10. Poison Dart Frog

This small seemingly harmless amphibian is only the size of a pint, yet the pores on their backs have enough neurotoxin in them to kill 10 humans, if you happen to be a princess, please refrain from kissing these deadly creatures.

9. Cape Buffalo

These 1,500 pound beast is one fierce animal, razor sharp horns adorn their head along with a skull that can withstand forces no mere human could, but why put this at number 9? Answer: They live in herds, up to thousands. Now there is nothing that would scare me more than 1,500,000 pounds of combined weight aimlessly charging in my direction.

8. Polar Bear

At your local zoo these things might look cute and cuddly, but if they were out of captivity in the wild, their diet would consist of elephant seals, and elephant aren’t the small little cuddly seals that come to mind, the male elephant seals can reach up to an astounding 21 feet and weigh up to 7,000 pounds! Get in the way of a mother Polar Bear trying to protect her youth, and this bear could rip your head clean off with a single swipe, pounce on you and break every bone in your body before you had time to say “Eureka”.

7. Elephant

They are normally seen as friendly giants, but these beasts kill more than 500 people a year (worldwide). A male African Elephant’s average weight is about 16,000 pounds, and will crush you in a fraction of a second. Not only their weight is something that should be watched out for, they have sharp tusks that could easily pierce the side of a car door not to mention, human flesh.

6. Australian Crocodile (Saltwater)

These reptilian can lie still in the water for hours waiting for prey. Then when the time is right they rocket out of the water at an amazing 30-40 mph and latch on to their prey, often dragging them down in the water while rolling over. Now rolling over? What? This technique used by crocs allows them to latch on to say a limb, then using leverage and their body weight to rip off that limb completely not only damaging the prey severely but also cancelling out any means of escape. After all, trying swimming away from a croc when you only have one leg!

5. African Lion

The lion, the kings of the jungle, or in this case the savannah. Lets do a quick checklist on just what this animal brings to a fight:

• Giant “Fangs” (Canines)
• Razor Sharp Claws
• Un-ending Stamina
• Lighting quick
• Ability to pounce on a target and bring them down all while maintaining a speed of over 30 mph!

This Fierce Cat is one of the most adept predators in the wildlife today. Better hope he isn’t hungry!

4. Great White Shark

This predator of the sea can smell blood from miles away, and that small amount of blood can send these sharks into feeding frenzies, using all their thousands of teeth (roughly 3,000 to 4,000) to rip apart, dismember, feed on anything that moves (not everything obviously, mostly the animal that appears to be wounded and as a result is giving off blood).

3. Australian Box Jellyfish

Sometimes known as a sea-wasp, this bowl sized jelly can sport up to 60 tentacles that can be up to 15 feet long, Each of those tentacles have stinging cells around 5,000 of them. In each of those cells there are enough toxins to kill 60 humans!

2. Cobra (Asian)

While this isn’t the most venomous snake, it has the largest percentage of deaths in the snakebites per year category, as it has started to inhabit rural areas and homes all throughout Asia, some say they are as common as house rats in some towns!

1. Mosquito

Now most of these bites from these little pests cause you to itch, but some carry and transfer malaria. As a result, more than two million people a year fall victim to these deathly insects.

Humans

Now I didn’t put us on the list because we deserve special mention. We have been known for extinctions of hundreds of species, and murder our own by the millions. We have truly become one of the most deadly animals on the planet, but for the sake of the list I have left us out, as the mosquito would have never had his chance to be #1. (not that, that is a good thing)