Many people don't like animals and others love animals as pet, but either ways, the fear of wild animal is most among we humans and when it comes to which species are worth being afraid of? The answer might surprise you.
Wildlife animals of all shape, kind and specie are mostly very dangerous and that is why it is advisable not interact with wild life animal of even go close to them.
TOP 10 MOST DANGEROUS ANIMALS IN THE WORLD
10. Cape Buffalo
Cape buffalo, which number around 500,000 in the wild, are a relatively mild species when left alone, preferring to travel in massive herds as they graze in early morning and late afternoon hours, or gather around watering holes.
They are Reportedly responsible for killing more hunters on the African continent than any other creature, these behemoths, which can grow up to nearly six feet tall and weigh close to a ton, circle and stalk their prey before charging at speeds of up to 35 miles per hour.
However, if an individual (or its calf) is threatened or wounded, they become the incarnation of their nickname: Black Death Suffice to say, you don’t want to mess with those horns.
Where to find them: The Sub-Saharan Africa, including the Maasai Mara in Kenya, is home to cape buffalo.
9. Hippopotamus
Hippos may look like giant, bumbling things, but they are often considered Africa’s most dangerous mammal.
When hippos attack, they do so with canine teeth nearly 2 feet long at a pressure of 2000 pounds per square inch (a lion exerts half this much pressure when biting its hardest).
They’re territorial, unpredictable, and armed with a mouthful of teeth sharp and strong enough to do lethal damage.
If their territory is encroached—whether that be by a crocodile, another hippo, or boat full of tourists—they will aggressively defend their space.
As if that weren’t enough reason to steer clear, hippos sweat a red liquid that looks like blood, securing their title as most metal animal on the planet.
Where to find them: Their natural environment is the rivers and lakes of Sub-Saharan Africa—though they’ve also made their way to Colombia.
8. Golden Poison Dart Frog
Poison darts are a large, diverse group of brightly colored frogs, of which only a handful of species are particularly dangerous to humans.
The most deadly, the golden poison dart, inhabits the small range of rain forests along Colombia’s Pacific coast, and grows to around two inches long (roughly the size of a paper clip).
Its poison, called batrachotoxin, is so potent that there’s enough in one frog to kill ten grown men, with only two micrograms—roughly the amount that would fit onto the head of a pin—able to kill a single individual.
But what makes the amphibian especially dangerous is that its poison glands are located beneath its skin, meaning a mere touch will cause trouble.
Little wonder the indigenous Emberá people have laced the tips of their hunting blow darts with the frog’s toxin for centuries. Sadly, deforestation has landed the frog on several endangered lists, but if you’re lucky enough for a rare sighting when hiking, don’t go reaching for it.
Where to find them: Golden Poison dart frogs are only found in the rainforests of Colombia.
7. Tsetse Fly
Often regarded as the world’s most dangerous fly, the tsetse fly—a small speck of an insect that measures between 8 to 17 mm, or about the same size as the average house fly—is commonly found in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially throughout countries in the center of the continent.
While the flies themselves are nasty bloodsucking bugs that usually feed during the peak warm hours of the day, their true terror lies in the protozoan parasites they spread known as Trypanosomes.
These microscopic pathogens are the causative agent of African Sleeping Sickness, a disease marked by neurological and meningoencephalitis symptoms including behavioral changes, poor coordination, as well as the disturbances in sleeping cycles that give the illness its name.
If untreated, the condition can be fatal.
While there are no vaccines or medications available to prevent infection, methods of protection include wearing neutral-colored clothing (the tsetse fly is attracted to bright and dark colors, especially blue), avoiding bushes during the day, and using permethrin-treated gear in more remote areas.
Where to find them: Tsetse flies zip around the West Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Angola.
While plenty of snake species pack enough venom to bring down a human, not all of them take the multifaceted approach of the Indian saw-scaled viper.
Sometimes called the little Indian viper or the saw-scaled viper, these reptiles live in some of the most populated areas of the region they occupy, which stretches well beyond India.
They remain inconspicuous, though, by using their natural camouflage to blend into desert surroundings.
Because they are typically active at night, it’s best to listen for their defensive sizzling sound; in which the snake forms coils and rubs its scales together.
