Comments on: 10 Incredible Earth Extremes

By: ritho

ritho — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:43:36 +0000

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10 Extreme Places on Earth — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:01:07 +0000

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By: gemfyre

gemfyre — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 10:36:41 +0000

Which KIND of taipan snake? There are many species of taipan.

By: curiouslittlerhino

curiouslittlerhino — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 19:43:58 +0000

Nooo. The driest spot is my wifes… nevermind.

By: Bens Jammin

Bens Jammin — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:14:23 +0000

Mate the most venomous snake is the belchers sea snake. So you list is wrong

By: Riz

Riz — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:27:27 +0000

145F is not 50 C Highest temp recorded is 136 F unless you grilling chicken

By: Belinda Forbes

Belinda Forbes — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:48:31 +0000

And to go with the shearwater. A couple of years ago it was confirmed that the longest non-stop flight is held by the Bar-tailed Godwit. Most people don't even know what a Bar-tailed Godwit is.

By: nicoleredz3

nicoleredz3 — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:55:20 +0000

Antartica is a wonderful place…

By: PorkchopSammy

PorkchopSammy — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:02:30 +0000

poorly written

By: deltad

deltad — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:33:23 +0000

As a professional guide in Sub Sahara Africa for more than 20 years and having had many close encounters,lets once and for all put the facts straight.
The Black Mamba is indeed the second largest poisonous snake in the world after the King Cobra. The Black Mamba does NOT have the most potent venom. It just have very large quantities of it and can strike the same victim successively up to 7 times or more – Yes it can kill an elephant easily because of that. It really is only the female of the species that is responsible for the fierce reputation. From August to October every year when she nests and have young -the female acts extremely protective – thus agitated and aggressive and will attack (and chase it down) anything that moves within 300 odd ft radius of her nest IF she perceives it to be a threat. (we see this every day in the first world – in traffic – with people )
With African Savannah’s tall grass and thick vegetation of the semi-tropical regions as its preferred habitats – any human wandering unwittingly into the protective zone can be attacked and chased out of the blue with no warning, at high speed. Hence the (well deserved)Legends Fables and fierce reputation of the Black Mamba.
On open ground and with enough forewarning however a fit human can outrun a Black Mamba any day.
Lastly – Camo when you make a statement like ” the deadliest snake being the King Cobra (because) it kills more people ” you might be correct because India has a massive human population sharing a habitat with the King – more interaction takes place therefore more fatalities occur. The Taipan though might favor a region that due to its climate and location has a very small human population therefore a lot less encounters and subsequent fatalities takes place. The Puff-Adder of Sub- Saharan Africa has a definite claim on being the fastest striker