Most venomous creature?

Question

I have had a long lasting debate with a friend about this.

He says it's the box jellyfish

but I say it's one of the sea snakes (cant remember which one)

I seem to remember watching some tv prog (david attenborough) and he said that the snake WAS the most venomous but very rarely bites and it could be handled safely.

But I need evidence to show my friend, or to convince myself that I'm wrong

I am not interested in daddy longlegs - harmless. Or poison arrow tree frogs - no venom, only very toxic slime

If you can find a source it would be great.

Oh bye the way is there a way to scientifically determine the potency of a venom - since they act in different ways?

Answer 1

inland taipan is the most venomous creature

Answer 2

the king brown snake , or the sea snake will paralise you in seconds

Answer 3

I reckon its probably the blue ringed octopus from Australia.

They say 4 minutes without anti-venom and you are gone.

Answer 4

OK according to theanimalfiles.com the most venomous snake in the world is the taipan snake.

according to underwatertimes.com  in the sea it is the norwegian whales shark - the most toxic animal in the artic. - due to high levels of the chemical PCB which it produces.

although the box jellies are fantastically venomous.one species "the sea wasp"  (chironex fleckeri), is probably the most poisonous creature on the earth. up to 10,000 people worldwide are stung by these and death occurs within 3minutes.

another is the carukia barnesi and is almost as toxic, virtually invisible in water no bigger than a peanut and covered in stinging cells those who survive its sting suffer from "irukandji syndrome"

box jellies are only as toxic because of the "scale" on which it stings a human.because they can see they tend to eat larger objects in order to minimise damage to their fragile tentacles. because we are larger than their usual prey and we are more exposed to them we get stung more than they would usually uses on there smaller prey.

another website is thebizzare.com. or extremescience.net thats a cool site LOADS on it.

hope this helps x

Answer 5

the fierce snake or inland tiapan what ever you want to call it is the most venomous land snake, there are more venomous sea snakes.  

however your friend it right the box jellyfish is the most venomous creature on the planet

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/an...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_jellyfi...

theres two links to prove it

Answer 6

Try looking for the black mamba in Africa

It has poison in one bite to kill 10 people. It can stand up and reach a lenght of 2 meter and it can go about 20 kilometers on land. Worth looking for it

Answer 7

Well i've tried to answer this Q,but i cannot find a definitive answer..The Box Jellyfish is ONE of the deadliest creatures on earth.

http://web.fccj.org/~dbyres/2011projects...

http://www.extremescience.com/DeadliestC...

However,as you will see from the links,it IS considered the most venomous with other factors taken in to account.Hope this helps.