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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[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.

[squid_ink]

they kill more people than any other animal in Africa.

don't get between a mom and the calf.

actually .. they drag you into the water and drown you, much like a crock.

[nosyparker]

Holy shit -- I've had Chesapeake retrievers (met them in their twilight years, and both are now passed) -- those are some insanely big, strong jaws. I'm now imagining what a bite from one of them would be like and I'm shuddering. Goddamn, good on you for being able to keep the leg!