6 Cute animals that can kill you

[chaosrah]

So uh, has this been posted? Because I found it to be very amusing. Some of this I really didn't know.
The 6 cutest animals that can still kill you.

I found quotes such as this to be highly amusing:

"The late Steve Irwin, a man who used to tackle 12-foot crocodiles for fun and wave angry snakes filled with kill-you-before-your-next-heartbeat poison at

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[falnfenix]

"In Ireland, it is not uncommon for university rowing teams to cancel practice because there is a swan in the river. Rowing teams tend to be composed of men who are built like very large trees. Trees that bench-press Volvos. These men are terrified of swans, probably due to a grizzled old rowing coach, always looking on from the shore, a bill-shaped scar where his left eye used to be. "

[panzers]

IAWTC

[m33ks]

Me and my friends fed swans once. THOSE THINGS ARE BULLIES. THEY BITE YOUR ARMS TO GET YOUR ATTENTION IF YOU HAVE BREAD. My bff ended up punching one in the neck because it would attack the ducks so it could get to the bread it wanted.

[voodooslur]

Holy shit! My ex did the exact same thing.

Dun dun dun!

[katowns]

I have to say, I was disappointed that none of those surprised me. But it was funny to read.

[amp23]

anyone with half a brain in africa would be scared shitless of hippos. a year and a half ago i got a serious bite on the leg from a dog (chesapeake retriever) that was deep enough it had to be left open to heal out. the doctor was afraid i'd lose my leg below the knee - and that was with immediate medical attention and a battery of antibiotics at his side treating a bite from an animal with a mouth and teeth less than 1/100th the size of a hippo

most hippos are nowhere near clean facilities or antibiotics, meaning even if you survive the bite, you'll probably die of sepsis before getting help.

[katowns]

Or they would just bite you in half and be done with you.

[amp23]

yeah i forgot to mention that the chance of surviving is the stuff of fantasy. they rarely take one bite and let you go.

but if they did, yer still a goner

[gemfyre]

And if you get away, it will probably piss off the nearby Cape Buffalo, which is not a good thing either.

[shadsdf]

Holy crap! I knew chimps ate monkey babies, but human babies? Wow.

Swans are indeed bastards though. One attacked me when I was maybe 6 years old, and it DID have to be pulled off by the neck.

[laika_come_home]

Geese too. When we were kids, my youngest sister developed this deathly fear of geese after they mobbed her for her popcorn. They were taller than her at the time.

[sylrayj]

I was at the park, feeding bread to the geese but keeping my son close by. A smaller girl, shorter than the geese when they stood tall, became surrounded by geese who were looking anxious, starting to spread their wings and to occasionally hiss. I got between them and the girl, who ran for her mom - who hadn't noticed a thing, sitting in a lawn chair talking on her cell phone. I hope the girl learned not to be too casual with geese; her mom learned absolutely nothing.

[squid_ink]

A CHIMP ATE MY BAYBEEEEE

[genmaicha]

I believe Steve Irwin was also terrified of cockatoos. Which, unless extraordinarily lucky, can't kill you. But they can bite really really really hard (and one did bite him, when he was a kid