Most Dangerous Animals in the World

Most Dangerous Animals in the World

Nature's most fearsome creatures.

Small but deadly, mosquitoes transmit diseases like malaria, dengue, and Zika.

Mosquitoes

The largest land animal, they can be unpredictable when threatened.The largest land animal, they can be unpredictable when threatened.

African Elephant

With powerful jaws, they're responsible for more human deaths in Australia than sharks.

Saltwater Crocodile

Their tentacles contain toxins that can cause heart failure.

Box Jellyfish

Small in size, but its skin has enough toxin to kill 10 grown men.

Golden Poison Dart Frog

Known to charge with little provocation, causing several fatalities annually.

Cape Buffalo

Contains tetrodotoxin, a substance more toxic than cyanide.

Pufferfish

Its sting can be extremely painful and fatal to humans.

Deathstalker Scorpion

The ocean's top predator, responsible for more unprovoked attacks on humans.

Great White Shark