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The fastest venomous animals

Top speed is the fastest an animal can go for a short dash.

On land

  1. 1SidewinderRattlesnakes29 km/h
  2. 2Komodo dragonVenomous lizards20 km/h
  3. 3PerentieVenomous lizards18 km/h rough guess
  4. 4Black mambaCobras, mambas & kraits16 km/h
  5. 5Lace monitorVenomous lizards16 km/h rough guess
  6. 6Yellow-spotted monitorVenomous lizards15 km/h rough guess
  7. 7Desert monitorVenomous lizards14 km/h rough guess
  8. 8Spiny-tailed monitorVenomous lizards12 km/h rough guess
  9. 9Mitchell's water monitorVenomous lizards12 km/h rough guess
  10. 10King cobraCobras, mambas & kraits10 km/h rough guess
  11. 11Goldie's tree cobraCobras, mambas & kraits9 km/h rough guess
  12. 12Coastal taipanAustralian snakes8.7 km/h rough guess
  13. 13Jameson's mambaCobras, mambas & kraits8.7 km/h rough guess
  14. 14Ashe's spitting cobraCobras, mambas & kraits8.7 km/h rough guess
  15. 15Forest cobraCobras, mambas & kraits8.7 km/h rough guess
  16. 16King brown snakeAustralian snakes8.7 km/h rough guess
  17. 17Black tree cobraCobras, mambas & kraits8.7 km/h rough guess
  18. 18Brown forest cobraCobras, mambas & kraits8.7 km/h rough guess
  19. 19Inland taipanAustralian snakes8.3 km/h rough guess
  20. 20Eastern green mambaCobras, mambas & kraits8.3 km/h rough guess
  21. 21Western green mambaCobras, mambas & kraits8.3 km/h rough guess
  22. 22Banded water cobraCobras, mambas & kraits8.3 km/h rough guess
  23. 23Snouted cobraCobras, mambas & kraits8.3 km/h rough guess
  24. 24Black forest cobraCobras, mambas & kraits8.3 km/h rough guess
  25. 25São Tomé cobraCobras, mambas & kraits8.3 km/h rough guess

In the water

  1. 1Common octopusCone snails & octopuses40 km/h
  2. 2Short-tail stingrayVenomous fish30 km/h rough guess
  3. 3Giant freshwater stingrayVenomous fish30 km/h rough guess
  4. 4Spotted eagle rayVenomous fish30 km/h rough guess
  5. 5Cowtail stingrayVenomous fish30 km/h rough guess
  6. 6Round ribbontail rayVenomous fish30 km/h rough guess
  7. 7Greater blue-ringed octopusCone snails & octopuses25 km/h rough guess
  8. 8Southern blue-ringed octopusCone snails & octopuses25 km/h rough guess
  9. 9Giant Pacific octopusCone snails & octopuses25 km/h rough guess
  10. 10Blue-lined octopusCone snails & octopuses25 km/h rough guess
  11. 11Bay of Bengal blue-ringed octopusCone snails & octopuses25 km/h rough guess
  12. 12East Pacific red octopusCone snails & octopuses25 km/h rough guess
  13. 13Poison ocellate octopusCone snails & octopuses25 km/h rough guess
  14. 14Hawksbill sea turtleOther poisonous animals24 km/h
  15. 15Discus rayVenomous fish24 km/h rough guess
  16. 16Southern stingrayVenomous fish22 km/h rough guess
  17. 17Port Jackson sharkVenomous fish22 km/h rough guess
  18. 18Bat rayVenomous fish22 km/h rough guess
  19. 19Pelagic stingrayVenomous fish21 km/h rough guess
  20. 20Spiny dogfishVenomous fish20 km/h rough guess
  21. 21Horn sharkVenomous fish20 km/h rough guess
  22. 22Common stingrayVenomous fish19 km/h rough guess
  23. 23Gray eel-catfishVenomous fish18 km/h rough guess
  24. 24Bluespotted ribbontail rayVenomous fish16 km/h rough guess
  25. 25Largespot river stingrayVenomous fish16 km/h rough guess

In the air

  1. 1Tarantula hawkBees, wasps & hornets45 km/h rough guess
  2. 2Giant tarantula hawkBees, wasps & hornets45 km/h rough guess
  3. 3Mammoth waspBees, wasps & hornets45 km/h rough guess
  4. 4Rusty-winged tarantula hawkBees, wasps & hornets42 km/h rough guess
  5. 5Thisbe's tarantula hawkBees, wasps & hornets42 km/h rough guess
  6. 6Asian giant hornetBees, wasps & hornets40 km/h
  7. 7Hooded pitohuiOther poisonous animals40 km/h rough guess
  8. 8Common quailOther poisonous animals40 km/h rough guess
  9. 9Spur-winged gooseOther poisonous animals40 km/h rough guess
  10. 10Blue-capped ifritOther poisonous animals40 km/h rough guess
  11. 11Northern variable pitohuiOther poisonous animals40 km/h rough guess
  12. 12Rufous-naped bellbirdOther poisonous animals40 km/h rough guess
  13. 13Eastern cicada killerBees, wasps & hornets39 km/h rough guess
  14. 14Southern giant hornetBees, wasps & hornets39 km/h rough guess
  15. 15Wallace's giant beeBees, wasps & hornets38 km/h rough guess

How do we know how fast they are?

Hardly anybody has timed a scorpion, a jellyfish or a cone snail. A few speeds are measured or widely reported, and they say so. All the others are our rough guess from the animal size and the way its group moves. Treat them as a fun guess, not a stopwatch.

Sizes come from Wikipedia where it gives them, otherwise they are a typical adult size. Tap an animal to see where its numbers come from.

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