"venomous voice, tempts me, drains me, bleeds me, leaves me cracked and empty [...] the snake behind me hisses [...]touching me, changing me, and considerately killing me [...] and as i look in his eyes, my fear begins to fade recalling all of the times. i could have cried then. i should have cried then. and as the walls come down and as i look in your eyes my fear begins to fade recalling all of the times i have died and will die. it's all right. i don't mind."
- tool, "H"
getting hold of a snake should be easier than to aquire a gun is, in most countries. Cleopatra killed herself by inducing an asp (probably the Egyptian cobra in her case, there's some debate about this and in general about her death's circumstances) to bite her. let's use her as a rolemodel. "the venom [of the Egyptian cobra] affects the nervous system, stopping the nerve signals from being transmitted to the muscles and at later stages stopping those transmitted to the heart and lungs as well, causing death due to complete respiratory failure in just 10 minutes"
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_cobra
the European asp sadly doesn't seem to promise a quick and secure death. but some months ago, in France, someone (a German) actually managed to die (unintentionally) via cardiac arrest induced by his pet aspis viper
-http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/kurioses/article117268527/Schlangen-Experte-stirbt-waehrend-Showdurch-Biss.htm
he had the fortune of having been bitten several times. based on what i've gathered online, it appears as though several bites are indeed needed. one isn't toxic enough. if you happen to live in the USA or Mexico, a mojave rattlesnake envenomation leads to respiratory failure aswell. since apparently the bite of this species "is usually not as painful as other rattlesnake bites." but "is considered ten times more toxic"
-http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/mojave_rattlesnake.htm
it might come relatively close to a peaceful death. of course i can give you no promise on that. if you happen to live in India, the prestigious naja naja (Indian cobra) might not be your best bet with a fatality rate of below 20%
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_cobra
but you might be lucky enough to have one of those life-ending encounter with the beaked sea snake, which is "notoriously aggressive and readily provoked, with 1 single bite containing enough venom to kill 50 people"
-http://oceana.org/en/explore/marine-wildlife/beaked-sea-snake
if you happen to live in China or a country nearby, suppression of breathing + subsequent death also occurs at the mercy of the many-banded krait, that is, depending on the severity of the bite it may or may not end fatal, 29 hours later?
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bruno_Slowinski
if you happen to live in Afrika, the black mamba will surely put you to death apparently
“the most toxic venom, by far, of any snake in the world“
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_taipan
comes from the inland taipan, found in Australia. death follows within 30-45mins. so as far as velocity is concerned, the Egyptian cobra has a faster acting venom, but not the potential to kill 100 people.
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