What Are The Most Poisonous Snakes?

The very poisonous cobra is reportedly responsible for some 10,000 deaths a year in India alone. During the breeding season the cobra can be aggressive, and there are stories about its pursuit of humans in a life-or-death chase.
The python is another famous snake, the very mention of which arouses fear in some persons. It can be tremendous in size. An Asian python has been measured at thirty-three feet in length! The python kills by constricting or squeezing its prey until it suffocates. But there are few authenticated reports of these snakes' attacking and devouring humans. In one instance, however, a fourteen-year-old boy in the East Indies was caught and devoured by a python. A couple of days later the large snake was captured and killed, the body of the boy being recovered.
The largest living snake is the South American anaconda, which also kills its victims by squeezing them. There have been stories from Brazil from early times about the anaconda's great size and strength.

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