Most Dangerous Animals
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Any animal can be dangerous at some point so it’s hard to determine the only one factor that would help us to define which animals are the most dangerous. I can consider even my own cat dangerous but in no way it can be compared to some beast like a bear. Today we’ll be speaking about mammals and in the next posts we’ll also research the most dangerous animals of other types as well as insects and will make a summary of the most dangerous animals in the world.
Animals can get angry when protecting their kids or territory or they can be hungry, or they they can be simply aggressive by nature. The bigger the animal is, the more dangerous it is and this combination with aggression is the factor what we’ll consider one of the main in the post today. Of course, we’re also taking into account the fatality statistics that sometimes as we’ll see does not depend on the the size of the animal at all.
The Wild Boar
Lives in: all around the world
Responsible for: no definite stats
Wild boars live in groups containing around 20 animals. They eat almost anything they come across, including grass, nuts, berries, carrion, roots, tubers, refuse, insects, small reptiles and even young deer and lambs. The animals are pretty big and can weight around 150-200 kg.
If surprised or cornered, a boar can and will defend itself and its young with intense vigor. The male lowers its head, charges and then slashes upward with his tusks. The female, whose tusks are not visible, charges with her head up, mouth wide, and bites. Such attacks are not often fatal to humans, but may result in severe trauma, dismemberment, or blood loss. The roars get very aggressive only when wounded and then they are most likely to kill.
The bear
Lives in: North America, Canada, North Pole, Russia.
Responsible for: an estimated 5-10 fatalities a year.
We all have seen bears on the pics but meeting them in real and on their territory can lead to the death, the polar, black and grizzly varieties are deadliest. Bears are big animals that can swim, run fast ( up to 50 km/h), climb the trees and they eat everything from berries to meat. Though usually they are afraid of people, they can become very aggressive if being hunted, protecting their kids and just coming to your camp to get food.
If you faced the bear this doesn’t necessarily mean that it’ll attack you. Sometimes it can just demonstrate that it’s attacking but if you see the bear running to you and there’s no place to hide or there’s no the tree to climb, don’t turn away to run and don’t show you’re scared. Look at his eyes as long as you can, the bear may turn away at the last moment. You can shout and if you have a gun you can shoot into the air. Don’t shoot the bear if you are not sure this will kill him. The wounded bear is much more dangerous and the animal becomes fearless.
The Rhino
Lives in: Africa and India
Responsible for: an estimated 12-14 fatalities a year.
Rhinos are big, heavy, non predictable and not very peaceful animals. They can easily trample or gore any creature around that they consider dangerous or annoying. Being very strong and heavy (up to 3.5 tones) they can cause serious destructions. Back in 1928 a mature rhino collided 2 wagons from the rails and disappeared to the bushes without any injuries. Rhinos are pretty quick and can speed up to 30 km/h
If you see the rhino, try not no annoy him. In most cases it will sidestep and let you go without paying any additional attention to you. The rhinos are pretty blind and male rhinos can take your car for a female, so if you see the rhino running to your car drive away as fast as you can.
The hippopotamus
Lives in: Lakes, rivers, wallows – in fact any water – in Africa.
Responsible for: an estimated 100-150 fatalities a year.
At the first glance hippos look clumsy, awkward and lazy but that’s not the case. These animals are considered among most dangerous in the world. They weight about 3-4 tones and their bodies are about 3.5 meters long. If you wounded them or occasionally turned out to be on their territory next to them and there’s a hippo baby, most likely you’ll be killed. They can trample the invader or cause fatal wounds with their massive tusks. They can turn over a small vessel or bite through the lining with their teeth. Hippos can run pretty quickly, about 35 km/h on the land so there’s no chances you can run away.
The Cape Buffalo
Lives in: Africa
Responsible for: an estimated 200 fatalities a year.
Also known as the African buffalo they are some of the most dangerous animals in Africa. They do not charge at humans for fun but they see the man as the predator and start fighting. According to stats, more hunters were killed by the buffalos than by lions so it’s a good point not to come close to the animals and let them feel safe for your own sake.
The Elephant
Lives in: Africa and India.
Responsible for: an estimated 300-500 fatalities a year.
Elephants are known as wise and friendly animals, but the true is that they kill an alarming amount of people every year. They are unpredictable creatures, and have been known to kill zookeepers who have been with them for as long as 15 years. Considering their huge size – the average elephant weighs over 6 tons – they trample and gore using their fearsome tusks and are capable of causing untold amounts of devastation.
