Statistics for Deadly Snakes of South Africa

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
2) The fastest snake in the world and the second-longest venomous snake in the world.	Black Mamba	97%
5) Closely related to 2), but smaller and lives mainly in coastal forests in trees.	Eastern Green Mamba	59%
9) The skin of this snake went missing in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".	Boomslang	44%
10) Kills more people than any other snake in Africa.	Puff Adder	41%
11) Within its range, this irritable cobra kills more people than 10).	Cape Cobra	35%
6) Has the longest fangs of any snake in the world.	Gaboon Viper	35%
8) Can spit its venom, named after a country.	Mozambique Spitting Cobra	24%
4) Looks like a cobra, spits its venom, but isn't a true cobra.	Rinkhals	21%
1) The only snake on this list known to have hunted humans for food.	Southern African Rock Python	18%
7) The largest cobra in Africa.	Forest Cobra	9%
13) Wrongly thought to lure birds to their death with its bright red tongue.	Vine Snake	9%
14) This desert dweller can spit its venom and is called a Zebra Snake in Namibia.	Black Spitting Cobra	6%
3) The only completely aquatic snake on this list, found all the way to Australia.	Yellow Bellied Sea Snake	6%
12) Looks very similar to the snake that killed Cleopatra, but is now recognised as being a separate species.	Snouted Cobra	3%