How Long You'd Last Against Every Deadly Venom on Earth

Nine animals on this planet carry enough venom to kill a person. Only one of them is actually doing the killing — and it is not the one with the strongest venom. It is not even close. The thing that decides this is not how powerful the venom is. It is how far you are standing from the person who can undo it. 00:00 Nine animals, one rule 00:21 Inland taipan — the strongest venom ever measured, and a body count of zero 01:02 Sydney funnel-web — how one laboratory ended the deaths in 1981 02:00 Stonefish — the worst pain on the list, stopped by hot water 02:55 Deathstalker scorpion — why the same dose does nothing to an adult 03:38 Box jellyfish — the fastest killer in the ocean, and the bottle on the post 04:33 Blue-ringed octopus — no antivenom, and still survivable 05:40 Cone snail — the same problem, without the person next to you 06:23 Black mamba — the reputation is real, the bodies are not 07:04 The answer: a snake most people have never heard of 08:27 What this venom actually does to you 08:53 The list, in the order that actually matters SOURCES · Gutiérrez et al. (2017), Nature Reviews Disease Primers — snakebite envenoming · WHO — snakebite envenoming fact sheet, global burden estimates · Mohapatra et al. (2011), PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases — the Million Death Study, snakebite mortality in India · Sutherland & Tibballs, Australian Animal Toxins — inland taipan and funnel-web case records · Isbister & Fan (2011), The Lancet — funnel-web spider envenoming since antivenom · Australian Institute of Marine Science — box jellyfish sting records since 1883 · Barss (1984) / Queensland Health — vinegar and undischarged nematocysts · Gwee et al. (2003) — stonefish venom, thermolabile at ~45 °C · Chippaux (1998), Bulletin of the WHO — scorpion sting incidence and body-weight dose relationship Which one did you think it was? Tell me in the comments. #venom #snakes #animals #sciencefacts #survival