"TOP 15": Top 15 Most Dangerous Animals

15) BOX JELLYFISH

Killing more people every year than sharks, crocodiles, and stonefish combined, this box of death has been labeled “world’s most venomous animal”.

14) AFRICAN LION

Even though humans are usually not on their menu, some lions actively seek out human prey. A very famous case is that of the Tsavo man eaters who killed 28 railway workers in Kenya over a 9 month period in 1898.

13) BOOMSLANG

Although they generally stay away from humans, but when they don’t things can get very chaotic. When bitten, its victims slowly die as they bleed out from every pore in their body!

12) PUTTER FISH

This deadly fish is actually a delicacy in Japan. Puffer poison will, however, paralyze your diaphragm and stop your breathing if you fail to prepare it correctly.

11) DEATHSTALKER

This highly venomous scorpion lives primarily in North Afrcia andthe Middle East and is responsible for over 75% of scorpion related deaths every year. Although healthy adults usually only feel unbearable pain, children that are envenomated suffer fever, coma, convulsions, and paralysis before their lungs fill up and they drown in their own fluids.

10 ) KOMODO DRAGON

Komodo Dragons aren’t very picky eaters. They eat pretty much everything from little birds to big water buffalos to humans they are known for digging up bodies from shallow graves. They are prodigious hunters and will wait stealthily until their prey approaches after which they will charge forward, rip out its throat, and retreat while it bleeds out.

9) Tse Tse FLY

This large blood sucking fly is the primary carrier of African Sleeping Sickness and is therefore indirectly responsible for killing up to a quarter of a million people every year.

8) EASTERN DIAMONDBACK

The Eastern Diamondback in considered the most venomous species in North America. Surprisingly, juveniles are considered more dangerous than adults, due to their inability to control the amount of venom injected. Most species of rattlesnakes have hemotoxic venom, destroying tissue, degenerating organs and causing coagulopathy (disrupted blood clotting).

7) BRAZILIAN WANDERING SPIDER

This spider is according to the Guiness Book of World Records THE most venomous spider on the planet. How did they get their name? They got it because they hide in cars of densely crowded areas, especially during daaytime. Not a very good combination!

6) CARPET VIPER

Responsible for the majority of snake related deaths in the world, this viper uses a hemotoxin similar to that of the boomslang. Unfortunately most of the bites occur in areas that lack modern medical facilities so the victims slowly bleed to death over the course of several weeks.

5) BLUE RINGED OCTOPUS

Don’t be fooled by its size (size of a goldball), it holds enough venom to kill 26 fully grown adults and there is no antidote!

4) HIPPOPOTAMUS

They are highly aggressive and are knows as one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. They have been known to attack humans without any provocation.

3) SALTWATER CROCODILE

The saltwater crocodile is the head of its food chain known to eat everything, even Sharks! In order to kill its prey it makes use of a technique called the “death roll” where it flips its prey over and over until it drowns and then comes apart.

2) EASTERN BROWN SNAKE