People love the good scare. we see that they celebrate Halloween. In addition, zombies, ghosts, and vampires are the most interesting and highly ranked movies. But if you are looking for a real scare, let the natural world be your reference.
In this article, we're going to talk about the topmost scary animals in the world, Come and check this out.
Let’s start with the favorite movie stars.
The Shark
Sharks are the most aged animals on the earth, they have a fearsome reputation for killing humans in the deep and warm waters, with low rates of reproduction.
Among all of the shark species that go around 375 species, only 12 types are dangerous to humans.
Come and take a look at the scariest and most dangerous shark types.
The White Shark |The white pointer
It’s the largest and deadliest monster of the ocean, about 11 to 21 feet and 40 miles/hour. The white shark has 300 acute teeth which can cause the most deadly bite of the world-animals.
The Tiger Shark
It’s a huge predator of the ocean about 13 to 16 feet with very sharp teeth. The tiger shark has a matchless camouflage technique that is known as countershading.
The Bull shark_Zambezi shark
Lake Nicaragua shark
It's found in India, Australia, and Central America, it can survive in freshwater so that it travels far to rivers. They have unexpected behavior.
The attacks of this shark on the Jersey Shore inspired the interesting “Jaws” movie.
The blue sharks
These predators prefer cool and deep waters, their size ranges between 6-10 feet. The blue sharks travel for long distances on journeys for 2.220 to 3.145 kilometers.
The Oceanic whitetip shark| The Brown shark
the most dangerous one of them all. It's a slowly moving but aggressive beasts that live in tropic waters at depth ranges between (100-500) feet.
The brown sharks are characterized by their large shaped fins that end with a white tip.
These kinds of sharks are known to be hunted for their fins, oils, and meat.
The Blacktip shark
They are characterized by their fusiform body shape, they are found in tropical and subtropical waters.
These sharks are fast and shy, but be careful they may be curious toward humans.
The Sand Tiger Shark | Grey Nurse Shark
This shark is known to be the cousin of the great white shark. It’s characterized by its small eyes, pointed head, and huge body.
The Hammerhead Shark
It's considered one of the gods of the sea. their length goes around 1-20 feet.
The specific character of these sharks is to have a hammer-shaped head that enhances the shark's vision.
It hunts solitarily at night, but in groups during the day. Maybe this monster came from hell.
The Shortfin Shark| Blue Pointer Shark
This is one of the fastest monsters of the ocean that depends on vision, smell, and hearing for hunting.
Frilled Shark
The frilled shark is a scary-looking shark that lives in the dark water you will never meet him near the top water. That's why they are harmless to swimmers and divers, but only scientists must be careful with this shark.
If you want to know if the frilled shark still exists, yes, it's one of the surviving species of its family and can be found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Box jellyfish
These bizarre animals gained their spooky reputation among sea animals from developing the most powerful venom that can immediately kill the prey.
This venom is the most deadly in the world, it contains some toxins that attack the heart, the skin cells, and the nervous system.
The sting is so painful. Human victims go on a shock and then drown or die before reaching the shore as a result of heart failure.
People who had experiences and luckily survived can describe the pain that lasted for weeks, not just pain, but the sting left them a scar for such a bad memory.
The cone snail
These pretty scary creatures exist in the warm waters, they are immediately recognizable due to their white, brown, and black shells that are often prized by beachcombers, but be careful this beauty hides a deadly secret.
The cone snails are usually found close to the shore and beneath the sandy shoals, but you are not wacky to touch these 4-6 inch-long creatures.
They own harpoon-like extension "teeth" that contain "conotoxins" which make them one of the most toxic creatures in the sea world.
These creatures are slowly moving but this is not an obstacle for them, they use their venomous harpoon to paralyze their fast-moving prey.
The symptoms of cone snail sting include double vision, muscle paralysis, and respiratory paralysis which lead to death.
It takes you about five to eight hours to die. This is a very bad and painful end.
The saltwater crocodiles
They are considered to be one of the most terrifying animals on earth.
Saltwater crocodile adult males are about seven meters long and weigh about 1.000 kg which makes them the largest ones of all crocodile species and they can live for more than 70 years.
