Hey! I wasn't sure if you had seen the news, or even cared, but here in Australia, a zoo just had a Coastal Taipan have a 5.2g venom yield in their milking program (3 times the average yield). It's apparently enough venom to kill 400 humans 😳 If you'd like I can send a link or tell you the Instagram name of the zoo? So you can see their posts about it? Regardless of that, I hope y'all are enjoying your day/night!!
Also, on that topic, are you aware of any other snakes with extremely large venom yields?
Snake Venom Yields:
I haven't really heard anything about this, but its pretty cool. I did not know that they had such a high venom yield.
Cyclone the taipan breaks venom record - Central Coast News (coastcommunitynews.com.au)
The two snakes that are known for having the highest venom yields are the King Cobra and the Gaboon Viper (which actually yields more per bite than the King Cobra). The Gaboon is comparable to this new record from the taipan.
Coastal Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus), family Elapidae, found in coastal areas of Northern and Eastern Australia and New Guinea
Venomous.
photograph by Scott Eipper
Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonica), family Viperidae, found in West Africa
Venomous.
This species has the longest fangs of any venomous snake, at a length of up to 2 inches (5 cm).
photographs by Mark Kostich
King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), female, family Elapidae, India
Venomous.
This species is the largest venomous snake in the world, growing to a length of up to ~19 ft!!!
photograph by wildwarrior_pravesh.meet
