Which animal has the strongest poison known to man?

Question

On Ricky Gervais's Animals show he says that its a daddy longlegs, but i though it was one of those south american poison dart frogs

Answer 1

It is hard to say which animal would get this prize. A poisonous animal carries harmful chemicals called toxins. Usually, these toxins are used for defense, and are stored in the skin or in special glands. Compare these creatures to venomous animals, which deliver their toxins by stinging, stabbing, or biting.

Poisonous creatures don't intend to hurt other creatures, which is why they have bright colors and markings that send a clear message: "Don't touch!" If a predator ignores that warning, he might not get a second chance. One swallow, or even a little taste testing, and it's all over. The toxin will stop the heart or lungs from working, and death will follow.

The poison arrow frog and certain salamanders would have to top most people's list of "The World's Most Poisonous Animals." Just two micrograms of toxin from the poison arrow frog is enough to kill a human. A "microgram" is a very small amount. The ink in the period at the end of this sentence will weigh around six micrograms.

What about venomous animals? A good example of defense can be found in stonefish. They store their toxin in gruesome-looking spines that are designed to hurt would-be predators. This homely creature will win no beauty prize, but deserves honor and respect for being "The World's Most Venomous Fish."

Toxins also are designed to kill prey or, at least, slow them down. This is the tactic used by many snakes. The prize for "The World's Most Venomous Snake" goes to the inland taipan of Australia. But the top prize, "The World Most Venomous Animal," should go to the box jellyfish, which is found in the waters around Asia and Australia. They have long tentacles with stings at the very ends.

Hospitals often carry medicines that work against venom, but treatment has to be very fast to counteract the toxins of these prize-winning creatures.

Answer 2

I figured that prize would belong to some sort of snake...but while I was looking up some info on the daddy-long-legs, I found out it has, of all things, a penis! Here are excerpts from the article:

The Daddy Longlegs (I'm going to skip the differentiation between 'poisonous' and 'venomous'). F'rinstance, you're correct about its mouth size--too small to bite humans. It feeds on small insects or the corpses of larger ones. It has a penis, which makes it different from spiders. In fact, the Daddy Longlegs is not technically a spider, although it is an arachnid.

"The problem with the 'Daddy Longlegs' is that the name is used for several kinds of animals, 2 of them arachnids:

1) The family Phalangiidae (a part of the opilionids [harvestmen], a different order than spiders)

2) a spider: Pholcus phalangioides

Number one doesn't have poison glands. Number two has poison glands but as far as is known in the scientific world, nobody has ever been bitten by one of them. It's not sure if the poison has ever been investigated since there was no need for it."

Answer 3

"It is hard to say which animal would get this prize. A poisonous animal carries harmful chemicals called toxins. Usually, these toxins are used for defense, and are stored in the skin or in special glands. Compare these creatures to venomous animals, which deliver their toxins by stinging, stabbing, or biting.

Poisonous creatures don't intend to hurt other creatures, which is why they have bright colors and markings that send a clear message: "Don't touch!" If a predator ignores that warning, he might not get a second chance. One swallow, or even a little taste testing, and it's all over. The toxin will stop the heart or lungs from working, and death will follow.

The poison arrow frog and certain salamanders would have to top most people's list of "The World's Most Poisonous Animals." Just two micrograms of toxin from the poison arrow frog is enough to kill a human. A "microgram" is a very small amount. The ink in the period at the end of this sentence will weigh around six micrograms.

What about venomous animals? A good example of defense can be found in stonefish. They store their toxin in gruesome-looking spines that are designed to hurt would-be predators. This homely creature will win no beauty prize, but deserves honor and respect for being "The World's Most Venomous Fish."

Toxins also are designed to kill prey or, at least, slow them down. This is the tactic used by many snakes. The prize for "The World's Most Venomous Snake" goes to the inland taipan of Australia. But the top prize, "The World Most Venomous Animal," should go to the box jellyfish, which is found in the waters around Asia and Australia. They have long tentacles with stings at the very ends.

Hospitals often carry medicines that work against venom, but treatment has to be very fast to counteract the toxins of these prize-winning creatures."

Answer 4

A curious fact about the Dendrobatid (arrow-poison) frogs: they make their poison out of things they eat - but we don't know what.

Frogs of this family reared in captivity never become poisonous, and wild ones kept captive for a few months lose their toxins. Nobody knows what, in their natural environs, provides the raw materials for the poison.

An episode of "Taggart" some years ago had somebody commit a murder by means of their captive poison frogs - it wouldn't work!

Answer 5

Nope, Ricky is right - it IS the daddy long legs - luckily for us tho, he has no way of passing on his poison - we remain safe against the killing machine which is...The Daddy Long Legs !

(The dart frog on the other hand is slightly different as all you need to do is come into contact with its skin before keeling over and dying)

Answer 6

Ricky Is Right , Their Fangs Are Just Not Strong Enough To Puncture Human Skin.

Answer 7

The poison dart frog and A very poisonous snail can't remember the name or blue ringed octapus.

Answer 8

This answer to pearlywhite I am known as the poison dwarf watch it mate
I also thought it was on of those frogs the little yellow ones with black spots

Answer 9

Adhere to an increasingly trim protein/green veggie eating plan

Answer 10

placed much less meals out and about and you should get a smaller amount within