The following are the 10 most dangerous animals in the world. For the Indo-Pacific region and Africa, you have to be extra careful!
Cape buffalo numbers are estimated at only about 900 thousand and are found in sub-Saharan Africa. It is quite aggressive and has a body up to 6 feet (1.8 m) and weighs 900 kg.
Usually cone snails are found in warm waters such as the Caribbean, Hawaii and Indonesia. This animal has a poison that can make a person paralyzed for a moment or even death.
The Poison Dart is the name of a large, diverse group of brightly colored frogs that live mostly in northern South America. Its venom, called batrachotoxin, is so strong that just from one frog the poison is enough to kill 10 adult males. Just two micrograms of the poison, was enough to kill a single individual. Photo: (iStock)
Box jellyfish are often found floating in the Indo-Pacific waters of northern Australia. The venom is so strong that many of the hundreds of victims reported annually go into shock or die of heart failure before reaching shore. Survivors can sometimes experience considerable pain for weeks afterward.
Pufferfish (pufferfish) can indeed be eaten, but in Japan to be able to process it must be under a special license and strict training. Tetrodotoxin is up to 1,200 times more toxic than cyanide, and can cause numbness of the tongue and lips, dizziness, vomiting, arrhythmias, difficulty breathing, muscle paralysis and, if left untreated, can lead to death.
While species like the boomslang or king cobra are dangerous because of their venom, the black mamba can be deadly because of its speed. This snake is found in the savanna and rocky areas of South and East Africa. This species is the fastest of all snakes, crawling at speeds of up to 20 km per hour.
The saltwater crocodile could strike quickly with a bite that delivered 3,700 pounds per square inch of pressure, rivaling that of tyrannosaurus rex. As an added perspective, a human chews a well-done steak with a pressure of about 200 pounds per square inch, that's only 5% of the jaw force of a saltwater crocodile.
The danger of the Tsetse fly is the protozoan parasites it spreads called trypanosomes. This microscopic pathogen is the causative agent of African sleeping sickness, a disease characterized by neurological symptoms and meningoencephalitis including behavioral changes and poor coordination, as well as disturbances in the sleep cycle. If left untreated, it can lead to death.
Mosquitoes are found in every region except Antarctica. Mosquitoes belonging to the genera aedes, anopheles and culex are the main vectors of diseases such as malaria, chikungunya, encephalitis, elephantiasis, dengue fever, West Nile virus and Zika, which collectively afflict about 700 million people and claim the lives of about 725 thousand people per year .