The 10 Most Dangerous Animals And Where They Like To Lurk

Cape Buffalo

These animals are mostly found in Sub-Saharan and South Africa, and they are rather gentle when they are not bothered. The problem is that a lot of tourists who go on safaris in Africa will see these creatures and be lured to their beauty. They are about 6 feet tall and weigh more than a ton. They usually travel in groups in the late afternoon and early morning when they start to eat. But be careful: if they feel threatened, they may attack, usually in a group, circling and charging their victim at 35 miles per hour. They are the most dangerous animals on safaris, which is why they are called "Black Death."

Cone Snail

Look for these little animals on your next trip to the tropics. Their shells are gorgeous with brown and white marbling, but you should not try to pick one up. Inside those pretty shells are teeth that look like harpoons and have a poison called conotoxin in them. There is no antivenom for this venom yet because it is so complicated. If you get bitten, you should go to the emergency department right away. The toxin blocks nerve cells from talking to each other, which is why the snail is sometimes called the "cigarette snail." This means you'll have just enough time to have a cigarette before you die.

Golden Poison Dart Frog

These poisonous frogs live in a tiny area of rainforests along the Pacific coast of Colombia. They have a venom called batrachotoxin. One frog carries enough of this poison to kill ten completely grown men. Just two milligrams, or the quantity that would fit on a pin's head, is enough to kill a fully grown person. The glands are immediately under the frog's skin, so just touching it can send you to the hospital.

Box Jellyfish

Box jellyfish are often spotted floating in the water where the Indian and Pacific oceans converge. They are thought to be the most dangerous aquatic animal in the world, even though they have no brains and can only swim at 5 miles per hour. Their tentacles can grow to be 10 feet long and are full of stinging cells that can kill heart, nerve, and skin cells all at once. Fortunately, there is an antivenom, but out of the hundreds of people that were stung, very few live long enough to get to a hospital.

Pufferfish

Pufferfish live in tropical oceans in East Asia (Japan, China, and the Philippines). Their poison, called tetrodotoxin, is thought to be 1,200 times more deadly than cyanide. This very harmful toxin can be found on the fish's skin, muscles, liver, and gonads. Even though this is true, or maybe because of it, Pufferfish are a delicacy in Japan and can only be cooked by professional, licensed chefs. Even with all this training and planning, a lot of people die every year just from eating it.

Black Mamba

The Black Mamba is not the most poisonous snake, even though it lives in the savannas and in southern and eastern Africa. But that doesn't matter when you think about how swift and cruel it can be. The snake can move at rates of up to 12.5 miles per hour and will chase its victims if it feels threatened. This makes it almost impossible to get away from one of these snakes on foot. One bite has enough poison to kill ten humans, and the snake will automatically bite numerous times before it slithers away. After that, you have 20 minutes to get the antivenin before you die.