Terror and Shock: The World’s Scariest Snakes Ever
Published by People have been arguing over which snake is most venomous for over a decade. But have you ever wondered which snakes are the scariest on earth? Most of these scary snakes have venom that can immediately stun and even kill their prey.
This article is the second part of my previous article entitled Terror and shock: The world’s largest snakes ever.
Anaconda
Anaconda inhabits primarily tropical South America in the Amazon region and Northern Africa. Eunectes murinus, or green anaconda is one of the world’s largest species found in the eastern part of Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and also on the island of Trinidad.
Anaconda earns a title of “King of the snake” for its total weight or its body mass. It’s a slow-moving snake that belongs to a member of the boa constrictor family of snakes. The Anaconda kills its prey by coiling around it with its large and powerful body before squeezing it into suffocation or crushing it to death and causing internal bleeding. Then, anaconda unhinges its jaw before swallowing its prey in whole.
According to the native people dwelling in the South American jungle, giant anacondas are seen to have a length up to 100 feet. It was reported that anacondas when found in the jungles of South America can grow as big as a grown man. Think that, a giant anaconda can swallow a tapir in whole and even it’s big enough to prey on a crocodile or an alligator.
Cobra
Cobra is a reptile found throughout southern Asia, Africa and the Philippines, which is a venomous member of the family Elapidae. When threatened, angry or disturbed, cobra rears up and spreads its hood in its intimidating and threatening look. It can spray its deadly venom accurately even from a distance of about 8 feet. Of all cobras, king cobra (or hamadryad) is identified as the world’s largest venomous snake, which holds the record length of 24 feet.
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On April 5, 2009 at 6:11 am
scary reptiles
On April 5, 2009 at 8:12 am
I got chills! Since I live close to nature, a few snakes came into my compound before…some very close encounters there…
thanks for sharing!
On April 5, 2009 at 8:26 am
Great article Chan! The pictures of those huge snakes gave me a chill..
On April 5, 2009 at 8:26 am
Another brilliant article, but I must say I am not a fan of snakes. There seem to be so many which are poisonous. Very educational Chan.
On April 5, 2009 at 9:44 am
great article
The snakes make me scared tho
On April 5, 2009 at 11:11 am
great article as usual, and very informative but I’m afraid of snakes.. EEk
On April 5, 2009 at 11:25 am
Scary! Great article as usual, very informative.
On April 5, 2009 at 11:44 am
eek snakes scare me! great article! =)
On April 5, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Yikes – this is too scary for me!! lol!
On April 5, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Scary but informative article.
Inna
On April 5, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Lord almighty!! Whoa!! Another great article!
Blessings.
Sincerely,
-Liane Schmidt.
On April 5, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Chan, you have written an amazing article again. Snakes give me the creeps.
On April 5, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Great article! well done!
On April 5, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Well done article.
On April 5, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Pretty scary…
On April 5, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Hisssssssssssss, liked it!!
Thanks,
Clay
On April 5, 2009 at 9:57 pm
They really scary me. I even don’t want to see those snakes.
On April 5, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Great research Chan, only I’m like Doan, scared of snakes.
Monica.
On April 6, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Great article, Chan! They all looked pretty scary. My uncle used to have a snake too, but luckily I never had to see it. LOL!
On April 6, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Those snakes are scary, I would never want to meet any of them. Interesting information.
On April 7, 2009 at 6:39 am
Scarry. I hate snakes. Great articles!
On April 7, 2009 at 10:30 am
Great read!!! Pictures look amazing.
On April 7, 2009 at 12:58 pm
horrible pics…
On April 7, 2009 at 5:33 pm
I hate snakes but this was an excellent article, Chan! Lots of research here!
On April 7, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Whoa! Awesome pictures and content. I’m a little freaked out but I am intriqued. Well done.
On April 11, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Very informative article, though not my favorite subject :LOL
On April 12, 2009 at 6:24 am
damn so scary! seeing all this poisonous snakes makes me cry ^_^.
On April 14, 2009 at 1:53 am
scary reptiles
On April 14, 2009 at 7:26 am
The venomous Blunt nosed viper is beginning to wake up in Cyprus now, so I have to be careful. Interesting article.
On May 2, 2009 at 5:17 am
Really scary snakes.
On May 7, 2009 at 1:13 am
I felt goose-bumps in my skin while looking through the pages. My house has been visited by lots of them and dangerous or not – I am scared of any slimy snakes that chance to visit us. Not seen one for some time now but the break is something quiet welcome.
On May 14, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Why are retic pythons not included? aren’t they scary? Well, I love your work my friend.
On May 20, 2009 at 3:05 am
brain racking figs
On May 20, 2009 at 8:09 pm
a great article but im afraid that there is no anaconda to reach even close to 100 feet and the longest snake in the world was a reticulated python as you mentioned but soon discovered to be a false measurement in only half its originally claimed length
On June 6, 2009 at 2:36 am
the article is quite impressive and being an african, i hope i never run into that black mamba!
On June 27, 2009 at 2:03 am
Anacondas are also found in Colombia
On August 3, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Great articles, those snakes are huge
On November 18, 2009 at 11:40 am
Snakes arent as scary, slimy or dangerous as people think if you know how to behave around them and are not bumbling along barefoot in the woods. Most snakes would rather slither away than confront something as big as a person in the wild. Most are not poisonous, though the ones that are tend to be strongly so…but hey- without arms and legs…what else to they have to protect themselves from predictors with? Great photos. Nice information.
On November 30, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Some of them don’t look that scary but others look deadly.
On May 12, 2010 at 2:23 pm
i am weak and so afraid of snakes more than ever now….my heart is raceing i hope i could focus……….but thanks for the info though
On June 23, 2010 at 4:10 am
theese snakles are pretty scary but the scariest has to be the boa constricter. {btw i have seen bigger much much bi8gger and i nearly phainted}
On August 17, 2010 at 10:23 am
ahhhhhhhhhhhh soh scary but great articule aahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
On November 20, 2010 at 9:50 pm
la anaconda le gana al leon ¿bots por el leon son 4589612
…? y por la anaconda 913265478
On March 1, 2011 at 2:52 am
i dont like snakes ever…..actuallly i hate i’t…why because
it’s a poisonous although not at all
but thanks 4 the information..that we should be careful of other snakes….
On April 2, 2011 at 6:02 am
I am scared of snakes…………thanks for the article
On November 23, 2011 at 10:33 am
the snakes are really very scary.
On May 17, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Snakes are my favorite animal and I don’t know why people are scared of them LOL
On May 17, 2012 at 3:33 pm
Snakes are my favorite animal and I don\’t know why people are scared of them LOL
On June 6, 2012 at 11:12 am
snakes are realy dangeres thay are poisenes
On June 6, 2012 at 11:18 am
i likes snakes but my family realy scarared them
On June 6, 2012 at 11:29 am
snakes are realy big so i want to wish that you peoples pls stay away from snakes