In nature, size isn't everything: some of the deadliest creatures on Earth easily fit in a coffee cup. Their venom is so concentrated that a fraction of a milligram is enough to paralyze dozens of adults within minutes. Which venomous animal fills you with the most awe or fear? Cast your vote right away!
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Sea Wasp / Australian Box Jellyfish
Widely considered the most venomous sea creature on Earth. Its meters-long tentacles contain millions of microscopic harpoons with venom that stops the heart within minutes.
Golden Poison Frog
Barely 5 centimeters long, but its bright yellow skin contains enough batrachotoxin to kill ten to twenty adult humans. Simply touching the frog can be fatal.
Barely 5 centimeters long, but its bright yellow skin contains enough batrachotoxin to kill ten to twenty adult humans.
Inland Taipan
The most venomous snake in the world. A single bite contains enough neurotoxin to kill a hundred people, although the animal is naturally shy and lives in remote Australian deserts.
The most venomous snake in the world.
Blue-ringed Octopus
Fits in the palm of your hand and lights up with bright blue rings when threatened. Its saliva contains tetrodotoxin (a thousand times stronger than cyanide), for which there is no antidote.
Fair ranking honestly.
Stonefish
Lies camouflaged as a rock on the seabed. If you step on its dorsal spines, it injects venom that causes unbearable pain, tissue death and paralysis.
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Cone Snail (Geography Cone)
Looks like a pretty seashell, but fires a hollow, venomous harpoon tooth loaded with hundreds of complex toxins that immediately shut down the nervous system.
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Brazilian Wandering Spider (Banana Spider)
An extremely aggressive spider that, unlike many others, doesn't wait in a web but actively roams at night. Its bite causes severe spasms and heart rhythm disorders.
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Sydney Funnel-web Spider
Has huge fangs that can bite even through a leather shoe and regularly seeks shelter in gardens and swimming pools during rain showers.
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Black Mamba
Not only extremely venomous, but also one of the fastest snakes in the world (up to 20 km/h). Without treatment, a bite has a mortality rate of almost 100%.
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Lionfish
Beautiful to look at with its fan-shaped fins, but its dorsal spines contain a painful neurotoxin that causes extreme swelling, fever and breathing problems.
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Widely considered the most venomous sea creature on Earth.
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