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TOP 5 MOST TOXIC ANIMALS IN THE WORLD
5 ï¼ Red-back spider
â Dangerous spider native to Australia
â Easily recognizable by its black body with prominent red stripe on its abdomen---Female!
â Females have a body length of about a centimeter while the male is smaller, being only 3 to 4 millimeters long.
â has a neurotoxic venom which is toxic to humans with bites causing severe pain
4: Stonefish
â the most venomous known fish in the world
â Inhabiting the waters of the Pacific throughout the Australia coast
â A powerful toxin stored within its 13 spines
â the venom will cause intense pain, swelling of tissue, shock followed by death
3: Australian Funnel Web Spider
â 1 to 5 cm in length
â a large number of different toxins in the venom
â Deaths may occur within a period ranging from 15 minutes to three days.
2: Inland Taipan ( Small Scaled Snake)
â native to Australia & the most venomous land snake in the world
â One bite from this serpent contains enough potent toxin about 110 milligrams to kill about 100 human adults or 250,000 mice.
â If bite, an adult will die in 45 minutes
1: Box jellyfish
â The most venomous animals known
â Prevalent in the ocean waters throughout Asia and Australia
â Up to 60 tentacles, 3 meters in length with up to 5,000 nematocysts (stinging cells).
â virtually no chance of surviving the venomous sting, unless treated immediately
â An adult can be killed within 30 seconds
Posted at 06:10PM Sep 19, 2008 by hang he |