Even with a warning, saw-scaled vipers are extremely aggressive, with more than double a lethal dose into each bite. (Luckily, there is an effective antivenom.
Where to find them: The home of the Indian saw-scaled viper stretches into the Middle East, Central Asia, and across the Indian subcontinent.
If the size of this spider isn’t enough to inspire a sudden heart attack—they can be five to seven inches long—then its highly venomous bite will finish the job.
Many spiders have fangs packed full of toxins but aren’t known to bite people.
Unfortunately, the Brazilian wandering spider is not one of these.
Even worse, this spider often lives up to its name and wanders into densely populated areas to seek shelter in dark, cozy places like the inside of shoes, clothes, log piles, cars, and other places people may stick their hands.
Human death can occur within 1 to six hours of a bite, typically as a result of lung failure—though fever, vomiting, and paralysis also occur.
Bites from these wandering spiders are uncommon, but don’t let your guard down in their territory. Just in case.
Where to find them: Living well beyond its namesake country, Brazilian wandering spiders are found in tropical regions of Central and South America.
4. Saltwater Crocodile
Florida's alligators may be scary, but they have nothing on their cousin, the fearsome crocodile, which is more short-tempered, easily provoked, and aggressive toward anything that crosses its path.
Of all the species in the world, the largest—and most dangerous—is the saltwater crocodile.
These ferocious killers can grow up to 23 feet in length, weigh more than a ton, and are known to kill hundreds of people each year, with crocodiles as a whole responsible for more human fatalities annually than sharks (then again, so are cars).
Saltwater crocodiles are especially dangerous as they’re excellent swimmers in both salt and freshwater (yes, their name is confusing), and can strike quickly with a bite delivering 3,700 pounds per square inch (psi) of pressure, rivaling that of the T. Rex.
Where to find them: Saltwater crocodiles are found in the Indo-Pacific region, everywhere from India to Vietnam, all the way to northern Australia.
3. Blue-Ringed Octopus
At the size of a golf ball and decorated with stunning iridescent rings of blue, the aptly named blue-ringed octopus punches well above its weight.
This docile animal will attack when threatened, packing a neurotoxin 1,000 times more powerful than cyanide, with no known antidote—not that there would even be enough time to administer it before death occurs.
The bite of the blue-ringed octopus is so painless, one might not even feel it happening (which makes it even more remarkable how often people share photos and videos with one in their hand).
Even if they decide to spare the human touching them, the experience of being handled depletes the energy of a blue-ringed octopus (like all other wildlife), making survival tougher for them.
Where to find them: Blue-ringed octopi live in the Pacific ocean around Australia and Japan.
2. Mosquito
Clocking in at just three millimeters at their smallest, the common mosquito, even tinier than the tsetse fly, ranks as the second most dangerous animal in the world.
Our reasoning: the sheer number of deaths each year, caused by various pathogens that several species of mosquitoes (of more than 3,000 in the world) carry to humans.
This insect are the primary vectors of diseases like malaria, Chikungunya, encephalitis, elephantiasis, yellow fever, dengue fever, West Nile virus, and the Zika virus, which collectively afflict up to 500 million and kill roughly 800,000 people each year.
As the World Health Organization notes, more than half of the human population is currently at risk from mosquito-borne diseases.
Given that the pests are attracted to our body temperatures and the CO2 we exhale, our best tools to prevent infection lie in the usage of insect repellents high in active ingredients like DEET and picaridin.
1. Humans
Surprised? After all, we’re animals too, and since we’ve been killing each other for 10,000 years, with the total deaths from war alone estimated at between 200 million and 2 billion (and that was a decade ago), it’s a no-brainer that we top the list.
Humans are the most dangerous animal on planet earth as We assault each other with incredibly high rates of senseless brutality, from gun violence to terrorist attacks around the globe.
We're dangerous to other animals, too—think global warming, the destruction of forests and coral reefs.
Given the threat we pose to countless other creatures—and the fact that we often act irrationally and have the capacity to annihilate our entire planet with a host of horrifying weapons like nuclear devices and genetically-modified superbugs—we are squarely a top the list as the most dangerous animal in the world.
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