dangerous animals in the world

While these predators may be wary of human interaction during the day, after sunset the paradigm shifts. Although hyenas have been known to hunt humans throughout history, the behavior tends to increase during wartime and disease outbreaks due to their strong affinity for human corpses.

Considered one of the most poisonous vertebrates in the world, if you have read our article about

Although they are relatively shy and dont generally attack humans, when they do, things can get messy. Boomslang venom is a hemotoxin that disables blood clotting. In others words, its victims slowly die as they bleed out from every pore in their body.

While humans are generally not on their hit-list, some lions have been known to actively seek out human prey. One famous case was that of the Tsavo man-eaters in 1898 who mauled and killed 28 railway workers in Kenya over a 9 month period.

Killing more people every year than sharks, crocodiles, and stonefish combined, this box of death has been labeled worlds most venomous animal. Its venom is so potent in fact, that in some cases treatment consists of little more than last minute CPR.

Unlike most other animals on this list, the worlds largest carnivore is not afraid of you. It has no natural predators and will eat anything that is even slightly meaty, including other polar bears. Although they generally dont kill humans, its probably because there arent many of them around to kill.

Packed into 2 inches of colorful amphibian is enough poison to kill an army of 20,000 mice. This means that with roughly 2 micrograms, or the amount that would fit on a pinhead, you could successfully stop the heart of a large animal. And to make matters worse, the poison is actually located on the surface of the skin. You seriously cant touch this.

Having never been successfully domesticated, this highly unpredictable creature does not play nice with humans. Throughout Africa it is known as the widowmaker or black death and is responsible for more fatalities every year than any other large animal on the continent.

One of the most feared creatures in the world, some experts have even called it death incarnate. In Africa it is the source of numerous myths and legends and it is widely known for being highly aggressive, very fast, and attacking without provocation.

These legendary predators have a terrible time distinguishing between the edible and the non-edible. There chosen method? Sampling. They sample buoys, boats, surfboards, humans, anything that floats. Contrary to popular belief, however, they really arent man eaters. Humans are too bony, and after the initial bite, they usually leave you to bleed out in the water.