The lethality of nature is usually immersed in its fauna from poisonous animals to those with careful fangs.
Little beauties hide in it and it is only a matter of luck to come across some of them, although not all of them are harmless, especially when it comes to survival. In relation to this, the production of toxins is one of the most important resources that various organisms have in favor of one goal or another, or both. So it is known that poisonous animals abound on land, but some of the most lethal are typical of the sea.
A nature, beautiful but veiny
blue ringed octopus
Known to science by the name Hapalochlaena lunulata, they are poisonous octopuses that have bright colors to warn us, because as we see in the image their blue rings are very attractive along with the yellow of the rest of their skin.
This animal is one of the most dangerous because its poison is one of the most deadly, in fact it is the only octopus that when biting, causing muscle or motor and respiratory paralysis. Just under a milligram of its neurotoxin can already kill an adult human. They live in the Pacific and Indian oceans and measure no more than 20 cm.
Sea wasp
The most dangerous animal in the marine world and of the venous; is, without a doubt, the sea wasp or box jellyfishscientifically called, Chironex fleckeri. It is a jellyfish and although many people believe that they simply cause hives and burns that can be more or less painful, the truth is that this particular species is poisonous. It is one of the most poisonous animals in the world, since its venom is lethal with a small amount, and more specifically, it is the most poisonous animal in the world.
It lives in Australian waters and many people have died over time from its sting, because by injecting just under 1 and a half milligrams of its venom, this jellyfish is capable of killing an adult human in a short time, without even being bothered. Give yourself time to swim back to shore. Like many poisons in the animal kingdom, it attacks the nervous system, producing paralysis, immense pain and, finally, causing a collapse of the nervous and cardiovascular systems, stopping the heart.
This animal, so terrifying due to the effect of its contact, is one of the largest jellyfish, since its head can measure about 25 cm but also counting its tentacles it can measure 3 meters and weigh a couple of kg.
striped squid
He Sepioloidea lineolata or striped pajama squid is a cephalopod mollusk that exclusively inhabits the Indo-Pacific oceans of Australia. It is recognized mainly by the coloration of its body, which resembles that of a zebra. Considered a highly poisonous animal, this squid, which also has the ability to blend in with its environment, is undoubtedly a wonder of nature.
The poison of striped squidor comes from his bitebut the mollusk also produces a toxic slime that is used to scare away predators. It measures, on average, only 5 centimeters.
stone fish
Another of the most dangerous animals in the sea and the ocean is the stone fish. This animal, scientifically called Synanceia horridais one of the most poisonous and it has neurotoxins and cytotoxins, which makes it a very dangerous being for others in its environment and for us if we step on it by confusing it with a stone or rock, since its appearance is similar and it camouflages itself.
Its poison is found in its tips or thorns that cover their entire skin, but the most poisonous are in the pelvic, anal and dorsal fin areas. They live in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean and their main food is crustaceans and small and medium-sized fish. Among the symptoms of an encounter with this dangerous fish, apart from feeling a more or less strong sting when leaning on a rock, symptoms such as inflammation of the area, headache, pain throughout the body, high blood pressure, arrhythmias, dizziness stand out. , nausea, vomiting, seizures, muscle paralysis and cardiorespiratory arrest.
cone snail
It may be surprising or curious but yes, among the most dangerous marine animals on Earth we find a sea snail. He poisonous cone snail It is a species scientifically called Conus ateralbus that has a poison can be deadly for humans and is for many marine animals.
Its poison produces paralysis and death in a very short time, especially for animals that need to come to the surface to breathe. On the front part they have a retractable horn, that is, they take out and store it as needed, and it is connected to the gland that produces their venom and they use it to inject it. Without a doubt, it is one of the most dangerous animals in the ocean.