When they say, "Do not awaken the beast in me," who do you picture? A tiger, a wolf, a leopard, or another clawed and fanged creature? Perhaps someone else, because nature is full of animals that are terrifying in appearance and character. And we have selected from this variety of monsters the most terrible animals in the world, which we present to your attention.
10. Star-nosed mole
This ugly mole's snout consists of 22 pink tentacles. The star-nosed mole uses its tentacles to identify food by touch.
9. Brazilian wandering spider
One of the largest spiders in the world can not only kill you, it will make your death as humiliating as possible. When this spider bites a person, they experience heart problems, convulsions, and in men, painful erections that will not go away without medical help.
When there are no people around to bite, the Brazilian wandering spider prefers bananas, mice, insects and lizards.
8. European monkfish
Horrible on the outside, but pleasant on the inside – that’s how gourmets might describe this fish. The deep-sea anglerfish, nicknamed the monkfish, may be terrifying in appearance, but its meat is white, tasty and boneless. It is especially popular in France and Great Britain.
The anglerfish has a protruding jaw and no ribs, which allows it to swallow prey larger than itself. However, this creature is not dangerous to humans.
7. Taipan
The bite of a taipan, one of the top 10 most venomous snakes in the world, is fifty times more toxic than a king cobra. If you get bitten by one of these scaly beasts, you'll only have about 30 minutes to get to the hospital before it's all over.
6. Ouch
Pictured is one of the world's ugliest animals: the aye-aye. The Madagascar animal is notable not only for its appearance, but also for its way of finding and eating food. It knocks on trees in search of grubs, then gnaws a hole and takes out its prey with its long middle finger.
5. Komodo dragon
Few of the world's most fearsome animals can boast that their species is more than 3.8 million years old, as is the case with the Komodo dragon. Once found in Australia and Java, these animals are now (apparently fortunately for humans) limited to four Indonesian islands.
With their large size and weight (3 meters and 70 kg respectively), as well as aggressive behavior, giant monitor lizards are potentially dangerous to humans. When biting, they can easily tear out a piece of flesh, causing massive blood loss and blood poisoning.
There are several known cases of Komodo dragons attacking people, which is why all groups of tourists who want to see these “land crocodiles” are necessarily accompanied by a ranger.
4. Snail cone
"How can such a cutie be in the top 10 scariest animals in the world?" you might be indignant. "Of course it can," we would answer. And here's why. If you try to pick up one of these predatory snails as a souvenir, its harpoon-like teeth will sink into your hand.
Some call this creature the "cigarette snail." If you are bitten by a cone snail, you will have enough time to smoke a cigarette before you die.
It is interesting that the poison of these snails, even those living in the same place, varies in composition and degree of toxicity, which is not observed in other poisonous creatures. There is no antidote for it, and treatment is only symptomatic.
3. Great White Shark
The third largest shark in the world is the most aggressive and "humane" of its kind. From 1907 to the present, these massive jaws have clamped down and killed more than 220 people.
Here is a video of the scariest animals in the world, showing the deadly capabilities of the great white shark.
2. Tiger
This large, powerful and deadly feline is one of the largest land predators. In terms of weight, the tiger is second only to its "brother bears" - the brown and polar bears.
Tigers are one of the animals that are not averse to feasting on human flesh. The most famous man-eating tiger in history was the Champawat Tigress. In the late 19th century, this Bengal tiger carried off and ate 436 people before British hunter Jim Corbett killed it.
1. Saltwater crocodile
If you look at a photo of one of the most terrifying animals in the world, you will understand that you can only get close to a saltwater crocodile in a zoo. And only if the bars are as thick as your arm, and the crocodile is well-fed.
Saltwater crocodiles are the deadliest large animals on Earth. In Australia alone, these largest reptiles on the planet killed 106 people between 1971 and 2013. And in 1945, saltwater crocodiles killed a thousand Japanese soldiers on Ramree Island. This attack even made it into the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest attack by a wild animal on humans.
It is impossible to live "peacefully and amicably" with saltwater crocodiles, no matter how much you want to. They are extremely aggressive and fearless. Some of them attack larger predators, such as sharks.
Saltwater crocodiles grow up to 5.2 meters in length, and their bite force is the strongest in the entire natural kingdom, reaching from 27,531 to 34,424 newtons.
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