The Most Poisonous Creatures of the World 1

by Rodallega, Sep 20, 2008
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These are the most poisonous creatures on the Earth.

Of all the animal species on the Earth, there are some creatures which may killpeople in only minutes. They may kill if you disturb them somehow because they have the most strongest poison ever in their bodies. Here is the most well-known and poisonous examples of those animals.

Dort Poison Frog

I was stunned when I first heard that a frog is the most poisonous creature of all times. This poisonous frog lives in the rain forests of Colombia. In zoology, it is known as phyllobates terribilis. It is very tiny and only 2 cm. It's poison can kill 150 people or 30000 mice at the same time.It's whole body is covered with a poison layer.

Blue Ringed Octopus

The second most poisonous one living on the Earth. It's poison kills any creature in only 2 minutes. The natural habitat of this octopus species is Japan. According to scientists and zoologists, it's poison is as 10000 times lethal as cyanide.

Box Jelly Fish

This is the third in the top list of most poisonous creatures. It lives in Pacific Ocean. It has 3 m tentacles around it. If you somehow touch it, this means that you live the last 5 minutes of your life.

Inland Taipan

It belongs to Elapidae family in zoology. The most dangerous snake species. Natural habitat of this snake is Australia continent. Three important species of Taipan is Oxyuranus scutellatus, Oxyuranus microlepidotus and Oxyuranus temporalis. It's poison is 100 times more potent than cobra and 50 times more lethal than black mamba. It's poison can kill 100 people at the same time.

Death Stalker

Death stalker lives in Middle East countries. It is known as yellow scorpion. It's 1mg poison can kill 15000 mice. It's poison can kill a person in only one hour after being bitten.

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Comments (46)
#1 by Fernando T.
Sep 20, 2008
This is nice.
#2 by Bozsi Rose
Sep 20, 2008
Good job! The Death Stalker is definitely the creepiest thing I've seen in a while...
#3 by poisonous
Sep 20, 2008
it's dart poison frog not dort
#4 by Maui Mike
Sep 20, 2008
Good photo. Brave photographer!

One criticism: scorpions STING to kill or stun a victim/enemy.

Thanks for the frog photos, too!
#5 by Oppie
Sep 20, 2008
What about the blow fish? It has Tetrodotoxin it is an exceptionally lethal poison. Tetrodotoxin is approximately 1,200 times deadlier than cyanide. In animal studies with mice, 8 μg tetrodotoxin per kilogram of body weight killed 50% of the mice. It is estimated that a single puffer has enough poison to kill 30 adult humans. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blow_fish Puffer Fish are the second most poisonous vertebrate in the world, the first being a Golden Poison Frog. The skin and certain internal organs of many Tetraodontidae are highly toxic to humans, but nevertheless the meat of some species is considered a delicacy in both Japan (as fugu) and Korea (as bok-uh). If one is caught while fishing, it is recommended that thick gloves are worn to avoid poisoning and getting bitten when removing the hook.

The Tetraodontidae contains at least 121 species of puffers in 19 genera.[1] They are most diverse in the tropics and relatively uncommon in the temperate zone and completely absent from cold waters. Pufferfish are mostly found in coastal regions though some are oceanic (e.g., Lagocephalus lagocephalus) or live in the deep sea (e.g., Sphoeroides pachygaster). A large number of puffers are found in brackish and fresh waters: at least 39 marine species enter brackish or freshwater to feed or breed (e.g., Arothron hispidus), and a further 28 species are completely freshwater fish in distribution and never enter the sea (e.g., Colomesus asellus).[2]


