Dangerous Animals in Australia by Samantha Flores

The venom of the cone snail are known as conotoxins and contain various neurotoxic agents. In larger cone snails the harpoon is large and powerful enough to not only penetrate human skin, but gloves or wetsuits too.

These modified teeth consist of a hollow barb that can be fired in any direction and then reeled back in by the snail. What’s more they have an effective delivery mechanism for this venom – a tiny harpoon. These killer snails possess a neurotoxin powerful enough to easily kill a human. Textile Cone ( Conus textile) Textile cone (Conus textile) © Chiswick Chap / License So here we’ve listed some of the most poisonous, aggressive, scariest and weirdest creatures that can kill you anywhere on earth. However, you will all be glad to know we aren’t going to let the facts get in the way of a good article. You know the sort of thing like “more people die falling out of bed” etc.īut what about the giant crocs and psychopathic spiders you say? Apparently the common honey bee is responsible for more deaths than all these combined.

In fact they make for some very dull reading. Well actually the statistics tell a bit of a different story. If that wasn’t enough, many of the remaining non-lethal animals are just downright peculiar! It is actually a total wonder that there are any humans left alive on this vast island of death… Inland are some of the most venomous creatures to be found anywhere, whilst the coasts are stalked by some of the biggest predators on the planet. It seems to be pretty widely accepted that as soon as you step of the plane Down Under your life expectancy plummets due Australia’s wealth of deadly animals.

Dangerous Animals in Australia by Samantha Flores