List of venomous animals
Not to be confused with List of poisonous animals.
Venomous animals include:
Many venomous animals, such as this blue ringed octopus (genus Hapalochlaena), are brightly colored or can display bright colors to warn potential predators.
Arachnids
Further information: Spider bite and List of biting or stinging arthropods
- Australian funnel-web spider[1]
- Black widow spider
- Brazilian wandering spider
- Brown recluse spider[2]
- Katipo
- Redback spider
- Tarantulas
- Scorpions: Of more than a thousand known species of scorpion, only a few have venom that is dangerous to humans.[3]
- Paralysis tick
Cephalopods
Cnidaria
- Jellyfish sting using microscopic cells called nematocysts, which are capsules full of venom expelled through a microscopic lance. Contact with a jellyfish tentacle can trigger millions of nematocysts to pierce the skin and inject venom.[5]
- Portuguese Man o' War
- Sea Anemones
- Some Corals
Crustacean
- The remipede Xibalbanus tulumensis looks like a white centipede with a long segmented body and scores of legs which display a swimming motion. They live in underground caves of Mexico and Central America. Although blind, they are formidable predators, and feed on the shrimp that share their underground pools.
Dinosaurs
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The black mamba has one of the most deadly bites of any snake.
- Some scientists have proposed that Sinornithosaurus had a venomous bite, but recent evidence suggests otherwise.[7]
Fish
There are at least 1,200 species of venomous fish, and they include
- The Stonefish, Lionfish, Scorpion Fish, Stargazer, and Toadfish (Daector and Thalassophryne).[8]
- Stingrays[9]
- Catfishes
- Dogfish sharks
- Chimaeras
Insects
Further information: Insect bites and stings and List of biting or stinging arthropods
Mammals
- European mole
- Platypus (male)
- Elliot's short-tailed shrew
- Eurasian water shrew
- Northern short-tailed shrew
- Southern short-tailed shrew
- Cuban solenodon
- Haitian solenodon
- Hedgehogs (possibly)
- Slow loris
Reptiles
- Venomous snakes, the boomslang and the cobra
- Venomous lizards
- Gila monster
- Mexican beaded lizard
- Certain members of the genus Varanus, such as the perentie and Komodo dragon.
See also
- Venomous mammals
- Venomous fish
- Venomous snake
References
- ↑ Funnel-web Spiders at the Australian Museum, Sydney
- ↑ Jone SC. "Ohio State University Fact Sheet: Brown Recluse Spider". Retrieved 2006-09-02.
- ↑ "Poisonous Animals: Scorpion (Scorpiones)". library.thinkquest.org. ThinkQuest. c. 2000. Archived from the original on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
- ↑ http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/oceans-deadliest/deadliest-creatures/deadliest-creatures_05.html
- ↑ http://www.jellyfishart.com/kb_results.asp?ID=11
- ↑ http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/54168/meet-worlds-only-known-venomous-crustacean
- ↑ Gianechini, F.A., Agnolín, F.L. and Ezcurra, M.D. (2010). "A reassessment of the purported venom delivery system of the bird-like raptor Sinornithosaurus." Paläontologische Zeitschrift, in press. doi:10.1007/s12542-010-0074-9
- ↑ Grady, Denise Venom Runs Thick in Fish Families, Researchers Learn New York Times 22 August 2006.
- ↑ Ternay, A. "Dangerous and Venomous Aquarium Fish". fishchannel.com.