Stonefish or reef stonefish are dubbed the deadliest fish in the sea. They are also found in the northern waters of Australia inreef or coral areas. They often lie dormant among these areas trying to blend in with their surroundings. They can get up to40 centimetres longand are an unattract...
Box Jellyfish are the most venomous marine creatures in the world. ©Dewald Kirsten/Shutterstock.com Many other creatures across the globe are known for having the ability to kill with very little effort. While they did not make the top ten, they are still dangerous in their own right and...
The Australian Box Jellyfish is also called as sea wasp. Not bigger than the size of a salad bowl, this jelly fish has around 60 tentacles and each measure around 15 feet. Nearly 5,000 stinging cells are present on each tentacle and it is also a storehouse of deadly toxins that can k...
Go ahead. Laugh. After all, surely it must be a joke that something so tiny, something you can easily squash with your fingertips, can be one of the most dangerous animals in the world. Well, it isn’t. In fact,the mosquitois widely considered to be the world’s deadliest animal. It...
Deadliest Creatures Researchers following a group of adult polar bears wearing GPS collars found a 45 percent mortality rate among the cubs of those who swam 30 miles or more at a time, as compared with an 18 percent mortality rate among the cubs of other polar bears. (Image credit: World...
Another sea creature to be aware of is the Portuguese man o’ war. It looks similar to a jellyfish but is actually a colony of minute, interconnected organisms called zooids. Its venomous tentacles are capable of delivering an extremely painful sting....
The puffer fish poison is one of the most deadliest poison known to human. The strong poison can kill an adult human in a few minutes. Unfortunately, there is no antidote for puffer fish poison. Still the meat of puffer fish is considered as a special dish in Japan, Korea and China. ...
Some species of box jellyfish produce extremely potent venom: Chironex fleckeri, Carukia barnesi and Malo kingi. If you get stung by that thing, your dagnab HEART CAN STOP! This should be in the top 5 at the least. These animals are one reason why I won't step FOOT in an ...
The majority of jellyfish stings occur in the Atlantic Ocean (near Florida) and along the eastern coast of Australia. Death Toll: 100+ per year 9. Sharks While sharks don't kill nearly as many people as other animals on this list, they are still one of the sea creatures you don'...
Jellyfish I hate jellyfish. They're everywhere in the ocean, and they show up on pretty much every beach in the world. While some of their stings are fatal, most species of jellyfish range from a mild reminder to wear shoes on the beach to you never want to go to the beach again....