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If this animal was a wee bit hungry (important this bit) and you were the only food around, which one would give you the least chance of survival?

2006-10-14 23:00:28 · 26 answers · asked by Perseus 3 in Science & Mathematics Zoology

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I would say the Amur (siberian) Tiger as far as strength + size. There is not a snake (meaning anacondas and pythons) or bear (other than mabe a polar bear) That is able to kill a fully grown Amur Tiger. And Bengal Tigers have been known to kill huge pythons and crocidiles. But as far as agression, it would be the polar bear. The only thing that stands a chance against either one of these creatures in the wild is a human with a high powered gun!

2006-10-15 11:25:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

If you're asking which wild mammal or reptile is the most capable of physically killing a human in one on one combat, then all of the above answers plus many more would be correct. There are any number of critters in the world that are perfectly able to kill a human fairly easily. We're kinda soft, pink and slow, and we don't have big sharp teeth or claws to defend ourselves. Without tools, we're kinda hooped. There's no way to determine which animal is the BEST at killing a human, since there's so many that could, and once the test subject is dead, there's no way to determine the quality of that death. Dead is dead.

If however, you are looking for the reptile or mammal that actually does kill the most humans, and you take other humans out of the running (because human on human homicide is by far the most common killer of humans), then the animal that is actually the deadliest mammal or reptile, that kills thousands of humans every year world wide, and injures millions more, is actually the domestic dog.

Yup, loyal, faithful little Fido kills WAAAAY more people than all the sharks, lions, Komodo dragons, hippos, crocodiles, cobras, leopards, polar bears and man-eating cows combined.

The second highest killer of man is actually the horse.

If you are looking specifically at how many people are killed each year by wild animals though, it oscillates from year to year between hippos and crocodiles. Some years the crocs get more, and in some years, the hippos manage to tear a few more people apart, but they tend to be the biggest danger to life and limb in the bush. Still way, way, way, way less than the dogs though, so statistically you're still safer wandering along the banks of the Limpopo river than you are sitting at home watching TV with Rover.

2006-10-15 04:06:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3 0

According to several documentaries the Fierce snake of Australia is the most poisonous, though probably not the most dangerous because it lives in sparsely populated desert regions. The Brown snake is almost as poisonous and can be found in the cities.

As far as snakes go the Black Mamba is supposed to be the deadliest becuase of its speed and ferocity in attack.

For mammals, I agree with the polar bear being the most dangerous, in as far as percentage survivors following an attack. Many explorers or polar scientists have to shot them on sight in order to avoid any possible attack risk.

An interesting thought, to which I don't know the answer. If we measured 'deadliness' simply by absolute numbers of deaths caused, would the deadliest be something like a dog or a horse? Whilst they aren't necessarily killer animals, you are more likely to be bitten or savaged by a dog or thrown from a horse than mauled by a Grizzly bear.

2006-10-15 22:28:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Don't look at me. Nobody I voted for is lining up to sponsor stupid laws like HR669. This is a local (S. FL) problem and should be dealt with at that level. If the people of FL want to ban large constrictors, I won't try to stop them, even if the damage has already been done by releases or escapes and will probably never be reversed. However, a national ban is not needed nor is it desirable. Reps from HI have jumped on the bandwagon, fearing that the large constrictors could survive in the wild there. Maybe. And maybe they would eat brown tree snakes, that nobody has released or allowed to escape. If you are going to ban anything, you should probably ban red-eared sliders, often released when they are inconvenient to keep. These turtles have damaged ecosystems well beyond their natural range, to the detriment of native turtles, some of which are threatened or endangered.

2016-05-22 03:32:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I think I remember seeing that the two most deadly mammals are the Polar Bear and the Tiger.

The most deadly reptile is more difficult to distiguish as there are a few venomous snakes like the mamba and cobra that kill prety rapidly

2006-10-14 23:10:56 · answer #5 · answered by sweetcandytoffee 3 · 1 0

I know this is an amphibian but it is considered the most poisonous animal on the planet.

It is the Golden Poison Dart Frog.

Its poison is 20 times more toxic than that of other dart frogs. It is reported that an amount of poison equal to 2-3 grains of table salt is enough to cause the death of a human.

http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/OLC/detail.asp?browseBy=habit&x=6&y=188

2006-10-15 07:02:59 · answer #6 · answered by t 2 · 1 0

Any of the larger ones, if they can get hold of you even once... I vote for the Komodo dragon only because even if you manage to escape, a small bite could be the end of you. Komodo dragons are said to have 50 or so really nasty types of bacteria in their saliva... And it can catch you, unless you are a really good runner, I guess. And it won't be embarrassed at all by the fact that you are human. You are not human, you are meat :P

At first I was thinking of snakes, but most venomous snakes won't try to eat you, they are usually simply too small to swallow human-sized prey, I think...

2006-10-14 23:21:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The deadlies and most poisonus snake in the world is called the Black Mamba. IF you are struck by it than you will die within 5 minutes unless you get some antivenom.
The Black mamba can be found in africa and southwest asia.
Watch reruns of the crocidile hunter to see how scared people are of this snake.
The deadliest mammle is probaple one of the big cats of africa. I think it is the tiger.

2006-10-15 08:55:10 · answer #8 · answered by cougarbrooke08 2 · 1 0

The Komodo Dragon without doubt. One of very few animals that will actively hunt human beings. They hunt in packs, stalking their prey silently. Their bite contains no venom, but their mouths give a perfect breeding ground for bacteria, meaning that their saliva is a literal soup of deadly disease. Their bite normally kills within 20 minutes.
Fortunately for us they only live on small isolated islands in the Pacific.

2006-10-14 23:17:09 · answer #9 · answered by Sean R 3 · 1 0

tHE BIG cats OF COURSE, probably the Tiger as it is more of a human hunter than lions. Humans also have an innate fear of anything black and orange as a means of instict to keep us alive -- we know even as children that these combinations of color mean danger!
Sign people studied this years ago and if you look around you'll notice that you will see a BLACK & ORANGE SIGN b4 you see any other sign !!! When I was a kid we had a Pharmacy and my dad knowing this, had his signs done in orange with black letters !!! You couldnt miss it! See if WIKIPEDIA has a study on this!

2006-10-15 00:06:13 · answer #10 · answered by BARBIE 5 · 1 0

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