what's not to like LOL -

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied And modest too...wow

[Annie D]

@graemestevens I am to old to f*ck around - I know my sh*t hahahahahaha - and not sure any of those attributes would be considered note worthy to most hahahahaha - we are a select few

[Kevin C]

@annied Cool, so I'm not the only one!! Haha my family hates it when I keep spiders as well :) They might never understand haha

[Annie D]

@kevronicoal not at all my daughter owns the spiders - they are only young so not too big - I look forward to when they are hand size lol

[Kevin C]

@annied Oh cool! I look forward to any photos of them when they're that size! :)

[Annie D]

@kevronicoal :) cool

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied That we are

[Wylie]

Glad to hear that venomous fellow was behind glass, though Wylie 2 wouldn't agree with me😄 like the shimmer on the scales effect.

[👑 AnaZad]

Wonderful capture and I love the bokeh of the scales. Great detail in the PIP

[Yao RL]

don't try to prove it otherwise.

[Bill Fenske]

beautiful capture, love the bokeh skin.

[Paula W]

Love that snake skin bokeh.

[Gena Pegg]

Oooooohhhh...and snake bokeh too!!

[Megan]

Wow! Very cool shot.