When we talk about dangerous animals, everyone thinks fast on hippos, whales, sharks, spiders and other species; However, you would never imagine that there are lovely animals you never thought they could kill you with their venom…
Corals
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When you see movies about oceans, it surprises you the majestic beauty of corals. These are curious animals that are grouped within thousands of specimens in the sea. These beauties produced a poison that is considered very lethal.
Cone Snail
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As soon as you see this snail, you immediately want to touch it, but don't do it! It is an invertebrate carnivore snail and is between 10 and 15 centimeters with a powerful neurotoxin called conotoxin, capable of killing an adult male in a few minutes.
Platypus
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Nobody would imagine that these gentle animals have venom that can be fatal. It is the male platypus that has a spur on the back of his legs and although it is well known on how dangerous it can be to humans, it seems to have a harmful effect on other animals.
Hooded Pitohui
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You may believe that this bird is not capable to kill the smallest fly. The Hooded Pitohui is a bird from New Guinea and one of the few species of poisonous birds in the world. On their skin and on its feathers, they have a poison known as batrachotoxin, the same that can be found in some species of frogs.
Blue-ringed octopus
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It is the most poisonous cephalopod on Earth. Their bite introduces poisonous saliva into the wound of the victim. This saliva contains a poison that can cause respiratory paralysis. If left untreated, death can occur during the next hour and a half.
Slow loris
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This creature looks harmless! But do not trust its appearance, because it could trick you, this beautiful and gentle animal is very dangerous, it has a unique toxin on the elbow area on were they protect their young creatures so predators can not eat them.
Sea anemone
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You sure remember Anemones as the home of Nemo, but guess what, they are very poisonous and that is why the clown fish live quietly in them, because nobody can bother them. The clown fishes are immune to the Anemones' venom.
Chironex fleckeri or Sea wasp
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If earth wasps are terrible, imagine how dangerous a sea wasp is. It consists of sixty tentacles that inject a poison so powerful that can kill an adult human with only 1.4 milligrams of its venom. This animal is found in the seas near Australia.
Estuarine stonefish or Stonefish
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This fish is quite ugly, but you never thought it could kill people with its poison. It has spikes on the dorsal fin, each prong with a poisonous gland. It has an extremely dangerous poison and usually the victim don't survive.
Poison dart frog
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Well, this frog seems harmless. It is one of the most poisonous amphibians on the Earth. This frog is so powerful it can kill with all their venom up to 1500 people. It is called "Dart Frog" because the native people wet the tip of an arrow with its poison when hunting in order to kill the animal quickly.
