The Taipan

The World's Most Dangerous Snake

• Author(s): Paul Masci, Philip Kendall,
• Publisher: Kangaroo Press
• Pages: 90
• ISBN_10: 0864175965
  ISBN_13: 9780864175960
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Nature / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians , Nature / Animals / Wildlife ,

Description:... Guide to the biology, behaviour and habitat of the taipan. Presents information about topics such as the symptoms and treatment of taipan bites and milking a taipan. Also provides stories about early human encounters with this poisonous snake, case histories of people bitten by the taipan and an account of the development of an antivenom. Includes references and an index. Masci has also published studies of the effects of Australian snake venoms.