10 most DANGEROUS animals on earth

The fauna of our planet is so diverse that a huge number of insects, reptiles, and mammals coexist in it, which are able to withstand an external threat using fangs, spikes and teeth. But there are representatives...

The fauna of our planet is so diverse that a huge number of insects, reptiles, and mammals coexist in it, which are able to withstand an external threat using fangs, spikes and teeth. But there are representatives of the fauna that are small in size, whose appearance does not cause fear, but they have found a different way of defense or attack - these are tentacles, teeth, claws or a poisonous sting.

The most formidable weapon is the poison of some individuals, which poses a mortal danger to humans. One type of poison causes excruciating pain, another causes cardiac arrest, and the third causes paralysis of the nervous or respiratory system. But the result in most cases - death! All representatives of the animal world can hardly be called dangerous in the full sense of the word: their behavior is driven by hunger and self-preservation instincts. As a rule, animals dangerous to human life and health do not attack just like that - they simply protect their territory and their offspring from encroachment.

Let's get acquainted with the ten ferocious animals of the planet, which are not recommended to be disturbed by a person, since the threat of attack is high.

1. Frog - spotted poison dart frog

These cute little frogs inhabit the forest expanses of the tropics of Costa Rica and Brazil. An unusual bright color strikes with an abundance of shades of colors: yellow, green, blue and orange. The poison of this frog is capable of killing 2 huge elephants or 20 people!! Cases of death of a person only from touching this sweet creature have been recorded. Interestingly, in captivity, spotted poison dart frogs stop producing poison, due to the fact that the food does not contain the special types of insects that are required for this process.

2. The most dangerous arachnids - banana spider

Outwardly, it is not so scary, but it takes pride of place in the Guinness Book of Records as the most sinister killer. This title was received, quite deserved - most of the people died from the poison of the greenish spider. It is dangerous because it does not have a specific habitat - it can live anywhere, so it is better to know the spider killer by sight!

3. Australian box jellyfish or sea wasp - Chironex fleckeri

Sometimes this representative of the cnidarians is awarded the palm in the list of the most dangerous creatures on the planet. Box jellyfish live in warm Asian and Australian waters and have many species, but it is the sea wasp that is considered the most dangerous. This pale blue beauty weighs about 2 kilograms, has 15 three-meter tentacles and resembles a basketball in size. Everything that gets caught and entangled in the long tentacles of the box jellyfish is affected by poison, which simply dissolves the prey. A person who has fallen into her arms can still get out to land, but the pain he experiences will be just hellish. Rescuers say that the pain, if the affected limb is cut off, will not be as severe as the sting of a sea wasp, leaving deep scars for life. Three minutes after the poisonous sting of the jellyfish, the functions of the brain are disturbed, a shock of the nervous system occurs and the heart stops. In the period from 1884 to the present day, 63 deaths have been recorded as a result of a human encounter with a sea wasp.

4 Ring Octopus

This tiny octopus, which is no bigger than a tennis ball, is an incredibly dangerous creature. “Where is his poison?” You ask. If you anger this baby, then his skin becomes dark in color, and the spots on it begin to glow brightly. When he attacks, the person completely loses his sight and dies of suffocation. The most dangerous thing about the poison of this cute baby is that today the antidote has not yet been found! The insidious octopus lives in Japanese and Australian waters, and there is only one salvation for a person - to follow certain precautions.

5 Most Dangerous Snakes - Inland Taipan and Egyptian Cobra

An interesting fact is that this snake has a shy disposition and tries to avoid proximity to other animals. But this type of taipan is the most poisonous and dangerous- the lethal dose of poison is 30 mg / kg of body, and with the next bite it gives 44 mg, and in total it can inject 110. The snake reaches 2 meters in length, it lives in the central part of Australia, where there is little population. Its poison is called taipaxin - it is recognized as the strongest toxin that science knows, and its action is asphyxia and paralysis of the brain and muscles. Despite this, no fatal cases have been recorded from the bite of a taipan, and herpetologists say that this modest, quiet snake could live peacefully in a human terrarium if it were not for the poisonous inside.

Egyptian cobra- A graceful beauty of golden brown color, living in African forests, represents the greatest danger. Her glands secrete an incredibly powerful poison that can kill a person in a couple of hours. A huge elephant dies from the bite of an Egyptian cobra in just 3 hours! The poison causes paralysis of the respiratory system - the victim dies from painful suffocation.