taipans
Deadly outback serpents
Taipans are large, highly venomous snakes native to Australia and New Guinea, among the deadliest in the world.
The inland taipan possesses the most toxic venom of any land snake.
Separately, a taipan is a powerful foreign businessman in China or Southeast Asia—from a Cantonese word for "big boss": The taipans of Hong Kong built fortunes in trade.
Producing injected toxins
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
- deadlyAble to cause expiration
- fangsSharp piercing teeth
- venomInjected animal poison
inland · coastal · reptile · bite · antivenom · scales · strike · neurotoxic
Dominant industrial leader
- mogulInfluential industry leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
- Hong KongChinese special administrative region
- billionairePerson worth ten figures
entrepreneur · wealth · influential · powerful · elite · empire · conglomerate · Chinese
venomous
Producing injected toxins
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
- deadlyAble to cause expiration
- fangsSharp piercing teeth
venom · inland · coastal · reptile · bite · antivenom · scales · strike · neurotoxic · slither
tycoon
Dominant industrial leader
- mogulInfluential industry leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
- Hong KongChinese special administrative region
billionaire · entrepreneur · wealth · influential · powerful · elite · empire · conglomerate · Chinese · industrialist
taipansgarter snakes
Small striped serpents
corn snakes · rat snakes · milk snakes · king snakes · grass snakes
taipanspythons
Non-venomous squeezing snakes
boas · anacondas · constrictors · ball pythons · boa constrictors