Ocean World is a colorful world, and people are also very yearning for the ocean. But we rejoice and awore the creatures of the ocean, because most of the animals in the ocean cause fatal harm to humans. The following Xiaobian will talk about the top ten dangerous animals in the ocean, if you encounter, you really have to take a detour!
1. Sharks
Sharks are one of the most aggressive animals in the ocean, with more than 350 species of sharks in the world, 30 of which actively attack humans, and 7 of which are likely to be maimable. Shark attacks on humans happen often, a lot of it because of shark curiosity and partly because of instinct. But in any case, sharks are more dangerous animals in the ocean, such as: great white shark, is the world's ten strongest carnivores, their lethality is very strong, is the main carnivore in the ocean, located at the top of the marine food chain, very terrible predators. They weigh 5,000 pounds, can reach 20 feet in length, have 300 teeth, and are capable of easily tearing apart large animals.
2. Bay crocodile
The bay crocodile is the largest crocodile in the world, with an average body length of 4.8 to 5.5 meters and a weight of about 300 kilograms. It is very large, so when other small animals come into contact with them, they will cause fatal injuries. Although they are large in size, they are easy to hide, so they catch their prey in unexpected ways, and the prey has no way to escape. Bay crocodiles also attack humans, and a large number of humans die in the mouths of bay crocodiles every year.
3. Moray eels
Moray eels have a snake-like body, a prominent snout, and a wide jaw. They are members of a fish family and can reach up to 8 feet (about 2.43 meters) in length. Looking at this more primitive animal, we naturally associate it with death. Moray eels have powerful jaws and sharp teeth, and jagged wounds produced by human teeth bites are easily infected by bacteria inside the moray eel's mouth.
4. Jellyfish
Jellyfish are floating creatures in the ocean and are an invertebrate. Jellyfish are very common in the ocean, yet most jellyfish have neurotoxins that attack humans through their tentacles and poison people, many of whom die from jellyfish toxins. For example, the Portuguese warship jellyfish looks very beautiful, sky blue, but this marine aquatic creature is actually a terrible poison, its tentacles are poisonous, can produce painful stinging, sometimes fatal.
5. Sea snakes
Sea snakes are animals that live in the ocean, they are generally close to 2 meters long, and carry high venom, the most venomous sea snakes are far more poisonous than the fine-scaled Taipan snakes on land, which can kill people in less than ten minutes. The venom of most sea snakes can cause muscle weakness, damage to the heart and blood system, respiratory failure, and even death.
6. Stingray
Stingray tails have a lot of stingers. Stingrays are fond of self-defense, with 13 inches of spines and two venom glands at the bottom, which humans use as long as they try to get close to stingrays, causing severe trauma to humans. Sometimes it can be life-threatening.
7. Stonefish
Stonefish are highly venomous fish in the ocean that lurk like stones at the bottom of the water and, when attacked, inject venom into the attacker's body through spikes on the dorsal fin. The toxin of stonefish is fatal to humans, can cause people to be paralyzed, and if not treated in time, it will cause death.
8. Scorpionfish
It is also called lionfish. Lionfish is a more common and beautiful fish in the ocean, they have a large dorsal fin like a fan, the most important thing is that its dorsal fin is poisonous, but the human body will be invaded by lionfish toxins will have severe pain, breathing difficulties, fainting and so on.
9. Crown of thorn starfish
The crown of thorn starfish is a large starfish with many stingers on its surface and is very dense. After its venom comes into contact with the human body, it may cause severe trauma and even lead to paralysis, and its toxicity is very large and should not be underestimated.
10. Indonesian ctenophore spiny tailfish
Indonesian ctenophores live mainly near subtropical and tropical waters, these fish will jump out of the water, although very rare, but this fish is very lethal, can cause death, their toxin is also very high. Most of the time the victim was stabbed by the elongated jaw of the Indonesian ctenophore. Boatmen at night are vulnerable to attacks from this species, because the light on the boat is very strong, it is easy to attract this fish, and they will stab people after jumping up.
Once a delicacy for rural people, now there are five kinds of fish that are almost rare in the wild, do you have an impression?