World's most Dangerous Crocodile

World's most Dangerous Crocodile

The larger species of crocodiles are very dangerous to humans. The main danger that crocodiles pose is not their ability to run after a person but their ability to strike before the person can react. The Saltwater and Nile Crocodiles are the most dangerous, killing hundreds of people each year in parts of south-east Asia and Africa. Mugger crocodiles and possibly the endangered Black Caiman are also very dangerous to humans. American alligators are less aggressive and rarely assault humans without provocation.



1. Saltwater Crocodile

The saltwater crocodile has a longer muzzle than the mugger crocodile, and is twice the length of its breadth at the base. The saltwater crocodile has fewer armor plates on its neck than other crocodilians, and its broad body contrasts with that of most other lean crocodiles, leading to early unverified assumptions that the reptile was an alligator.

2. American Alligator

The American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, (known colloquially as a ‘gator) is one of the two living species of Alligator, a genus within the family Alligatoridae. The American Alligator is native only to the Southeastern United States, where it inhabits wetlands that frequently overlap with human-populated areas. It is larger than the other extant alligator species, the Chinese Alligator. 

3. Chinese Alligator

The Chinese Alligator or Alligator is one of two known living species of Alligator, a genus in the family Alligatoridae. The Chinese Alligator is native only to China. It is smaller than the other alligator species, the American Alligator, growing to an average of 1.5 m (5 ft).

4. Spectacled Caiman

The spectacled (White or common) caiman (Caiman crocodilus) is a crocodilian reptile found in much of Central and South America. It lives in a range of lowland wetland and river line habitat types and can tolerate salt water as well as fresh; due in part to this adaptability it is the most common of all crocodilian species. Males of the species are generally between 2 and 2.5 meters, while females are smaller, usually around 1.4 meters. The species common name comes from a bony ridge between the eyes, which give the appearance of a pair of spectacles

5. Broad-snouted caiman

The broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) is a crocodilian reptile found in eastern and central South America, including southeastern Brazil, northern Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia. It is found mostly in freshwater marshes, swamps, and mangroves. Its notable physical characteristic is its broad snout from which its name is derived. Most tend to be of an olive-green color, with exceptions occurring as adaptations to varying climates. Its diet consists mainly of small invertebrates, and it can crush shells to feed on turtles and snails. The species is threatened due to illegal hunting and loss of habitat. 

6. Yacare Caiman

The Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare, Jacare in Portuguese) is a species of caiman found in central South America, including northeastern Argentina, eastern Bolivia, central/south-west Brazil, and the rivers of Paraguay. Approximately 10 million individual Yacare Caiman exist within the Brazilian Pantanal, representing what is quite possibly the largest single crocodilian population on Earth. As a medium-small sized crocodilian, most adult individuals grow to roughly 2 or 2.5 meters in length, with the occasional 3 meter individual (there are reports of occasional 4 meter individuals within the Pantanal, but this is yet to be verified.) Their smaller size makes them a favorite prey of the jaguar and Yellow Anaconda. 

7. Black Caiman

The black caiman has a bony ridge over red eyes, and black, scaly skin. The skin coloration helps with camouflage during its nocturnal hunts, but may also help absorb heat (See thermoregulation).

8. Cuvier’s Dwarf Caiman

The Cuvier’s Dwarf Caiman or Musky Caiman, Paleosuchus palpebrosus, is a relatively small crocodilian reptile from northern and central South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam and Venezuela. It lives primarily near fast stretches of stream, but also in nutrient-deficient waters.
With a total length of up to 1.6 m (5.2 ft) in males and typically up to 1.2m (4 ft) in females, it is the smallest extant species of crocodilian. Juvenile dwarf caimans eat invertebrates, while adult caimans eat both fish and invertebrates. It uses burrows as shelter during the day, and lays eggs on a mounded nest which hatch in about three months. 

9. Orinoco Crocodile

The Orinoco Crocodile, Crocodylus intermedius, is a critically endangered crocodile found in freshwater in northern South America, in particular the Orinoco River. Typical measurements for adults range from 3 to 4.8 m (9.9-16 ft). Typical weight for mature females is 200 kg (440 lbs) and 380 kg (837 lbs) for males. The largest specimen reported was shot in 1800 and allegedly measured 6.6 m (22 ft), although this is unconfirmed and modern Orinoco Crocodiles are not thought to exceed 5 m 

10. Nile crocodiles

There are fairly reliable records of Nile crocodiles over 5.5m (18ft), but these too are very rare.

