welcome to animals wow tv today we'll look at the top 10 dangerous animals you should never touch
stay until number one for one of the most beautiful but deadliest animals on earth
number 10. poison dart frog
we get it when you're visiting the zoo hiking or swimming you see a cute or unusual animal your
first instinct is to get near and pat or even squeeze that creature but before you reach out
for that tiny colorful thing hopping on the ground stop because one touch to that soft looking skin
could mean hours of excruciating pain and even death for you take for example this cute and tiny
frog called the poison dart frog it gets its very appropriate name for the thin coat of neurotoxins
that surrounds its body especially its back it's considered more toxic than any snake or fish in
the world native hunters of south america used to rub their darts on the frogs to extract the toxin
and make their darts extra deadly actually biologists categorize this two-inch frog as
apostometic this means its brightly colored body is a signal to other animals that it's poisonous
yup its color is actually like a neon sign flashing to predators don't eat poison inside
now you probably won't die if you touch a poison dart frog this guy certainly didn't
but you will go through the excruciating pain mentioned earlier you'll also get cramps and
stiffness it's so infamous that the poison dart frog was even used as a tool by a serial killer
on mid-summer murders we admit that some of the murders on this show are pretty weird
but think about it this tiny frog is up there with guns saws and knives deadly
number nine blue ringed octopus this octopus may be one of the most beautiful octopi
anywhere in the world some might even call it cute and adorable
shows how sneaky some animals can be because this blue ringed octopus has a brightly colored body
for one reason only poison remember that scientific word used for poison dart frogs
yep the blue rained octopus is brightly colored because it's also a possumatic its body literally
changes into different flashing colors and its blue highlights turn neon to signal to other
animals that it's poisonous although other octopi like the flamboyant cuttlefish are poisonous too
the blue ringed octopus is leagues above them its neurotoxin isn't secreted through its skin though
the reason why you shouldn't touch it is because it might think you're attacking it and when it's
scared the octopus will bite you actually won't feel the bite but you will start feeling your body
getting numb then you will feel nauseous lose your vision and other senses your motor skills
will disintegrate and you'll experience muscle paralysis and the paralysis will eventually reach
the point where you stop breathing if you don't get intubated and put on a ventilator in time
you will die so the lesson here is heed this animal's warning signals and do not touch
number eight blue glaucus here's a little guy that's sure to tempt you not just to touch it but
to pick it up and play with it just look at those flower-like appendages it grows only up to three
centimeters which makes it even cuter but the blue glaucus is not called the blue dragon for nothing
now would you get near a dragon nope uh-uh this brightly colored sea slug is part of the new
to branch group of soft-bodied sea mollusks it isn't venomous on its own its bright blue color
isn't a signal of its natural venom but the venom it incorporates into its body actually its color
is more for camouflage than for being aposometic it actually eats and stores toxins in its body
you see when the blue glaucus eats venomous animals like the portuguese mana war it stores
it in its small body the toxic stingers of the jellyfish when it's attacked the blue
glacis releases the venom and stingers that has stored against its predator
actually by doing this the blue glaucus multiplies the acquired venom so it gets
to the liver as thing that's more potent than the original animal sting fun trivia a group of
blue glockuses is called a blue fleet this is one fleet you will want to swim away from fast
number seven puss moth caterpillar lots of people can't stand creepy crawlies but sometimes they're
so pretty and so colorful that you can't help but want to touch them case in point
is this puss moth caterpillar that looks like a toupee if you're a kid you'd find it hard not to
touch it it's also called furry puss caterpillar triasp and southern flannel moth caterpillar
because of its fluffy looks actually might as well call it a tribble because it looks so much like
these star trek characters and underneath it's toupee it's actually looks like this
it's like the very hungry caterpillar right and who'd be scared of the very hungry caterpillar
but you see with the hair it's really deadly the hair is not exactly venomous beard among them
though are spikes that look like mini hyperdermic needles laced with toxins it doesn't take much
for a person to get poisoned by these spikes if you pet the caterpillar or if it falls on you
get ready for some horrible pain think of a bee sting only 10 times worse the pain is immediate
and progressively intensifies until even your bones hurt and you start having difficulty
breathing headaches and nausea and the moral of the story is tom peters to be
number six la nomia obliqua from one cute but dangerous caterpillar let's go to another
we present the most dangerous caterpillar in the world the linomia obliqua it grows up to
barely two inches of length but it's responsible for several human deaths particularly in brazil
each year it's very hard to spot even if you're looking for it because it blends so well with
the bark of local trees this doubles the danger of getting stung by this tiny animal and this is
why it's also called the assassin caterpillar so why should you be wary of this creature
