5. Electrocution
Electric eel
Electric eels are elongated, fresh water fish, native to the Amazon
and Orinoco rivers in South America. They are not really eels, but a
kind of knifefish (and related to catfish). They are among the deadliest
denizens of the South American rivers. It has not one, but three
specialized organs to produce electric currents strong enough (600
volts, sometimes more) to stun or kill an adult human. It is believed
that many “unexplained” disappearances of people while swimming in the
Amazon and Orinoco rivers, could be due to them being stunned by an
electric eel and drowning, or even, dying because of the eel’s discharge
itself. Many of these deaths are often blamed on attacks by predatory
animals such as piranha or caiman. The electric eel doesn’t eat human beings; it feeds on smaller fish,
crabs and small mammals. It only attacks in self defense, and handling
an electric eel or even entering the water wherever these fish are
common should be avoided at all costs.
4. Constriction
Python, anaconda
Pythons and boas (anacondas being a kind of boa) are not venomous.
They have very sharp teeth to hold on to their prey, but they rely on
constriction for the actual kill. This means, they coil around the
victim (once they have secured it with their teeth) and squeeze so that
the unfortunate animal doesn’t have any space to breathe. Every time the
victim tries to inhale, the snake squeezes harder. This deadly “hug” is
so powerful that even blood can’t flow. As a matter of fact, death
comes usually because of cardiac arrest/stroke, and not asphyxia as was
once believed. Although some smaller snakes (such as king snakes and gopher snakes)
use constriction to kill prey, pythons and anacondas are the best known
constrictors, and the scariest, too, since these cold-blooded predators
have been known to kill and eat humans once in a while.
3. Drowning and Dismembering
Crocodile
Among large predatory animals, crocodiles are the ones that kill the
greatest number of people every year. They are often said to be among
the few animals that still see humans as perfectly suitable prey. To
deal with large prey, crocodiles use the “death roll”. Called by some
“the most powerful killing mechanism” of any animal, it consists of the
crocodile holding its prey with its jaws (usually by the neck or a
limb), dragging it to the water and spinning its entire body; this is
usually enough to dismember the unfortunate victim. They can do this on
dry land as well. The scariest part is that the crocodile really doesn’t care if the
prey is alive or dead when it starts feeding; by doing a death-roll, it
is really trying to tear the prey into smaller, easier to swallow
pieces. Many humans lucky enough to escape a crocodile attack, have lost
entire limbs to this devastating feeding method. But most victims die
of blood loss, shock or simply drown before they have a chance to
escape.
2. Bitten through the Brain
Jaguar
Most big cats kill prey by strangulation. From the house cat to the
tiger and lion, they all go for the neck/throat in most cases, biting so
hard and holding so tight that the victim either chokes or has a
stroke. In some cases, the bite is deep enough to pierce the windpipe,
the jugular vein, or even to snap the neck vertebrae. It often takes a
few minutes for a big cat to strangle a large prey to death. But the
jaguar is a completely different story. This formidable cat, found in
Mexico and Central and South America, has been known to strangle some
prey once in a while, but it usually goes for a faster, deadlier method;
it simply bites through the skull and pierces the brain, causing
instant death. It has particularly long and thick fangs, and incredibly
powerful jaws to do this (actually, its bite is much stronger than a
lion’s or a tiger’s, relative to the cat’s size). The skull bite allows the jaguar to kill armored prey such as
caimans, as well as the, now extinct, glyptodonts (giant relatives to
armadillos), and they have also been known to use this killing method
successfully against feral bulls weighing almost half a ton. You could
ask, if the jaguar kills its prey so quickly and efficiently, why is it
in the list? Shouldn’t the other cats be worse, since it takes minutes
for them to strangle prey? Maybe, but it seems that for some not so big,
or not so armored prey, the jaguar doesn’t bite through the top of the
skull, but rather sinks its fangs into the victims ears! Can you imagine
the fangs of a giant cat stabbing through your ears and going into your
brain? That’s the stuff of nightmares.
1. Gutted by Giant Bird
Cassowary
The Cassowary is the only bird that made it to this list. Sure,
protective parent owls clawing your eyes out and causing you to fall
down a tree to your death (it has happened) are scary, but these birds
are usually harmless unless you do something really stupid. While the
vegetarian Cassowary (found in the rainforests of Australia and New
Guinea) is usually a shy animal, and will try to avoid confrontations,
males can be extremely aggressive at times, and zookeepers agree that
cassowaries are among the most dangerous creatures to keep in a zoo. Listed by the Guinness World Records as the world’s most dangerous
bird, the Cassowary has an enormous, dagger-like claw on the second toe
of each foot. When confronted, it will leap into the air and kick its
enemy, kung fu-style, using the deadly claws to cause serious injury. It
can, literally, claw your guts out. And even if it doesn’t, the kick is
mighty enough to rupture your internal organs and cause massive
internal bleeding and death. Needless to say, you should never approach
one of these birds, particularly if they are captive or protecting their
chicks.
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