The saltwater crocodiles are commonly found in brackish water "low salinity" waters but called saltwater due to their powerful ability to survive in full-salt water.
Unlike Florida's alligators’ cousins, they are very aggressive toward anything crossing their way and regularly eat people, so if you are careless, you will have an easy meal.
The black mamba
They are not actually black they are brown in color, but they get their name from the blue-black color that appears inside their mouth when threatened.
The king cobra and boomslang snakes are dangerous but have nothing with the black mamba which is deadly especially because of its speed that reaches 12.5 miles per hour which makes them the fastest ones of all snakes’ species.
Fortunately, the black mamba is shy, but attacks and strikes when threatened, and when they do so they will repeatedly bite and deliver a mix of neuro and cardiotoxins that are enough to kill 10 persons in one bite.
If you are stung, you have only 20 min to take the antivenin or you are dead.
Spiders
First of all, let me give you a piece of simple surprising information you may not know which is that small spiders are much more dangerous than big ones.
There are more than 43.000 different species of spiders in nature, but only a few numbers are scary and dangerous and can cause serious problems to humans and can even cause death.
We will give you a list of the ten topmost dangerous spiders;
- Mouse spider.
- Redback spiders.
- Trapdoor spiders.
- Huntsman spiders.
- Sydney Funnel-web.
- White-tailed spider.
- Australian tarantulas
- Recluse (violin) spiders.
- Garden orb weaver spiders.
- Brazilian wandering spiders.
Imagining now you are asking which one is the deadliest of them all, I can't just skip this list without talking about the Brazilian spider, the most dangerous one in the spiders’ world.
These spider species are aggressive and have a battleful way of defense, they raise their front leg into the air.
The Brazilian wandering spiders are to blame for hundreds of annual bites, but the anti-venom can rescue the victim from death.
Their bite is harmful to the nervous system and has symptoms such as irregular heartbeat and salivation.
From now on you should be truly careful with banana leaves.
The golden poison dart frog
It's one of the most poisonous creatures on Earth. The secret behind this scary reputation is its powerful and fatal poison called "batrachotoxin"
Every single golden frog can carry 1.900 micrograms of this poison which is enough to kill ten grown men.
The facts that make these frogs dangerous the most is the location of the poison glands where it's found directly beneath their skin, so even touching them is a disastrous thing.
The poison stops the nerves from transmitting impulses which in turn can cause heart failure and death in only 10 min, the bad news is there's no cure for it.
Tsetse flies| Sleeping sickness
Tsetse flies are responsible for the killing of about 10.000 humans per year. These nightmares are usually found in sub-Saharan Africa especially the countries located in the center of the continent.
Tsetse flies are almost the same size as the house flies and range from 8-17 mm, they are immediately recognized during their resting period by two specific characteristics:
- The completely folded two wings which means one wing rests above the other over the abdomen.
- They have a long snout that extends forward and is attached to a bulb at the bottom of their head.
The bite of tsetse insects is so painful and immediately develops into some symptoms including fever, extreme fatigue, severe headache, irritability, and swollen lymph nodes. Unfortunately, there are no vaccines used to control this infection.
Cape buffalo| African buffalo
These enormous animals which can grow up to weigh about a ton and reach six feet tall kill about 200 people per year, particularly hunters.
They prefer to travel in huge herds in the morning and the afternoon period, they are found to be gathered around watering holes to keep themselves hydrated.
This massive herd can immediately convert into black death if an individual or a calf is threatened, so you shouldn't mess with them.
Komodo dragon
I think having a "dragon" word in their name is already enough to make them one of the scariest animals in the world.
They show an amazing and professional hunting talent due to their patience and waiting for their prey to get much closer.
This creepy creature can eat anything and has no mind to use a human as a meal, although these scary-looking animals with low rates of human attacks and deaths, that’s because they need to eat only once a month.
Komodo dragon bite can deliver harmful strains of bacteria to the prey even if it is human or animal.
Summary
Our dewtreats for you today is a journey to the scariest monsters on Earth. Notice next time not to touch any beautiful and colorful creature. With the good news that you almost don’t need to be afraid of some big animals. Enjoy your life and share with us your special explorations.
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