Cobras, mambas, and taipans are mid- to large sized snakes which can reach or above. Fauna includes wallabies, bandicoots, goannas, coastal taipans, and mound-building termites. He trained under Cairns Taipans assistant coach, Aaron Fearne. The Cairns Taipans are an Australian professional basketball team based in Cairns, Queensland. Taipans are considered some of the deadliest known snakes. Not having any antivenom for taipans, Budden was given tiger snake antivenom. Taipans are snakes of the genus Oxyuranus in the elapid family. In July 2019 Noi signed with the Cairns Taipans of the Australian National Basketball League. Gill scored 21 in an October blowout 95-67 win over the Cairns Taipans. The Dragons followed this up with their fifth straight win against the Cairns Taipans. In 2019, he moved to Australia to play for the Cairns Taipans. As a result, in July 2009, Jones signed with the Cairns Taipans. The team started the season with a 6-point loss to the Cairns Taipans. Coastal taipans can inject large amounts of highly toxic venom deep into tissue. On October 10, 2015, he made his debut for the Kings against the Cairns Taipans.