It has been confirmed by Ergon Energy he died from a bite of a taipan, pictured.
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Worth an estimated $1.3 billion, he is a legendary figure in Asia, a modern taipan.
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Close relatives to the taipan snake are the deadly brown and tiger cobras.
From the theepochtimes.com
One is for the taipan of Papua New Guinea, one of the most venomous snakes in the world.
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Besides the inland taipan, Australia has many other dangerous creatures.
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Henry Keswick, a Hong Kong taipan, will be looking to top even Mr Hobhouse's modernist ambitions.
From the economist.com
Taipan serves complimentary drinks and snacks and also offers facials, manicures and pedicures.
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Mr Smith cites a figure for his firm's annual sales growth that would make a taipan raise his eyebrows.
From the economist.com
Sutch eschewed the stuffy, colonial taipan mold in favor of a more modern and pragmatic management style.
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Large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia
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The taipans are a genus of large, fast, highly venomous Australasian snakes.
Any of a venomous species of snake, of the family Elapidae, found in Australia and New Guinea; a foreign businessman in China; a tycoon
A particularly nasty brand of Australian snake. It's found mostly along the non-desert areas of north and north-east Australia (from Brisbane to Darwin). ...
A deadly Australian snake
A colloquial, Cantonese term for a business executive. It literally means "top class." The term originated as an expression for Western executives who did business in Hong Kong during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.