南棘蛇

南棘蛇通常注入大约40～100毫克的毒液含有0.4毫克～0.5毫克/千克LD。

They typically inject around 40-100mg of venom with an LD of 0.4mg-0.5mg/kg .

在澳大利亚和新几内亚可以发现南棘蛇的踪影。

The appropriately named Death Adder is found in Australia and New Guinea .

未经处理的南棘蛇咬伤是世界上最危险的伤之一。

An untreated Death Adder bite is one of the most dangerous in the world .

南棘蛇的毒液是一种神经毒素。

The venom is a neurotoxin .

因为他们都有三角形状的头和粗短的身体，所以南棘蛇看上去与蝰蛇十分相似。

Death Adders look quite similar to vipers , in that they have triangular shaped heads and short , squat bodies .

南棘蛇拥有世界上最快的攻击速度，它可以在0.13秒内完成攻击并回到攻击位置。

With the quickest strike in the world , a Death Adder can go from strike position to striking and back again within 0.13 of a second .

抗蛇毒血清治疗南棘蛇咬伤是非常有效的，特别是那些症状进展相对缓慢的，但是在其扩散之前，由南棘蛇造成的死亡率可达到50%。

Antivenin is very successful in treating a bite from a Death Adder , particularly due to the relatively slow progression of symptoms , but before its development , a Death Adder bite had a fatality rate of 50 % .