Death Adder
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 The Death Adder is found everywhere in Australia except for Victoria and Tasmania. It is also found in Papua New Guinea.
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 The Death Adder has a triangle looking head with a fat body. The colours vary from a light reddish brown to a dark grey. The maximum length of a Death Adder is 1.1 metres long. Its fangs are 6.2 millimetres long and are hollow. |
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 The Death Adder is different from all other snakes in Australia. Most other snakes would slip away when a human approached, but not the Death Adder, it stays put. It lies half buried in the sand, curls up with its head next to its tail. It then dangles its tail in the air to attract rodents like lizards and small birds. The Death Adder rarely misses its prey and it never wastes its venom. Its fangs can rotate forward just in time to strike its prey. Its fangs can be at a right angle to the skin and it can still bite. A Death Adder has 85 milligrams of venom and it strikes its prey as fast as lightning.
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The venom of a Death Adder attacks the nerves. If it is not treated paralysis can occur, but amazingly it does not
change the muscle structure.
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 The Death Adder is the ninth most deadliest snake in the world. The Death Adder is often referred to as a Deaf Adder because it
stays put when it is near humans.
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 Ten people were walking in an Indian file when a snake bit the tenth person. The fangs buried deeply into the person's foot, because it had been trodden on. The other travellers had missed the Death Adder by 1 inch.
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