Top Ten Most Aggressive Animals

Read about 10 of Africa's most dangerous animals, ranging from snakes like the black mamba to safari icons like the lion, rhino and buffalo. Read about 10 of Africa's most dangerous animals, ranging from snakes like the black mamba to safari icons like the lion, rhino and buffalo.

Cassowary has been named the world’s most dangerous bird in the Guinness Book of Records.

Wild animals are unpredictable, and therefore potentially dangerous. But some of them have stopped waffling and just decided to be terrifying all the time. Whether furry or scaly, the creatures on this list all want your lunch money. They are the most aggressive animals in the world. We recommend you give it to them without putting up a fight. 16.

The Tasmanian devil is associated with the character of the cartoon for most of us. In real life, this animal is as indomitable as its cartoon counterpart.

Weighing just 65 kilograms and measuring 1.5 meters in length, the Asian Sun Bear is the world’s smallest bear species, and the most ferocious, with the largest teeth in proportion to body size. This small beast is the most fierce bear on the planet, and will attack humans without provocation.

Among the largest crocodile species in terms of physical size, muggers can grow to 13 to 16.5 feet (about 4 to 5 meters) as adults. Although they tend to feed on fish and reptiles, some have fed on larger prey, such as deer. According to CrocBITE, muggers attacked 110 people between 2008 and 2013, with approximately one-third of those attacks resulting in the death of the victims.

Like rhino, even the hippopotamus looks lazy, but it is known as one of the most aggressive animals on the planet, ... Black Mamba. Other than its amazing speed, ...

Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Experienced hunters say that wild boar can be even more dangerous to hunt than a bear. Equipped with thick, razor-sharp tusks, and a razor-sharp mind (hogs are the 4th most intelligent animal in the world) a wild boar can weigh a staggering 660 lbs and exhibit extremely aggressive and unpredictable behaviour.

“Mosquitoes are perhaps the most dangerous animals in the world,” Omar Akbari, PhD, an assistant professor of entomology at the Center for Disease Vector Research at the University of California Riverside, told Healthline.

Though they’re the second most poisonous vertebrate on the planet (after the golden arrow dart frog), they’re arguably more dangerous as their neurotoxin, called tetrodoxin, is found in the fish’s skin, muscle tissue, liver, kidneys, and gonads, all of which must be avoided—when preparing the creature for human consumption.

An aggressive dog may be one that is not under the control of his owner and lashes out at people with or without provocation. An aggressive dog may be sought for his fiercely protective tendencies by those seeking guard dogs.

With a geographic home range spanning most of Africa, save the Sahara, and part of Madagascar, the Nile crocodile is at home in various habitats made up of freshwater lakes and streams and brackish waters. Although adults vary in size, most grow to reach 16.5 to almost 20 feet (roughly 5 to 6 meters) in length. The species easily claims the title of the most-dangerous crocodilian, since it is widely thought to be responsible for more than 300 attacks on people per year.

Read about 10 of Africa's most dangerous animals, ranging from snakes like the black mamba to safari icons like the lion, rhino and buffalo. Read about 10 of Africa's most dangerous animals, ranging from snakes like the black mamba to safari icons like the lion, rhino and buffalo.

Despite their large size and often aggressive behavior, ... Cape Buffalo Facts: Animals of Africa. ... the Cape buffalo is considered to be the most aggressive.

Many of us automatically think of creatures with gnashing teeth or razor sharp claws. Animals like lions, tigers, jaguars, sharks, and grizzly bears inspire plenty of fear. Many of the deadliest animals in the world however are quite small and sometimes even innocuous looking.

A single "golden poison frog" harbours enough poison to kill 10 grown men, making these frogs perhaps the most poisonous animals alive. They are one of many species of toxic frogs, which are known as poison dart frogs. They are all small: the largest are no more than 6cm long, and some are just 1.5 cm.

Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) It seems to go without saying that the most poisonous, deadliest and meanest of all the jellyfish inhabits Australia. The variety of box jellyfish known as the sea wasp or marine stinger is widely regarded as one of the most deadly creatures on earth.

Often regarded as the world’s most dangerous fly, the tsetse fly—a small speck of insect that measures between 8 to 17 mm, or about the same size as the average house fly—is commonly found in sub-Saharan countries, especially those in the center of the continent including the Sudans, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Angola.

The black mamba racing along with its head nearly 4 feet (1.2 m) in the air is a terrifying and amazing sight. However, according to National Geographic, black mambas use their incredible speed to escape threats, not to hunt.

Among the largest crocodile species in terms of physical size, muggers can grow to 13 to 16.5 feet (about 4 to 5 meters) as adults. Although they tend to feed on fish and reptiles, some have fed on larger prey, such as deer.

The list of world’s most dangerous animals is dominated by tiny, often-overlooked animals, with the hippopotamus and crocodile being the only notable exceptions. Indeed, some of the smallest animals are among the world’s deadliest creatures, with millions of human deaths being attributed to them each year.