If you think that you’ll be attacked by the animal, don’t startle at the beast. Make a loud noise or shout and see if there’s a big tree to climb around.
Big Cats
Lives in: Africa, North America and India
Responsible for: an estimated 800 fatalities a year.
Big cats such as lions and tigers will not usually attack the humans. But if they are very hungry and you are the only meat around, they can hunt you for food. Do not provoke the lion to attack and don’t show your fear. To avoid a heinous attack by a big cat, stare them in the eye and don’t look away. Don’t turn and run, you can’t overrun them in any case. If you have a coat, open it to appear larger as they are unlikely to attack a larger animal.
Old lions and tigers are extremely dangerous as they can’t hunt antelopes and other “quick food” while people are perfect and defenseless victims. The only way to stop the old animal from hunting people is to kill it. The history knows the case when 2 old lions killed 28 people that were building the railroad from Mombasa and Nairobi.
The Rat
Rat is the most dangerous mammal for humans, the potential killer of thousands of people. Rats are carrying more than 20 pathogens of various infections, including bubonic plague (Black Death), transmitted to humans by the bite, leptospirosis, relapsing fever, epidemic typhus etc.
June 18th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Homosapiens is the most dangerous animal in the world.
June 20th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Just to affirm N’s response.; homosapiens are undeniably the most dangerous animal by far to all species including their own.
June 22nd, 2009 at 9:33 am
Although I found your article interesting there were a fair few grammatical/spelling errors as well as some major holes in some of your facts. One being the rat. The rat its self never spread the bubonic plague like some believed, it was actually the fleas on the rats that spread it as well as on birds and other animals. There are actually few diseases rats can pass onto humans and it very rarely occurs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat
“Wild rats living in good environments are typically healthy and robust animals. Wild rats living in cities may suffer from poor diets and internal parasites and mites, but do not generally spread disease to humans.”
June 22nd, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Very dangerous animals indeed. But usually everybody is imagining dangerous animals as big ones. What about those small. What about bacterias and viruses. The flu killed millions of people, but the cause of flu is living organism too.
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:58 am
I think this is about fights. Who would win between a tiger and a bear? sort-of-thing. So whilst the influenza virus in particular is a killer of millions it is an unseen assailant that has no intention of killing and therefore should not be entered into the arena. Rats too, as Sarah points out, are not killers per se, so should not be included either. My Dad told me when I was young that the meanest animal out there was the wolverine (especially when measured pound for pound). Don’t suppose it has killed many people though.
June 28th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
i have a pet rat called ben and im perfectly healthy why is that
June 29th, 2009 at 10:29 am
can i say, this is a website on dangerous animals. its not a spelling me.
and the flu virus isnt an animal. this site has a lot of information to share and i personally find it very helpful
June 30th, 2009 at 4:14 am
Yep, but I don’t mean the home rats, I also used to have 2 of them and they were charming, but those living in garbage and sewerage. Let’s recall the facts of the Great Plague in London in 1665
July 1st, 2009 at 6:04 am
mosquito is most dangerous animal in the world……..
July 4th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Also, maybe you should check again which areas are still home for bears. Romania has more bears than the whole rest of Europe. And I can tell you, there are a lot of bears in Romania. In some cities they come to search food in garbage bins.
July 21st, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Ewww – I could never understand why anyone would ever want to own a rat. Thankfully I’m from Alberta where it’s rat free – or so they tell us!!
July 26th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
to Biz,
it’s true but bacteria and viruses are not animals.
July 26th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
to amila,
it could be true but mosquito is an insect and this category is only for animals….
as mentioned above, humans are by far the most dangerous animals…just to count: in Canada we kill thousands of seals each year…in Asia we skin animals while they’re alive until they die….we kill animals by shooting because it’s fun……we kill elephants in Africa and so on and on…..
July 31st, 2009 at 6:08 am
I believe that there are more dangerous animals than the ones mentioned in this section. For example, some sea creatures do put a man’s life in danger like a white shark.
Not to mention the fact that snakes compared to rats or elephants definetly count more as dangerous animals.
August 3rd, 2009 at 4:37 pm
JJ – Buh? Insects are part of the animal kingdom. Did you mean to say this category is only mammals?
August 4th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
I love those rat bas***ds, i will tell you what I think is the most dangerous animal ever….that damn sasquatch
August 5th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
First and foremost the photos are great. Super quality.
Re: The Elephant — quote
“If you think that you’ll be attacked by the animal, don’t startle at the beast. Make a loud noise or shout and see if there’s a big tree to climb around.”
