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The World Ten Deadliest Animals

Book Abstract by: mlca76    

Original Author: MARCILIO
This abstract was translated from Os 10 animais mais mortais do mundo


1 - Mosquito


 Most of his stings just give you a itch. But some mosquitoes

can carry and transmit parasites that cause malaria. As a result this small pests are responsible for the death of two million people a year.


2 - Naja Snakes


They don’t have the title of the most venomous snakes, but they do the best they can with what they have. From all the 50 thousand deaths by Snake bytes a year, the Naja snakes (or hooded cobra) are responsible for most of them.


3 - Autralian Cubomedusae


Also know as sea wasp, this salad bowl can have 60 tentacles with 4,7 meters each. Each tentacle has five thousand spiny cells with enough toxin to kill 60 humans.


4 - White Shark                                               


 Blood in the water can excite this sharks to a hungry frenzy, where they will use all his three thousand teeth to byte anything that moves.


 5 – African Lion


 Giant fangs? Yes. Instantaneous attack? Also. Sharp claws as blades? You bet on it. Famished? For your own good it better not be. Thosebig cats are almost the perfect hunters.


 6 – Australian salt water Crocodile


 Don’t confuse this crocodile with a log! He can stay still in the water waiting for passers-by. Than with the blink of an eye, he will grab the prey, pull it under water to drown it and dismember it.


 7- Elephant


 Not all the elephants are as friendly as Dumbo. Elephants kill more than 500 people a year in the world. African elephants normally weight more than 7 tons, not mention their sharpen teeth shell.


 8 – Polar Bear


 Of course they look fluffy in the Zoo, but in nature they ate sea lions for breakfast. Just try to stay between one of this and his cub and he can drop of your head only with one hit of his giant paw.


 9 – Wild Buffalo


 When they are face-to-face to a predator buffalos attack directly. It’s a best of almost 700 kilos armed with two huge and sharpen horns. You are lucky if it’s just one of them, the real danger is when the whole flock comes towards you.


 10 - Poison Dart Frogs


 This frogs are not for kissing. Their back segregate a thick neurotoxin with the purpose to keep predators away. Each frog produces enough toxin to kill 10 persons.


Published: July 23, 2008
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