#6 by Doc. Ted
Sep 20, 2008
The Blue Ringed Octopus can be found in Australian waters as well. The Box Jellyfish can be found in most tropical oceans. Mangroves are the Box Jellyfish's nurseries. Practice your first aid before you go into dangerous areas.
#7 by Crayboff
Sep 21, 2008
err... about that scorpion, is it really the bite that is venomous, or is it the stinger?
#8 by Vlad
Sep 21, 2008
The dart frog can kill 10-20 people and 10000 mice, as for the octopus - 26, so that already puts it above. Also, the victim of the octopus does not die in 2 minutes, though may appear that way because they cannot breathe or move. Some pressure on the would, artificial respiration, and you have a good chance to survive. The next one is my favourite, because it\'s actually the most poisonous, although not all species of the box jellyfish actually have poison. The snake is almost all right on, except that it is 200-400 times more poison than cobras. And finally, the death stalker also lives in North Africa and not likely to kill a healthy adult human, though may cause various diseases that will kill you later. Hope I didn\'t come off too pretentious and don\'t believe everything you read on the internet!
#9 by fred
Sep 21, 2008
who the hell decided to name a scorpion 'Death Stalker'
#10 by Ice
Sep 21, 2008
Hmm, I've seen 3 out of 5. Blue Ringed Octopus, Box Jellyfish and the Inland Taipan. It was funny at the time that I saw the Blue Ringed Octopus because I was with an aquatics camp instructor, who said that they never seen one in her life and that you would most likely never see one in the area but then one came floating along..
#11 by Zed
Sep 21, 2008
brave attempt but not really well researched. for example box jelly fish is only leathal in a small amoutn of stings and that only in the very young or very old and when left untreated. Ditto blue ring octopus that does live in Australian waters as well...
#12 by Frank
Sep 21, 2008
Bad research. Besides the observations before mine, on the very first one about phyllobates terribilis even the picture is wrong. Terribilis is entirely bright yellow, the one pictured isn't even a subspecies, it's an entirely different one.
#13 by Bob
Sep 21, 2008
Just look at his terrible grammar and that alone makes me not want to believe what is written. If you want people to believe the things that you write are supposed to be well researched and intelligent then at least use good grammar when presenting them.
#14 by Singh
Sep 21, 2008
LOL Fred :D...They should have named it "cuddly sweetie" and tell people its good luck to touch its stinger.
#15 by jm
Sep 21, 2008
Pretty pictures but I'd like to point out that the toxins are what make these guys deadly, so a little detail on the kind of toxin would be nice. Blue ringed octopus is tetrodotoxin (TTX), same as puffer fish and a few other species. The toxin is actually created by symbiotic bacteria. The frog secretes concentrated toxins from the plants it eats. Later generation frogs sold in the U.S. as pets are harmless. Death stalker is a combination of mostly neurotoxins, including one that shows promise in curing brain tumors.
#16 by Matt
Sep 21, 2008
issue 1: this is a list of venomous animals, not poisonous animals
issue 2: as many of the previous posters have mentioned, many of the facts are wrong
issue 3: even if the facts were correct, the animals here are not the most venomous. they are quite deadly, but, for example, the stone fish is significantly more inimical to humans than these animals
#17 by valli
Sep 21, 2008
Interesting and scary too.
#18 by svaha
Sep 21, 2008
#15 by jm
Sep 21, 2008
Pretty pictures but I'd like to point out that the toxins are what make these guys deadly, so a little detail on the kind of toxin would be nice. Blue ringed octopus is tetrodotoxin (TTX), same as puffer fish and a few other species. The toxin is actually created by symbiotic bacteria. The frog secretes concentrated toxins from the plants it eats. Later generation frogs sold in the U.S. as pets are harmless. Death stalker is a combination of mostly neurotoxins, including one that shows promise in curing brain tumors.



There are no vegetarian frogs ,sorry maybe the author of this page isnt the only one who needs to do more research and if you believe later generations have no toxin, lick one and we will be reading about you in the obituaries.
#19 by a fool
Sep 21, 2008
One is not bitten by a Death Stalker, one is stunk.
I have been stung by other scorpions, and trust me
it feel like a razor, and then you start to swell
and go numb.