Wouldn’t making a loud noise or shouting, most likely, “startle” “the beast”?
Are you saying DO do this or DON’T do this?
Elephants are rather wise animals and most often a rampage will either relate to prolonged bad treatment, or bad treatment of a ‘realtive’ or partner, or perhaps may be influenced by being ‘in must’ (a sexual frenzy).
Frankly none of these animals re likely to be danger to us (barring perhaps the rat that infests cities in great numbers and lives in unhygienic conditons so can spread disease) if we don’t go poking around trying to get close enough to take photos, don’t interrupt their natural life style, and avoid exploiting them…
I get your point — BUT — at least animals are not vindictive, they do not kill for pleasure, they do not exploit and demean. They are simply doing what comes naturally… and having to put up with the vindictive, exploitative, mean and nasty ‘superior’ (!?) animal that happens to sit at the top of the pile thanks to its larger brain.
August 9th, 2009 at 6:32 am
I sure wouldnt want to go swimming with a hippo! Nice pictures I must say.
August 9th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Ill tell you what, yall are all over looking how scary that sasquatch can be during a feeding frenzy….could you imagine a hippo getting blind sided by a massive, hairy beast of a creature, i think yall should get a picture of sasquatch then shock the world with this “manamimal”!!!
August 9th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
An excellent web site. Very interesting………Not so much with Sarah’s grammar lesson. I think she better get out her old text book. I counted seven errors in her reply!
August 12th, 2009 at 2:35 am
duncan was right about the elephants, but cats do kill for enjoyment. though their instinct tells them to kill a mouse, they do not necessarily eat it nor do they always do so because they are hungry. it can be quite a philosophical debate as to whether the cat actually enjoys toying with the mouse as it kills it…
and male dolphins have been known to gang rape each females. i’ll never feel the same about them again.
August 12th, 2009 at 7:28 am
Great pictures. I think the critter pictured with the duck may be a muskrat though. A rodent to be sure but not quite the same rodent as the disease carrying vermin in your picture essay.
August 14th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
I think Sue may be a muskrat, and for dolphins, they are just using there male instinct
August 17th, 2009 at 1:27 am
I like the Komodo Dragons method, having bactiria rather than venom to kill of prey
August 20th, 2009 at 3:08 am
I liked the list of wild animals. I have a cat and at times she can be very dangerous and other times she just loves to cuddle on the couch with me.
By the way, most people seem to think that we humans are at the top of the food chain simply because we are……..human. Not so! We are at the top of the food chain partly because of our weapons and partly because of the structures that we have built and the cities that we live in. If we were living in the jungle or outdoors without any structures to protect us or decent weapons we would be struggling for survival just like all the other animals out there.
People say it’s our brains that put us at the top of the food chain. Well, our brains make it possible to build weapons and structures to live in that help separate us from the beasts that live in the wild.
Purrs,
Catwoman=^..^= & Mija (my furangel)
September 3rd, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Your pic are awesome I loved them and your info too.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
this was really cool and now i’m glad i know the most dangerous animals in the world. definetly dont want to come across with those animals!!!!!!!!!!
September 14th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
We`re the most dangerous. We`re dangerous to all other animals and we are very good at killing each other, plus obviously we are the ones killing the planet. When I see yearly casualty by animal type, it makes me think that those figures can not even compete..you know it`s laughable.
September 17th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
cheetahs are really dangeous animls
September 29th, 2009 at 8:19 am
Boas are also very dangerous animals..From my own point of view i think they are the deadliest animal in the world…
October 25th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
What about the mosquito?
October 30th, 2009 at 11:38 am
These are the most dangerous MAMMALS in the world, not the most dangerous animals.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Informative page, and beautiful photos. But I agree with first post, humans trump all as the most dangerous. But I guess that’s so obvious that they are not included here.
November 17th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Great pics, and interesting however wrong in many respects.
1). Snakes kill over 1000 people per year – where are they?
2.) Mosquitos should be on there as it’s already been pointed out insects are animals.
3.) Rats – kill noone – fleas can spead disease but even this nowdays isn’t a real killer.
4.) What about cattle? Always trampling people to death… I realise cattle is very vague but no more so than “big cats”- would be interesting to know the breakdown of attacks/fatalities within the big cat-egory lol….
5.) Stingrays kill more than buffalo – fact.
5.) And finaly I notice the Germans are not on this list?
