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Cobra

The black-necked cobra, which lives mostly in Africa, spits its venom into the eyes of its victim, to cause it blindness.

There are no snakes in New Zealand.

The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that one bite can kill twenty people or one elephant.

The fastest moving land snake is the Black Mamba, which can move up to 7 miles per hour.

The King Cobra has enough venom in its bite that it can kill up to 13 adults.

The Australian Brown Snake's venom is so powerful that only 1/14,000th of on ounce is needed to kill a human being.

Taipan snakes have 50 times more toxic than a cobra snake.

Snake venom is ninety percent protein.

Snake is a delicacy in China.

Most snakes have six rows of teeth.

A snake charmer in Bangladesh once found 3,500 poisonous cobras and their eggs hidden underneath the floors of two suburban homes.

Sea snakes are the most poisonous snakes in the world.

Las Vegas

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  Las Vegas History Up to 1899

• - Southern Paiute inhabited area long before the arrival of the first Europeans.
• 1776 - "Spanish Explorers" came through southern Nevada.
• 1829 - The Spanish Scout Rafael Riviera becomes first European in the Las Vegas Valley.
• 1829 - Antonio Armijo arrives after his scout Rafael Riviera.
• 1844 - John C. Fremont Arrives.
• 1855 - Mormons arrive in Las Vegas and establish fort.
• 1855 - First Post Office established and is named Bringhurst after Mission President William Bringhurst.
• 1857 - Mormons abandon fort.
• 1864 - Nevada is admitted to the Union by President Lincoln.
• 1865 - Octavius Decatur Gass takes over old Mormon Fort and Establishes Las Vegas Rancho.
• 1880 - Archibald and Helen Stewart acquire Las Vegas Rancho from Octavius Decatur Gass for $5000.00.
• 1882 - Helen Stewart gives birth to Evaline La Vega Stewart named after Las Vegas.
• 1884 - Archibald Stewart murdered at Kiel Ranch - First Las Vegas Murder - Unresolved.