well its bristles are full of a powerful anticoagulant venom which stops your blood from
clotting and actually thins it out if that isn't dangerous enough just brushing against one bristle
can make you vomit hemorrhage and rupture red blood cells touch more than one bristle and you
run the risk of massive internal hemorrhaging renal failure and as stated previously
death with such potential danger don't touch isn't enough you probably need to stay far away
from the areas where this tiny thing lives otherwise hello caterpillar goodbye life
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and exciting animal videos number five puffer fish
if you're into japanese food you know that there's a fish that's the food equivalent of
a russian roulette in japanese it's called fugu in english we call her puffer fish or blowfish
some consider it more poisonous than the poison dart frog because it's neurotoxin called
tetrodotoxin is found in its skin muscle tissue liver kidneys and gonads so yeah pretty much its
whole body this is why only a handful of chefs are licensed to handle it just one wrong move can mean
death you need a very very delicate touch to cut the fish meat so it won't turn toxic by the way
its toxin is up to 1200 times more poisonous than cyanide so one fish has enough toxins to kill 30
adult humans pufferfish can inflate their bodies by sucking in lots of water and even
air even if these dolphins think it's a big ball to play with don't follow their example if you're
ever tempted to touch one you will suddenly find yourself holding a bigger fish oh and did
we mention that some of them have long spikes and that's the definition of triple threat right there
number four slow loris we're amping up the cute and cuddly level with our next animal
come on how can you resist those large and gentle eyes and shy demeanor of the slow loris
also look at this one nibbling on a slice of a banana but no matter how endearing it may look
you should resist petting it there's a reason why this cute animal is on our list
if it feels like you're attacking it it'll mix toxins into its saliva and fur the toxin
comes from a sweat gland on its arm which is secreted when the loris licks on an inherently
poisonous mammal is actually very rare and among primates the slow loris is the only one that has
this ability so how deadly is its poison well there's the usual pain and swelling and nausea
then there's the more deadly anaphylactic reaction shortness of breath which you know could lead to
you to stop breathing and die lady gaga actually wanted to feature this cute creature in one of
her videos but she discovered how vicious and deadly it could be so she just stopped
number three duck-billed platypus scientists agree that even among the diverse creatures in the world
the duck-billed platypus is just plain weird not only can it lay eggs even though it's a mammal
it's also one of the very few mammals that's venomous it has venom glands connected to hollow
spurs on its hind legs although the venom isn't lethal it can make you feel like you've been stung
by hundreds of hornets you may not die but you will be out of commission for weeks afterwards
even though it's born with these spurs the female platypus loses these stingers
before she becomes an adult so technically it's only the male platypus that you need to avoid
the males typically produce the venom during mating season but even when it's not the right
season you might still want to stop yourself from touching this weird creature number two
hooded pitahui if color equals venom then there should be quite a lot of poisonous birds right
wrong there are only three types of birds considered poisonous the blue capped ephrita
what is it about balloon poison the rufus or little shrike thrush and the most poisonous bird
on the planet the hooded pitahui this beautiful songbird found in new guinea has shiny black
and orange plumage it's too close relatives the variable pitahui and the brown pitahui
are actually poisonous too but the hooded pirahui tops them these birds don't produce toxins in
their bodies they get poisoned from their food in particular the hooded pitahui ingests a neurotoxin
called homobacterotoxin the chorusing beetle which is one of its favorite foods
the toxin coats the skin and feathers of the pitahui so if you touch it you'll immediately
feel a numbing and tingling sensation actually the scientist that discovered this bird's toxicity
fell to his hands and lips going numb when he first held the pitohui so just continue
bird watching from afar and don't go for an extreme close-up of this deadly feathered beauty
number one box jellyfish australia can compete equally with south america in
a biodiversity contest they have so many flora and fauna per square inch of space
that you can hardly tour these continents without coming across really exotic and deadly
animals and if south america has the poison dart frog australia has the box jellyfish
this jellyfish may not have the most potent venom on this list
but it's arguably one of the deadliest so the next time you're swimming in aussie waters and a large
but almost transparent thing floats near you resist your first instinct to reach out because
with one sting from this animal's extremely long tentacles you'll be injected with venom that will
give you extreme pain and paralysis these initial effects will progressively grow worse and can
lead to delirium shock cardiac arrest and yep you guessed it even death within minutes of the sting
one jellyfish has venom that's enough to kill 60 human adults
if that doesn't stop you from touching it we don't know what will
there you have it the top 10 dangerous animals you should never touch
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