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by bonbon15 on July 13th, 2006

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What are the top ten deadliest animals in the world?

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  • by DenverYay on July 13th, 2006

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    Thanks to the always fun LiveScience.com for the (non-copied but learned-from) answer...

    http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/top10_deadliestanimals.html

    10. Posion Dart Frog
    - Their backs and saliva contain deadly neurotoxins... enough in each froggy to kill 10 humans!

    9. Cape Buffalo (really?)
    - They roam in herds of thousands, weigh almost a ton each, and have two quite sharp horns on their big heads. Ouch.

    8. Polar Bear
    - Truly ferocious in the wild. They eat seal cubs for breakfast and if you get in the way of it and its cub, your head is gone with one paw swing.

    7. Elephant
    - They kill (a frankly surprising) 500 people wach year. Weighing in at about 8 tons (16,000 punds) and roaming in herds, a stampeding or tusk-stabbing is all you need to kiss this world goodbye.

    6. Crocodile (saw this one coming...)
    - They lie still and in the wild (even at the zoo) can easily be mistaken for a log or something else. Powerful jaws and bones, and a pension to draw its prey underwater and dismember it makes the Croc somewhat deadly.

    5. African Lion
    - Near perfect hunters. Almost always hungry. Razor sharp claws and teeth. Stockier than Mike Tyson and Mark McGuire post-HGH. You got the point.

    4. Great White Shark
    - 3,000 teeth, blood thirsty; 'nuff said.

    3. Australian Box Jellyfish or "Sea Wasp"
    - With a head the size of a salad bowl, each creature can have 60 tentacles all as long as 15 feet. Then consider each tentacle has up to 5,000 stinging cells with enough toxin to kill 60 humans. Jellyfish at number 3, you betcha'.

    2. Asian Cobra
    - Sure, it's not the most poisonous, but it does the best with what venom it does have. There are, anually, 50,000 deaths from snake bite. The Asian Cobra has the biggest portion of that number.

    1. Mosquitoes (yeah, didn't see that coming, either)
    - They carry Malaria and they itch. Two crappy things. 2,000,000 death per year gives this pest 'top-deadly-dog' honors.

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    • Yeah those are dangerous. But what about the animals that have a high kill count. Like eagles and humans. We kill all types of animals. Nothing seems to be off limits.

      GLACEAUU

      by GLACEAUU on July 13th, 2006

    • very good! also, i know crocidiles attack at lightning-quick speed! miliseconds can make the difference whether you liv or die!also, what animals would b up there if they didnt cause diseases or use poison?

      monkeymanz2

      by monkeymanz2 on June 25th, 2007

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