Coastal Taipan
Fast hunter. Serious venom.
Conservation Threats
Hunting
Legal and illegal hunting, poaching, and direct persecution by humans
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Hunting Animals
Smooth Snake
Smooth scales. Silent hunter.
Monocled Cobra
One hood, one warning.
Taipan
Fast hunters, potent venom, wide deserts
Sunbeam Snake
Rainbow shine, underground life
Checkered Garter Snake
Checkerboard swimmer of the Southwest
Red Spitting Cobra
Don't blink-this cobra can spit.
False Cobra
All hood, no cobra
Inland Taipan
Arid Australia's elusive venom specialist
Racer Snake
See it. Sprint. Survive.
Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake
Drift-line hunter of the open sea
Zebra Spitting Cobra
Striped defender with a venom spray
Atlas Moth
Big wings. No meals. Just mating.
Bamboo Worms
The caterpillar hidden in bamboo.
Comet Moth
Madagascar's moth with a comet's tail
Yellow Cobra
Bright hood, potent neurotoxin
Hook-Nosed Sea Snake
Beaked hunter of muddy coasts
Speckled Kingsnake
Speckles, strength, and snake-eating swagger
Banded Krait
Bold bands, silent danger
Forest Cobra
Big cobra of Africa's deep forests
Plains Hognose Snake
All bluff, no bite.
California Kingsnake
The striped hunter of the West
Eastern Green Mamba
Green in the leaves-fast in the trees
Central Ranges Taipan
The desert taipan few ever see