Scariest Animals
#14 Piranha
Piranha are known for their sharp teeth and their attraction to meat. They can not eat you in seconds as shown in many movies, however, there are in fact reports of piranhas attacking humans.
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Mata Mata Turtle
The Mata Mata Turtle can be dangerous to humans only if you put your hand in its mouth. However, it looks scary enough not to want to be around it...
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Piranha
Piranha are known for their sharp teeth and their attraction to meat. They can not eat you in seconds as shown in many movies, however, there are in fact reports of piranhas attacking humans.
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The Electric Eel
The Electric Eel is a fish capable of generating powerful electric shocks of up to six hundred volts, which it uses for both hunting and self-defense.
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Giant Catfish
With recorded sizes of up to 10.5ft (3.2m) and 660lb (300kg), the Mekong’s giant catfish currently holds the Guinness Book of World Records' position for the world’s largest freshwater fish.
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Diving Bell Spider
The Diving Bell Spider is the only known spider in the world that lives entirely underwater. Like other arachnids, it must breathe air, but it provides its own supply by forming a bubble, which it holds by hairs on its legs and abdomen.
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The Guinea worm
The Guinea worm is a parasite that lives in the body of the host. Approximately one year later, the disease presents with a painful, burning sensation as the female worm forms a blister, usually on the lower limb.
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Bullet Ant
Its sting is ranked as the most painful sting from an insect. It is described as causing "waves of burning, throbbing, all-consuming pain that continues unabated for up to 24 hours".
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Vampire Bat
The Vampire Bat is a bad that feeds by sucking blood from animals, more often cows, but sometimes humans.
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Inland Taipan
Inland Taipan is the most venomous snake in the world. In their attempts to catch the snake, many scientists have been bitten, luckily there were no fatalities as there is an antidote for its venom.
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Aligator
Alligators consume food that can not be eaten in one bite by allowing it to rot, or by biting and then spinning or convulsing wildly until bite-size chunks are torn off. This is referred to as a "death roll."
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Wolves
Have you seen "The Grey"? If you have, than you know that wolves are no animals to be tempered with. And don't get fooled by the cute puppy photos... Wolves are one of the most dangerous inhabitants of this planet.
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Giant Jellyfish
This creature can be beautiful and scary in the same time. Imagine one of these touching your feet while swimming...
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Scolopendra Gigantea
It is the largest insect in the world, exceeding 10 inches in size... It feeds on mice, frogs, lizards, birds and even bats.
