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Most Dangerous Animals in the Sea

Here is mentioned that known of most dangerous animals in the sea. As we know that seas is an interesting place while it’s also a dangerous places as well as there’s a lot of dangerous animals that live in the seas.

Box Jellyfish

This animal that shaped like jelly is very dangerous. In each tentacles of the box jellyfish species in Australia there is enough poison to kill 60 people. Not only that, this is deadly poison work in terrible speed. Just three minutes and a human life would be flying. In addition to these species, there are also species of box jellyfish from Portugal that said to the sting is felt like a bolt of lightning.

Tiger Shark

This shark can eat everything. No matter it’s a fish, seals, birds, squid, small sharks, dolphins, and even car tires would be devoured by this sharp toothed fish. According to experts, a lot of sharks live in tropical areas. It can grow five feet long and weighs about one ton. 

Stone Fish

There are two reasons why this fish listed as dangerous animals. First, this is the world’s most toxic fish. Second, this shaped stone fish is very good at camouflage. Although it’s a passive fish that rarely attacked, don’t ever step your foot on it. The Toxin from this fish can cause temporary paralysis and death if not cured soon.

Puffer Fish

Deadly poison called Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is contained in this fat bodied fish. Toxins are more powerful than cyanide resulted in difficulty in breathing on a person before leading to death. The bizarre part is a number of professional chefs in Japan separate the meat of the fish from the poison so it can be consumed as a delicious meal.

Sea Snake

Basic human fear of snakes put this species on the list of dangerous sea animals. But in reality, this sea snakes life is hidden in the sea and not too threatening human life. However, these snakes venom is still a frightening poison. In one bite, this snake venom is able to paralyze prey and kill it in seconds.

Lion Fish

Being favorite fish for aquarium, this fish is famous for its poisonous prickly thorns. Although it’s not very lethal in humans, the poison can cause headaches, vomiting, and respiratory problems. According to some reports, these symptoms lasted for several weeks.

Saltwater Crocodile

Saltwater crocodile has a reputation as one of the most ferocious predators in the world. This animal can grow to more than six meters and weighs 1500 kilograms. It has a variety of prey, including monkeys, kangaroos, buffalo, shark, and even humans. With the use of great power, salt water crocodile bite twisting in the water to paralyze its prey and then eat it.

Stingray Fish

This animal is become the world attention since the tragic death of a biologist and host of “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin in 2006. Stingray’s tails that shaped like a spear and contain many toxins have been stabbed Steve and make heart failure.

Sea Lion

Sea lions can be classified as cute animal, easily trained, and many became stars in a zoo. However, this animal often attacks humans as well. In California, United States, few cases of sea lion attacks were reported in Manhattan Beach, Newport, and San Francisco in 2006. Some local scientists said that sea lion behavior unpredictable and can suddenly become aggressive.

 Sea Eel

Strong bite of sea eel’s sharp teeth can cause serious injury prone to bacterial infections of the mouth of these primitive animals. Eels are often hiding in crevices and holes in the reef during the day and hunting for food at night. Marine experts advise divers to keep the hands from the crack or hole to avoid the attack. One more thing, do not ever feed these animals or you will be attacked by the herd.

Conus

The mouth of cones is extended in a trunk that is seen out of the mouth and is capable to reach almost to any point of a bowl, therefore it is not recommended to suffice the mollusk barehanded Attacking extraction, it wounds with its poisonous tooth separating from a grater which have been let out from the trunk.  This “harpoon” punches a skin of the person, and sometimes is capable to make a hole even in dense clothes. Poison leaves the small extraction motionless and then is swallowed by a snail in the stretched stomach of the fish. The cone sting can cause pain and swelling, especially in salty water, as well as it may cause the victim not to feel the wounded place. It turns pale and is surrounded with a bluish border. In 10 minutes the whole body can become paralyzed, and after half an hour it may even turn into a paralysis. The paralysis of respiratory muscles is dangerous as it can lead to the loss of consciousness and death. Sometimes warm heart insufficiency may appear, but in most cases this condition is a consequence of the complicated breath.

Acanthaster planci

The Acanthaster planci is a poisonous starfish. At a careless touch of the person to the thorns covering its numerous beams, it injects poison into the wound. Sometimes, having broken off, thorns can get stuck in the body of the skin-diver. At once there is a severe pain not ceasing for some hours. The considerable bleeding and an inflammation of the wounded place are also possible. During the first hours the lymph nodes close to it usually swell up and become painful to touch. The pain, a hypostasis and the general feeling of sick can remain for months, especially if there are fragments of thorns in the body. In the process of easing of symptoms the itch sometimes amplifies.

Please remember these most dangerous animals in the sea. You should be careful with them when traveling to the sea for diving, or just get relaxed in the shallow water in the beach.