11. Freshwater Crocodile

The freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnsoni or Crocodylus johnstoni; see below), also known as the Australian freshwater crocodile, Johnston’s crocodile or colloquially as freshie, is a species of reptile endemic to Australia. Found in the northern regions of Australia, it is much smaller than the other Australian species, the saltwater crocodile, which is responsible for attacks on people

12.  Gharial

The gharial sometimes called the Indian gavial or gavial, is one of two surviving members of the family Gavialidae, a long-established group of crocodile-like reptiles with long, narrow jaws. It is one of the three crocodilians found in India, the others being the Mugger crocodile and the Saltwater crocodile. It is a critically endangered species. The gharial is one of the longest of all living crocodilians.

13. False gharial

The False gharial, also known as the Malayan gharial, false gavial, or Tomistoma (Tomistoma schlegelii) is a fresh-water reptile resembling a crocodile with a very thin and elongated snout, which is thicker than the gharial.

The most deaths in a single crocodile attack incident may have occurred during the Battle of Ramree Island, on February 19, 1945, in Burma. Nine hundred soldiers of an Imperial Japanese Army unit, in an attempt to retreat from the Royal Navy and rejoin a larger battalion of the Japanese infantry, crossed through 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) of mangrove swamps which contained Saltwater Crocodiles. Twenty Japanese soldiers were captured alive by the British, and almost five hundred are known to have escaped Ramree. Many of the remainder may have been eaten by the crocodiles, although gunfire from the British troops was undoubtedly a contributory factor.

                                                                               Source: Wikipedia

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Weirdest shapes of fruits in the world

Weirdest shapes of fruits in the world

You have seen lots of the world weirdest things, amazing places, Colorful, dangerous & deadly poisonous animals. What about the fruits? Click this out. This is a short list of world weirdest fruit. In the list, all fruits are not weirdest. Some of those are too testy and sweet.



1. Monstera Deliciosa

This unique fruit is also called Ceriman from Mexico to Panama is a creeping vine native to tropical rainforests.

It is also known with a variety of names such as Swiss Cheese Plant, Cheese Plant, Fruit Salad Plant, Monster Fruit, Monsterio Delicio, Monstereo, Mexican Breadfruit, Monstera, Split-leaf Philodendron, Locust and Wild Honey, Windowleaf and Delicious Monster.

2. Buddha’s Hand

The Buddha’s Hand is probably one of the fruits with the weirdest shape. It is a fragrant citron variety whose fruit is segmented into finger-like sections. Other names of this fruit with peculiar shape are Buddha’s Hand Citron and Fingered Citron.

3. Purple Apple-berry

I simply love the color and shape of this fruit which is scientifically known as Billardiera longiflora. Purple Apple-berry is edible and can be found in Australia and Tasmania.

4. Noni Fruit

This freak-looking fruit which is native to Southeast Asia is high in carbohydrates and dietary fiber. It’s formal name is Morinda citrifolia.

Common names include Great Morinda, Indian Mulberry, Mengkudu in Malaysia, Beach Mulberry, Tahitian Noni, Cheese Fruit or Noni in Hawaii.

5. Cloudberry

The cute and edible Cloudberry of Atlantic Canada is also called Bakeapple.

 It is formally called Rubus chamaemorus and should not be confused with Salmonberry although the fruit looks similar.

6. Salmonberry

The fruit of the Salmonberry or Rubus spectabilis of North America that matures in late summer to early autumn looks like a large yellow to red-orange Raspberry.

7. Common Yew

All parts of this plant is poisonous except its fruit. This very sweet tasting and gelatinous fruit is not poisonous but the seed it contains is extremely poisonous and bitter.

8. Pattypan Squash

Pattypan Squash is remarkable for its small size, round and shallow shape and scalloped edges. It looks like a small toy top or flying saucer.

Other common names of this fruit are Sunburst Squash, White Squash, Scallopini, Button Squash, Cymling, Scallop Squash, Custard Marrow and Custard Squash.

