What % of snakes are poisonous?

Question

What % of snakes are poisonous?

Answer 1

i think about 10-20%

Answer 2

11.3% worldwide

7.3% in the United States

Answer 3

about 10% although most people freak out every time they see any snake at all because of this fear Hollywood has put into people about snakes and sharks etc. Its kind of sad how movies have misguided people so badly over the years...

Answer 4

A very small percentage. Very small.*

*I am not an expert.

Answer 5

The easiest way to get this information is to get all the species of snake together in one room, then let them bite you one at a time.  

Then right down on a piece of paper every time you are die from a bite.  Then add up how many times you died, and divide it by 100.

Answer 6

Most of them are.  The question is, to what extent?  Most snakes are poisonous, but some don't give enough poison to kill us.  And some do.

Answer 7

"Venomous snakes only make up about 10 percent of snake species worldwide, and in Massachusetts only two of the state's fourteen species of snakes are venomous (timber rattlesnake and northern copperhead). Both are rare, reclusive and generally confined to isolated areas."

Answer 8

theres 3 in england thats dangerous, otheres are not, but all use alot of electric consider that.food etc

Answer 9

Does it matter? I say there are only three kinds of snakes...fast ones, dead ones, and lucky ones!

Answer 10

The same % of guns that arn't loaded.

Answer 11

Most snakes are not poisonous.  Constrictors crush their prey.  Many others simply wrestle their pray and quickly swallow them up.  Vipers are poisonous.  They are the minority of snakes in the world.  I don't know percentages.

Answer 12

hi, Most of snakes are non toxic.I think about 15% of snake are poisonous

Answer 13

10%

Answer 14

15%

Answer 15

alot

Answer 16

10-16 %

Answer 17

0%... No snake is "poisonous" there are about 10-15% of snake species that are venomous. I make this point becuase it's a common misconception, poison can be injected, ingested, inhaled, and absorbed, venom can only enter through an open wound (i.e. bite or cut).

We've now gotten so far down on the list of possible wilderness hazards that those remaining are unlikely to affect most hikers during their entire career. Take snake bite, for example. Depending on who you want to believe, anywhere from 1,000 to 45,000 people are bitten by snakes in the United States every year. Perhaps one-fifth of those bites are from poisonous snakes; however, in about 20 percent of all rattlesnake bites and 30 percent of all cottonmouth and copperhead bites, the snake injects no venom. Estimates of the number of fatal snake bites per year in the United States range from less than a dozen to about 30. Lightning is a bigger cause for worry, as are allergic reactions to bee stings. Only about 20 percent of the snake species found in the United States are poisonous.

Most snakes are afraid of humans and will slither away given half a chance. To avoid surprising one, watch where you walk. Snakes like rocky slopes that catch the morning sun, river bottoms and any kind of cover: rock piles, brush piles, fallen logs. They congregate in their kitchen: any place where rodents, frogs and lizards abound. Look first before stepping over a log. If you're scrambling in likely snake habitat, don't reach up blindly for a hold you can't see. Most of the high alpine areas in the United States are completely free of snakes, as is Alaska.

If you do get bitten, avoid panic. Every year, people die of fright and unnecessary treatment after being bitten by a non-poisonous snake. Even if the snake is poisonous, the chance of its bite killing a healthy adult is small. Toddlers and elderly people are at greater risk. Keep the victim quiet to help r****d the spread of the venom and send someone out to get help in evacuating the victim. Clean and bandage the wound. Do not apply ice to the bite or attach a tourniquet above the bite. The result can be a disastrous case of gangrene. Do not try to cut open the area surrounding the puncture marks and suck out the venom by mouth. The risk of serious infection is very high and your incisions can easily damage nerves, tendons and ligaments, particularly if the snake bit a hand or foot. Some authorities recommend snake-bite kits, which contain a razor blade to make incisions and some kind of suction device for extracting venom. While these are better than the cut-and-suck-by-mouth method, the danger of infection and cutting vital structures is still high when these devices are used by inexperienced, panic-stricken hikers. Even the best snake-bite kits claim to remove only 30 percent of the venom, and only that if the device is used within three minutes.

Answer 18

Not many, how about 10%

Answer 19

not alot and the dangerouse ones are in south american and africa

Answer 20

7.5%

Answer 21

No snake is "poisonous" there are about 10-15% of snake species that are venomous. I make this point because it's a common misconception, poison can be injected, ingested, inhaled, and absorbed, venom can only enter through an open wound (i.e. bite or cut)

Answer 22

About 60-70% of them are poisonous.

Answer 23

68%