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Inland and Coastal Taipan Tyler Brown Mrs.Cottrell -Grade 3. Appearance. The Inland Taipan can grow up to 8 feet The Coastal Taipan can grow up to 12 feet The Coastal Taipan has a coffin shaped head The Inland Taipan is gray and yellow
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Appearance • The Inland Taipan can grow up to 8 feet • The Coastal Taipan can grow up to 12 feet • The Coastal Taipan has a coffin shaped head • The Inland Taipan is gray and yellow • The Coastal Taipan is the largest snake in Australia
Habitat • The Inland Taipan lives in the Northern Territory and Southern Australia in the desert • The Coastal Taipan lives in the Northern Territory and in Queensland
Food and Hunting • They only eat very hairy mice or rats , and it eats small lizards and marsupials
Nesting Behaviors • The Coastal Taipan can lay up to 22 eggs • The Inland Taipan can lay up to 20 eggs
Interesting Facts • The Inland Taipan can kill up to 100 healthy men or 250,000 mice with it’s venom
Bibliography • Deadly and Incredible Animals by Jay Dale, 2001. • Reptiles and Amphibians by Mark O’ and Tim Halliday, 2002. • http://www.kidcyber.com.au/