9. Horned Melon

Native to Kalahari Desert, Africa

The African cucumber, horned melon or melano is a fruit that can be best described as melon with horns. It originated in the Kalahari Desert and is now present in California and New Zealand.

The dark green pulp reminds one of bananas, limes, passion fruit and cucumber. It is often used for decorating food but also in smoothies and sundaes.

10. Bottle Gourd

One vine that bears one of the largest and uniquely-shaped vegetable fruits is the Calabash or African Bottle Gourd. Harvested mature Calabash is dried, and used as a bottle, utensil, or pipe.

Young fruits are eaten as vegetable. It was one of the first cultivated plants in the world, grown not for food but as a container.

11. Cashew

This fruit is one of the most peculiar fruit in the plant kingdom. The true fruit of the Cashew Tree is the kidney or boxing-glove shaped drupe that grows at the end of the fruit.

12. Rambutan

Native to Malay Archipelago, Southeast Asia

Coming from an evergreen tree, the Rambutan fruit resembles the Lychees, have a leathery red skin and are covered with spines. Rambutan is a popular garden fruit tree and one of the most famous in Southeast Asia. The fruit is sweet and juicy, being commonly found in jams or available canned.

13. Jackfruit

Native to southwestern India, Bangladesh, Philippines and Sri Lanka

Jackfruit is a common fruit for Asia and Australia and considered as one of the largest tree borne fruit in the world. The juicy pulp around the seeds have a taste similar to pineapple, but milder. Apart from canned jackfruit, it is also available as sweet chips.

The wood of the tree is used for making various musical instruments, while the fruit is a common ingredient for many Asian dishes.

14. Passion Fruit

Native to South America, grown in India, New Zealand, Brazil, etc

The passion fruit has a soft, juicy interior full of seeds, being commonly found in juices to boost their flavors. There are two types of passion fruit: the golden one (maracuyá), similar to a grapefruit and the dark purple passion fruit (gulupa), comparable in terms of size with a lemon. However, the latter ones have been reported as being mildly poisonous.

15. Star fruit

Native to Indonesia, Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka

The star fruit comes from the carambola, a species of tree with pink flowers grown even in the US. The golden-yellow fruit is crunchy, sweet, with a taste of pineapples, apples and kiwis combined. There are two kinds of star fruits – acidulate and sweet, both rich in vitamin C. The fruit is particularly juice, some even making wine out of it.

16. Mangosteen

Native to the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas.

The mangosteen is another evergreen tree that produces oddly shaped fruits. The fruits are purple, creamy, described as citrus with a hint of peach. It is rich in antioxidants, some scientists even suggesting it can lower risk against certain human diseases, such as cancer. There are even legends about Queen Victoria offering a reward to the one that brings her the fruit.

17. Durian

Native to Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia

Also known as the “King of Fruits,” Durian has a very particular odor, a unique taste and is covered by a hard husk. Having a disagreeable smell, compared to skunk spray or sewage, the fruit is forbidden in hotels and public transportations in Southeast Asia. Still, the whole experience is worth it, considering the absolutely divine taste of the Durian.

18. Dragon Fruit

Native to Mexico and Central and South America

Dragon fruit, strawberry pear or pitaya is a fruit of several cactus species with a sweet delicate taste and creamy pulp. The most common dragon fruit is the red pitaya, but other varieties include the Costa Rica pataya and the yellow pataya. Juice or wine can be obtained from the fruit, while the flowers can be eaten or used for tea.

You also have to taste some of the cuisine and sample exotic fruits when you need something refreshing, you absolutely must try.

                                                                                           Source: Wikipedia

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Heaviest Land Animals on the Earth

Heaviest Land Animals on the Earth

The heaviest terrestrial animals found on earth can be measured using a variety of methods. It could be defined as the largest by volume, mass, height, or length. The walrus is included as it spends much of its time on land.

