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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[timed]

The ocean is scary. :(

[rosefox]

I'm absolutely terrified of swimming in the ocean, because of jellyfish. I understand that people have safely swum in the ocean for thousands and thousands of years. I'm still terrified.

[timed]

ur hot

[smokeandreason]

And only one of these is poisonous; the others are all venomous :-) Great post.

[thethinwhtduke]

i was about to say.. i thought snakes were venomous... i had a zoology prof that was rabid about that when someone called a snake poisonous. unless you were cooking and eating the snake, and the meat was poisonous, of course :p

[spencer_mato]

You've now given me a bunch of new reasons not to go to Australia.

[wolvster]

Thank god for Holland.

Never will I complain again about the rain and shitty weather, never.

[jlygrnmigt]

Yes, you will.

:)

[theprimrosepath]

Not that you'd have been able to run the thirty or so metres between the tank and the fridge if you got stung, but hey, it's there.

....to taunt you.

Dunno if that's true, but it made a good story the day we were under renovations and we had to take a group of sleepover kids through the venomous fish backstage area.

That's awesome - both the fact that you told the kids that story, and that kids were having a sleepover at an aquarium.