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Welcome to top five most venomous sea creatures
number five fire coral a
Person's reaction to fire coral depends on the amount of exposure to the toxins extent of the abrasion for a hard coral in any pre-existing
Sensitivity like some folks have for bee stings in
some cases the accidental contact
besides symptoms of immediate stinging and burning causes more pronounced skin reactions including red welts blisters and
considerable ditching
number for sure onyx
Sure onyx is a species of deadly venomous box jellyfish found in coastal waters from northern
Australia and New Guinea north to the Philippines in Vietnam it
Has been described as the most lethal jellyfish in the world with at least 63 known deaths in Australia from
1884 to 1996
Number three the stone fish
The stone fish is the most venomous fish in the world having venomous sacs on each one of its 13 spines
Stone fish are masters of camouflage
And can blend in so perfectly with their surroundings that their prey predators and even human scuba divers have trouble seeing them at all
they almost always sit perfectly still on the sea floor in their preferred habitat of coral and rocky reefs and
Their colors are often a perfect match for the substrate
Stone fish will not go out of their way to attack you rather use their poison as a defense mechanism against predators
number 2 the tiger shark
These large blunt nosed predators. Have a duly earned reputation as man-eaters
They are second only to great whites in attacking people
They have sharp highly serrated teeth and powerful jaws that allow them to crack the shells of sea turtles and clams
the stomach contents of captured tiger sharks have included stingrays sea snakes seals Birds
squids and even license plates and old tires
The tiger shark is the world most dangerous shark after the great white shark
Number one the Stingray
Stingrays are commonly found in the shallow coastal waters of temperate seas
they spend the majority of their time inactive partially buried in sand often moving only with the sway of the tide the
underside may produce venom which can be fatal to humans and which can remain deadly even after the stingrays death in
Greek mythology Odysseus the great king of Ithaca was killed when his son telegonus
Struck him using a spear tipped with the spine of a stingray
Recently the cameraman who witnessed the death of the Australian Crocodile Hunter
Steve Irwin on Monday revealed that a stingray stabbed at him hundreds of times in his final words were I'm dying
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