1. African Elephant

Average Mass (lb): 18,500 (8,500 kg)
Maximum Mass (lb): 27,000 (13,000 kg)
Average Length (ft): 21.85

2. Asian Elephant

Average Mass (lb): 8,750 (4,200 kg)
Maximum Mass (lb): 11,000 (5,200 kg)
Average Length (ft): 19.5

3. White Rhinoceros

Average Mass (lb): 5,000 (2,350 kg)
Maximum Mass (lb): 7,920 (3,850 kg)
Average Length (ft): 12.5

4. Hippopotamus

Average Mass (lb): 5,250 (2,500 kg)
Maximum Mass (lb): 7,100 (3,400 kg)
Average Length (ft): 11

5. Gaur

Average Mass (lb): 3,300 (1,600 kg)
Maximum Mass (lb): Unknown
Average Length (ft): 9.8

6. Giraffe

Average Mass (lb): 3,000 (1,400 kg)
Maximum Mass (lb): 4,400 (2,100 kg)
Average Length (ft): 15.4

7. Walrus

Average Mass (lb): 2,645 (1,200 kg)
Maximum Mass (lb): 4,500 (2,150 kg)
Average Length (ft): 11

8. Black Rhinoceros

Average Mass (lb): 2,420 (1,150 kg)
Maximum Mass (lb): 4,000 (1,900 kg)
Average Length (ft): 11.25

9. Saltwater Crocodile

Average Mass (lb): 1,700 (785 kg)
Maximum Mass (lb): 3,300 (1,600 kg)
Average Length (ft): 20

10. Wild Asian Water buffalo

Average Mass (lb): 1,684 (770 kg)
Maximum Mass (lb): 2,640 (1,250 kg)
Average Length (ft): 11.4

The following is a list of top heaviest land animals of the world.

                                                                                              Via: wikipedia

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Most Bizarre Flowers in the World

Most Bizarre Flowers in the World

While flowers typically attract to human and insects alike with their enchanting beauty and luscious fragrance, some rather perverse stinking flowers entice flesh and fecal-loving insects to their foul-smelling blooms in the guise of meat by their colors and fetid scents.



1. Rafflesia arnoldii

The largest flower in the world is the rare blood-red Rafflesia arnoldii known as largest individual flower on earth which can grow to 3 feet (90 centimeters) across and weigh up to 24 pounds (11 kilos), found growing on the jungle floor in the rainforests of Indonesia, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, and the Philippines.

2. Amorphophallus

      Or, Titan Arum

The world’s tallest flower which is actually a cluster of flowers is the Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanium), about 10 feet (3 meters) tall fully-grown, also commonly referred to as the “corpse flower.”The enormous flower grows from a corm of up to 20 inches (50 centimeters) diameter, weighing over 110 pounds (50 kilos). After a dormant period of several months, a bud will develop, growing at a rate of 1.5 to 8 inches (4 to 20) centimeters a day.

3. Stapelia

      Or, Star Flower

Stapelia are small, low growing, spineless, cactus-like succulent carrion flower plants. The flowers are usually flesh-colored, hairy to varying degrees and emit the odor of rotten flesh. Blooms in some species can grow very large, notably Stapelia gigantea which can reach 16 inches (41 centimeters) in diameter.

4. Hydnora africana

Hydnora africana is a is parasitic plant on the roots of the Euphorbiaceae species that grows underground in arid deserts of South Africa, except for a flower that grows above ground.The fleshy colored flower emerges above the sandy ground which emits an odor of feces to attract its natural pollinators, dung beetles, and carrion beetles in droves.

The flowers act as traps for a brief period retaining the beetles that enter, then releases them when the flower is fully opened.

5. Helicodiceros muscivorus

      Or, Dead horse arum lily

Helicodiceros muscivorus, also known as the Dead horse arum lily is an ornamental plant native to the northwestern Mediterranean region that reproduces the stench of rotting meat, attracting carrion-seeking blowflies which act as pollinators.

One of a rare group of thermogenic plants, the Dead Horse Arum can raise its temperature by thermogenesis which helps to lure flies into the plant to contact its pollen.

6. Dracunculus vulgaris

      Or, Voodoo lily

Sometimes known as Voodoo lily, the dracunculus vulgaris is a species of aroid in the genus Dracunculus. The species is distinguished by a large purple spathe and spadix, and gives off a very unpleasant smell reminiscent of a carcass to attract its pollinators of Lucilia flies, amongst others.

