The Inland Taipan is an Australian native and is considered to be the most poisonous snake in the world. It is also known as small-scaled and fierce snake that can reach a total length of 2.5 metres. Although it is timid and reclusive, but the venom from one bite possesses enough punch to drop 100 fully grown men. The fierce snake inhabits the black plain soil in the Channel country of south-western Queensland and north-eastern South Australia. It shelters in the deep dry scrublands and crevices to escape from its predators and searing heat. The diet of Inland Taipan is solely composed of rodents, small mammals and birds. The prey is subdued with a series of seven venomous bites in a single attack after which the small-scaled serpent wait for its diet to die.