This snake “can be the most dangerous in the world”

Employees from the Australian Reptile Park in New South Wales have found that the specimen of a deadly treason (Latin. Acanthophis Antarcticus), one of the most dangerous species of venomous snakes, has three fangs instead of two.

“We've never seen anything like that before,” said the head of the park Billy Collett in a statement sent to the editorial office of the Live Science portal. – We've been holding this snake for about seven years, but only recently we noticed the Third Fang. I thought it would simply fall off with time, but a year later it is still there – he added.

This third cradle, located next to one of the other fangs on the left side of the snake, also produces venom. This means that it has a much larger amount of venom for one bite than usual in the case of other individuals of this species of snakes, which makes it even more deadly.

This extremely rare snake “can be the most dangerous treacherous treacherous in the world” – added Collett. Additional Fang is the result of a previously seen mutation.

Treacherous (Acanthophis) are a group of venomous snakes found in Australia and New Guinea. It is characterized by one of the fastest forms of attacks among all snakes, and some species are able to bite and inject venom from fangs in less than 0.15 seconds. Their venom contains neurotoxins that can cause paralysis and even death if they are not treated. Before developing antitoxine, about 50 percent of bite through these snakes ended in death.

This hose is part of the antitoxine production program in the Australian Reptile Park, and its extremely rare additional sprout was discovered when taking venom. This process involves the gentle squeezing of the snake's venom glands, while it bites a special container, causing pouring inside a dangerous substation.

The snake produces much more venom than usual from all three fangs. It produces about twice as much venom than a specimen with two fangs – although it is not clear whether higher performance is the result of an additional fang. This is the first snake with three fangs discovered in the park that has been operating for 20 years.

In Australia, there were reports of other species of snakes that had three fangs. However, in the case of a deadly betrayal – no.

It is not known exactly why this snake has three fangs instead of two, but this may be associated with the process of replacing this part of the body. Like human teeth in adults, deadly betrayals have foster fangs growing behind the active ones. When one of them is lost, the new one moves forward to take its place. Thanks to this, their fangs remain sharp and functional to inject venom.

– It is normal that the snakes throw fangs over time and replace them with new ones every few months. Unfortunately, we do not really know what caused the development of the Third Fang and now we do not have the opportunity to conduct any tests – the spokesman of the park said.