Hydra

The Hydra (Dendroaspis Lerna) is a large venomous snake found in north Africa and southern Europe. Hydras are in the same family as mambas but unlike these other poisonous snakes, Hydras grow much larger reaching lengths of 17ft and have thicker bodies.They have featured into the Mythologies of several nations most notably Greece. One of the most infamous myths about the hydra is that it has multiple heads but this is a fallacy, the story most likely stems from a behavior that the snakes engage in during the mating season. Like many snakes such as Anacondas and garter snakes, hydras form a "Mating Ball" where multiple males will try to mate with one female hydra which is larger than the males. Ancient people who stumbled across this sight could have easily mistaken the individual hydras for several heads on one creature. Next to the King cobra, the Hydra is the world's largest venomous snake The fangs on the inside of the mouth can be up to four inches long. As if the size of the fangs wasn't terrifying enough, the venom that is injected from the fangs is so toxic that because of the sheer amount of venom, a person will die in under an hour after being bitten. Hydras today are rare their numbers have declined due to climate change and thus Tyana Institute considers them endangered they are rarely found outside of africa and spain.