The Ten Deadliest Animals

   The world is crawling with deadly animals, and some of them are ones you’d never expect.  You may have wondered which animals are the most dangerous.  I’ll tell you the ten deadliest animals in the world.

        

10.  Poison Dart Frog:  The poison dart Frog sits at number ten because of the toxin that is secreted from their body.  The toxin is poisonous enough to kill ten humans.  They are brightly colored to let predators know they are dangerous.

9.   Cape Buffalo:  The cape buffalo is up two point eight meters long, one point seven meters high, and can weigh one point five tons.  They have razor sharp horns that they will use if provoked.  Even the kings of the jungle, the lions, avoid these buffalos.

8.   Polar Bear:  Polar bears are the most carnivorous bears.  They eat reindeer, walruses, whales, elephant seals, and other polar bears.  This arctic animal can slice a human head right off with one powerful swipe.

7.  Elephant:  These creatures are certainly not as friendly as you may think.  The giant African Elephant weighs around sixteen tons.  They kill over five hundred people a year by stomping and impaling.

6.  Saltwater Crocodile:  The saltwater crocodile is at number six.  He is the largest living lizard typically between four point eight and seven meters long. The saltwater crocodile will kill things up to the size of a water buffalo.  A crocodile can move as fast as a dolphin in water.

5.  African Lion:  The African lion is the largest big cat besides the tiger, and then only slightly.  This big cat kills around seventy humans a year in Tanzania.  They weigh up to half a ton.

4.  Great White Shark:  This huge shark is one of the most feared animals in the ocean.  They can get up to six meters, and weigh six tons.  Great white sharks actually don’t usually kill humans.  More people die from dog attacks then shark attacks.

3.  Box Jellyfish:  This jellyfish is around the size of a salad bowl, and is known to have up to sixty tentacles.  Every fifteen-foot tentacle has enough venom to kill fifty people.  They have killed about five thousand five hundred sixty-seven since 1884.

2.  Asian Cobra:  The Asian cobra actually doesn’t have the deadliest venom, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t deserve its spot as number two. This cobra is about a meter long. He causes the death of fifty thousand a year, by snakebite.

 1.  Mosquito:  You may be shocked that a tiny bug is the deadliest animal around.  But, the mosquito transfers malaria, and is therefore responsible for the death of two million people.  Mosquitos also transfer other diseases to people.  There are deaths in even countries that barely have mosquitos, although not many.  The mosquito deserves the place number one.  No other animal that deserves it more.