The plant traps them in its own inflorescence for 1 night and the next day it releases them with a load of pollen. It was introduced to the U.S. from another country or countries and is currently found in the states of Oregon, California and Tennessee as well as the country of Puerto Rico. The natural habitats of this strange flower are in Europe around the Balkans

7. Lysichiton americanus

      Or, Western Skunk Cabbage

Western Skunk Cabbage it’s called Yellow Skunk Cabbage or Swamp Lantern too which  known as such due to the malodorous, distinctive “skunky” odor it emits which permeates the area where it grows, and can be detected even in old, dried specimens. The foul odor attracts its pollinators, scavenging flies and beetles. It’s found in swamps and wet woods, along streams and in other wet areas of the Pacific Northwest, U.S.

8. Symplocarpus foetidus

      Or, Eastern Skunk Cabbage

Eastern Skunk Cabbage, Clumpfoot Cabbage, Foetid Pothos, Meadow Cabbage, Polecat Weed, or Swamp Cabbage, commonly known as simply Skunk Cabbage, is a low growing, foul smelling plant that prefers wetlands.

The large leaves grow 16 to 22 inches (40 to 55 centimeters) long and 12 to 16 inches (30 to 40 centimeters) broad. It flowers early in the year while there is still snow and ice on the ground when only the flowers are visible above the mud, with the stems buried below and the leaves emerging later.

9. Arum maculatum

      Or, Jack in the Pulpit

Arum maculatum is a common woodland plant species of the Araceae family known by numerous common names including Wild arum, Lords and Ladies, Jack in the Pulpit, Devils and Angels, Cows and Bulls, Cuckoo-Pint, Adam and Eve, Bobbins, Naked Boys, Starch-Root and Wake Robin.

Its purple spotted leaves appear in the spring followed by the flowers borne on a poker shaped inflorescence purple spadix which is partially enclosed in a pale green spathe or leaf-like hood. The flowers are hidden from sight, clustered at the base of the spadix with a ring of female flowers at the bottom and a ring of male flowers above them.

10. Aristolochia

Aristolochia is a large plant genus with over 500 species. Collectively known as birthworts, pipevines or Dutchman’s pipes, they’re the namesake of the family Aristolochiaceae. They are widespread and occur in the most diverse climates. Some species, like A. utriformis and A. westlandii, are threatened with extinction.

Many species of Aristolochia are food for larvae of Lepidoptera, namely swallowtail butterflies. These become unpalatable to most predators by eating the plants.

11. Aristolochia clematitis

          Or, Birthwort

Aristolochia clematitis — known as (European) Birthwort — is a herbaceous plant in the Aristolochiaceae family, native to Europe and occasionally found established outside of its native range as a relic of cultivation. The leaves are heart shaped and the flowers are pale yellow and tubular in form.

This poisonous plant was formerly used as a medicinal plant — recent study suggests that it’s the cause for thousands of kidney failures in Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Croatia where the plant is unintentionally consumed through flour.

12. Aristolochia gigantean

          Or, Brazilian Dutchman’s Pipe

Aristolochia gigantea — it’s also known as Brazilian Dutchman’s Pipe or Giant Pelican Flower — is an ornamental plant native to Brazil, typical of Bahia and Minas Gerais vegetation.

Many species have ingenious insect traps and malodorous, often nauseating stenches when the blossoms first open. One of the largest and most bizarre flowers on earth is the Brazilian Dutchman’s pipe.

13. Aristolochia grandiflora

          Or, Pelican Flower

Aristolochia grandiflora or Pelican Flower is a deciduous vine with enormous flowers that emit an odor that humans consider unpleasant but is attractive to insects such as butterflies. They confine their visiting flies until the male flowers are mature.

These flowers have a specialized pollination mechanism — the inner part of the perianth tube is covered with hairs, acting as a fly-trap which eventually withers to release the fly, covered with pollen. The plant is native to the Caribbean, and has been introduced to Florida in the United States

14. Ceropegias

Ceropegias are an interesting group of plants that have many common names including lantern flower, parasol flower, parachute flower, bushman’s pipe, string of hearts, snake creeper, wine-glass vine, rosary vine, necklace vine and condom flower which produces striking, malodorous blossoms shaped like a wine glass, often with glistening cilia to attract flies.

The flowers have a tubular corolla with 5 petals most often fused at the tips, forming an umbrella-like canopy, a cage, or appendage-like antennae. The flower tubes are lined with small hairs that point downward to form a trap for small flies that are attracted by their odor.

By this article are described shortly, some of the largest and most bizarre flowers in the world.

Sources: BBC and Wikipedia

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