PPT by child and for children

1. Things you want to know
about two very deadly snakes
by Nachiketh

2. Copyright
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3. Danger #1 -Taipan
The Taipan is a group of 3
subspecies:-
1-The Coastal Taipan
2-The Inland Taipan
3-The Central Ranges Taipan
Taipans mainly live in Australia.
They may have got there by
poisonous sea snakes which
eventually came on land.

4. Hunting strategy, Poison &
Accuracy in Killing Prey
Just like most other snakes, the
Taipan can smell with it’s tongue.
All it has to do then is find it’s
prey by smelling it. Then it is
practically supper-time. The
Taipan’s venom can kill 150
people

5. Coastal Taipan
The Coastal Taipan is the third
most deadly land snake in the
world. It lives in the Northern to
Eastern part of Australia and in
New Guinea. It is the biggest
Taipan but still it eats only rats
and other rodents.

6. Inland Taipan
The Inland Taipan is also called
“the fierce snake” and “the small
scaled snake”. It is considered
as the deadliest land snake in
the world.
Inland Taipans are unique
because unlike other snakes,
which only bite once, the snake
will bite up to 7 times at once.

7. Other Useful Facts On Taipan
The taipan’s venom is neurotoxic
which means that it can clog
your blood and even stop your
nervous system. All of these
snakes very deadly and all can
easily kill you.

8. Danger #2-Rattlesnake
Rattlesnakes are from the group
of snakes called pit vipers. There
are around 30 different types of
rattlesnakes, some of the most
common rattlesnakes are the
timber, sidewinder, ridge-nosed,
and Northern Pacific rattle snake.
The Rattlesnake gets it’s name
from the small stub at the back of
its tail which produces a sound
of a rattle.

9. Where they live, and their
rattle
Rattlesnakes live from Canada to
Argentina.Rattlesnake are usually
found in dry, arid places.
A Rattlesnake’s rattle is made of
loose scales called segments. A
small rattlesnake will only have
one segment while a bigger
snake will have more.

10. What they eat and how
they hunt
Rattlesnakes eat rats, birds,
amphibians and other harmful
pests to crops.
Unlike other snakes, rattlesnakes
can sense heat with “heat
sensing pits” on their head. This
is one of the major tools used by
all vipers.

11. Venom
Almost all species of rattlesnakes
can control how much venom
they release. So they can release
more venom if threatened and
less if hunting.
Most species also have
Hemotoxic venom. This venom
destroys tissues and causes
blood-clotting.

12. Mating
A few species of rattlesnakes
mate in the spring, but most
mate in the summer or fall.
During this time female
Rattlesnakes leave pheromones
wich the males follow with their
Jacobson’s organ.

13. Resources
Wikipedia and World Books