What is King Brown?
King Brown is one of the longest poisonous snakes in the world and is considered the first of the five most poisonous snakes in the world. This snake, originally for most Australia, is also known as the snake mulga and is scientifically named pseudechis australis . Member of the Black Snake family, the colors of the snake range from brown to copper to almost black. The snake is on the underside of a lighter color, with darker patterns of the cross relationship indicating its scale.
growing to a length of more than 8 feet (2.5 meters) and has a wide head, King Brown is located in pastures, deserts and forests of her native continent. He often meets people when he hides under a pile of garbage or in other debris. This is not in the rainforests of the Australian, preferring to the searches.
Venom from the snake is considered very dangerous. Although a real poison may not be as strong as in some other types of poisonous snakes, this snake known by injection of its victims with a large amount of poison, more than150 mg in one bite. If he is endangered, the King Brown Snake often intervenes repeatedly.
Active mainly at night, especially in hot weather, King Brown is a member of the Elapidaw family. Predator, the snake mainly feeds on lizards and other snakes, but will also eat birds and rodents. He also feeds on other poisonous snakes, but it seems that I go to his prey makes King Brown without harm. The snake kills its prey by chewing action that pumps Venom into the body and slows the ability of the animal to react and escape.
Venom King Brown contains motorxins that cause muscle damage, while postsynaptic neurotoxins cause muscle paralysis. There are also anticoagulants in the poison that prevents blood clotting. It was also found that the poison in human victims causes damage to King Brown's kidneys.
The woman puts the snake 8 to 20 eggs in the clutch. Most often incubate eggs under a pile of debris or fallena tree or rock. After two to three months, the eggs hatch. Parent snakes do not provide care for their young and the mother leaves the snake shortly before or on the hatch of eggs. After hatching young snakes look for prey for their first meal.