YOu have to get some antihistimine real fast, and
you'll be okay.
#20 by swapna
Sep 22, 2008
wow scaring creatures...
#21 by CW Lovestone
Sep 22, 2008
I wouldn\'t want to run across any of those creatures. It\'s very interesting information though.
#22 by C. Jordan
Sep 22, 2008
Sorry, I was going to leave an intelligent remark but I just cracked up laughing when I read the unfotunate comment: #19 by a fool "one is stunk"
#23 by Vic
Sep 23, 2008
How about the komodo dragon which can kill anything with just it's saliva?
#24 by C Strode.
Sep 23, 2008
You forgot to add my ex wife to the list, she has enough venom to slay man or beast at fifty paces, otherwise I found this article informative.
#25 by munim
Sep 23, 2008
hmmm... i dont know how to swim, so im safe from octopuses and jellyfish

i dont plan on going to the desert, so i should be safe from scorpions...

in a rain forest id probably die even without the frog...i cant tell a christmas tree from an apple tree....
#26 by david beckham
Sep 23, 2008
The poision \\\"dort\\\" frog?
wat the hell......
#27 by J Smith
Sep 24, 2008
Spelling and grammar check would help you greatly. Anyhow, the box jellyfish nematocytes can be neutralized with acetic acid - found in vinegar. The person will already have been exposed of course, but this prevents further stings by tentacles still stuck to the body.
#28 by Moore
Sep 24, 2008
I will shoot any of those f'in things
#29 by oh well
Sep 25, 2008
Yes there are mistakes, but thanks for the time and effort for a still interesting write-up.
#30 by evil todd
Sep 25, 2008
LOLZ @ Bob for correcting the author's mistakes, in grammar, with more mistakes and poor grammar.
#31 by @bob
Sep 29, 2008
AHHAH @bib .. eh ... ?um ..Bob!, Yes bob! Lol at Bob!
#32 by Rachel
Sep 29, 2008
You need to learn the difference between poisonous and venomous
#33 by toby
Sep 29, 2008
I've eaten that frog, it tastes like chicken.
#34 by dax
Sep 30, 2008
Why is it that all of these top ten (or five) lists on the net start with number one? It's supposed to be a countdown. If you show me the most venomous animal on the very top of the page, I'm not particularly excited about looking at the rest of them - "Hmm, now that I now what the most venomous animal is, I'm dying to find out what a less deadly animal is!"
#35 by 1337hax
Oct 9, 2008
Well, this is neat-o, i don\'t care what any of you think or say...
#36 by brenda p
Oct 14, 2008
all you wrote was sssssssssssooooooooooo intresting.the pictures were intresting ttttoooo.i really want to see all the animals but i shold\'nt touch them!
#37 by jmi
Oct 14, 2008
errrrrrrrr,did you touch the animals?
#38 by read
Oct 14, 2008
i liked reading them.they were intresting.
#39 by zoe wagstaff
Oct 17, 2008
nice web page but needs more info for me :) by the way put more poisonous and venomous creatures thanks.
#40 by karly
Oct 22, 2008
that box jelly fish is the worlds creepyest thing EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the octopus is really wierd so creepy but the photo grapher is really brave.
#41 by zoe
Oct 22, 2008
the box jellyfish is so wierd! but ill come back everyday to check it out its so so good omg.
#42 by Huh
Oct 28, 2008
I guess we\'re all zoologists. The most poisonous animal in the world is the double tainted scrotum stinger. The name says enough.
#43 by katherine
Nov 8, 2008
just reading all this stuff makes me shiver. but i actully like it in a way because someday i hope to be a doctor so this is good stuff to know. but i have a question\'which animal is the most poisonous animal on here\' please send back soon thanks
#44 by kb
Nov 24, 2008
This is about poison, the Kimono is not poisonous. It's bite is deadly due to bacteria
#45 by  ur guide
Dec 13, 2008
awesome article.
#46 by Methusala Fardarookrook
Dec 25, 2008
A biting kimono?!?

Wow, those japs are getting clever!
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