Top Eight (8) Most Poisonous Animals

[distort303]

Immense physical strength, razor sharp claws and scissor like teeth are not the only weapons animals use. Thousands of animals use highly venomous or toxic poisons to attack prey or defend themselves. Some animals actually shoot poisons towards victims, others store toxins in their glands or skin. Following are the top eight most poisonous animals

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[moonvoice]

I love how many of these come from our nation. Huzzah, Australia! :D

Come to our bounteous lands, of the laidback peoples, and the laidback creatures (because they can afford to be... because they will kill you).

[cunce]

i love it, given the wildlife we have, and the sun, humans shouldn't really be living here :D

[new_shit]

I keep hearing about tornados in California. We never ever heard about them until a few years ago. D-:

[tanukisuit]

I dunnoo about not having to worry too much about deadly animals. In Alaska, people get attacked by grizzly bears a lot. It's not poisonous, but it's probably scary as shit all the same.

[nosyparker]

True that -- walking my yappy ankle-biting dog in backwoods areas in Spring (when the bears wake up and are all cranky) when I was growing up in Alaska was always a pretty nervous experience. That said, where I lived you were more likely to be killed by weather or drunks than animals -- it was your pets you had to keep safe from the wildlife.

[cunce]

nah, i think we get long holidays because of the fact that it's usually going to be searingly hot and/or humid, and to give us the chance to bugger off and find a place to avoid the sudden influx of tourists who want to hug a koala.

[nosyparker]

I dunno, here in Melbourne I live in the city, and never have to deal with so much as a cockroach crossing my path. The scariest animal-related experience I've had in the city was when I heard my first possum growl in the dead of night. But back in the US, I've always lived in the country -- mostly in Alaska, with bears and such, or Georgia, with huge man-faced bugs, poisonous snakes, etc. TBH I feel safer here (but I'm still wary of swimming anywhere here outside of Victoria!).

[deckardcanine]

It certainly made more sense as a penal colony than the Americas ever did.

[cunce]

yeah, especially considering australia is home to the oldest continuous living culture on the planet, who have spent the last 200+ years dealing with the problems that arise from a penal colony being set up in their backyard.

[theprimrosepath]

It's official. Should I ever visit Australia (and I really want to) I will do so in a HazMat suit.

[moonvoice]

Should I ever visit Australia (and I really want to) I will do so in a HazMat suit.

I'm wearing one right now. *grin*

They're all the fashion down here. ;)

[nadiagehol]

Do you really want the state to identify what the "Right" genes are, and dictate what sort of child you can have.

[theprimrosepath]

I assume you're not intending to reply to my comment about Austraila...if so, I have no idea what you're talking about.