December 6th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
the top 5 pound for pound most powerful animals on earth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rbQ3i-qSLc
December 8th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Ugh… for crying out loud! The most dangerous animal on earth is obviously us HUMANS!
They just had to forget the most obvious answer to this “question”…
December 22nd, 2009 at 12:27 am
the most dangerous animal is the humans!! duh!! they kill lots of animals and even kill other humans!! if we dont stop this were destroying our own world… so stop poaching and deforestation!!
January 2nd, 2010 at 5:29 am
personally i think that if man wasnt here theese animals would not be dangerous!!!
January 6th, 2010 at 5:39 am
Agreed 100% Man is destroying the earth by all their stupid ways of trying to make money! If we were not around the world would be a much better place for all. At least there will not be any stupid killings as such. Wild animals will be safe and they would not have to be extinct now, or nearing extinction.
January 7th, 2010 at 11:16 am
@ 25
Are you making a point? What are you saying?
January 9th, 2010 at 5:18 am
You have some great articles here. Thanks for all the work posting them. I’ll be back for sure!
January 10th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
u know what u should list all animals not only mammals, since the tital said most dangerous animals
January 10th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
but overaall this is great info, just for a tip the fre de lance ans the russels viper are dangerous if you wanna add to your web
January 10th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
i dont think zanda99 info is correct since the animal are still gonna hav confict in prey and predator chain, since big cats need to eat animals to survive
February 6th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Has everyone forgotten about Komodo Dragons?
February 24th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
I prefer to send me more types of dangerous animals in my email indicated above
April 25th, 2010 at 5:44 am
people, this is most deadliest MAMMALS.
mosquitoes are not mammals.
and i’m pretty sure rats do have the capacity to carry diseases.
remember the plague? they didn’t know it was caused by rats
and because they had such dodgy waste disposal and were very unhygienic
rats were able to make sure the disease was widespread because they carried the ticks and fleas that had the illnesses that killed many, many people.
nowadays, rats are more controlled and hopefully, everyone is more hygienic.
so before you say any more silly comments about how this site isn’t what you wanted or how your favourite animal wasn’t mentioned. please, go back to your search engine and think carefully about what you are searching for, be more specific and use more controlled words.
catch,
April 28th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Why are we even talking about this. I’m not planning to meet a hippo or tiger face to face anytime soon. That’s why they invented long shot cameras for.
May 4th, 2010 at 6:01 am
Most African trees do not grow so big except for the baobab trees which climbing it makes it impossible when escaping the charging elephnat. In case you come accross the elephants esure you approach it from down wind and in case of the elephant noticing you stand still while observing its actions. In case it charges runaway jumping over fallen logs of big trees as the elephant will have to take the longer route to go over fallen logs while giving you chance to run away and disappear from its sight. Elephants are capable of bringing down big trees, however for buffaloes you can run for the big tree and escape its attack
May 10th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Nice ………
May 10th, 2010 at 10:03 am
These are the most dangerous MAMMALS in the world, not the most dangerous animals.
May 19th, 2010 at 11:14 am
i like all the animals but do not put ugly animals on here. put only cute animals on here so more children can enjoy this website!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you i hope you enjoy my comment because if you dont its your fault cuz yall wanted us to comment so wat eva yall…………………. PEACE OUT SOUL PEEPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”FBGUHGUERGHIDFGZFYIZSGEJKFGIRGUIERGOHN
May 19th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Put more pretty animals on here
May 30th, 2010 at 11:57 am
I LIKE RAT THE BEST AND THAT’S WHAT I WANTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 11th, 2010 at 1:52 am
great job done.
I really appreciate u.
plz add more pics of brids in the collection.
June 15th, 2010 at 5:09 am
I think (even though it says “animals” in the title”) that the author was referring to mammals. Snakes are reptiles, mosquitos are insects… I’m not quite sure what stingrays are?
Anyway, should’ve probably put mammals in the title instead of animals.
It was a pretty good list, I thought. Thankfully, I will never have to face most of those animals. Though, my part of North America does get a LOT of bears… I was taught when I was real young, though, how to handle a possible bear mauling.
June 15th, 2010 at 5:11 am
And Wolverines should’ve been on the list. They might be small and might not have a very high kill count (boars don’t, either, though) but those suckers are very vicious.
July 24th, 2010 at 4:12 am
Very interesting information contains, but it can be more wide like why snake not added in most dangerous animals.
also cant understand why anyone wanted to have RATS?…………..
Thanks God never faced these dangerous animals