What Are the Deadliest Animals on the Planet?

Don’t be tricked by some of these cute critters, you can’t take them home as pets, they will kill you – literally! From dart frogs to even some dogs, we’ve wrangled up a list of the most deadliest animals on the planet.

Remember, you can look at this list, but do NOT touch!

Golden Poison Dart Frog

These dart frogs are so colorful, cute, and downright deadly. They only grow to two inches but the poison that they’re filled with (called batrachotoxin) can kill ten grown men.

They’re so poisonous that even touching them can transfer poison to a person.

Leopards

Leopards tend to stay away from humans but when they’re provoked or when the food runs out – watch out! They can even climb trees and overpower a mature human male and kill it without any difficulty.

There have been multiple reports of leopards killing people in India when provoked.

Mosquitos

Mosquitos are not only a nuisance but also quite a killer. There are over 3,000 types of mosquitos in the world and various ones carry deadly viruses like malaria, encephalitis, elephantiasis, yellow fever, dengue fever, West Nile virus, and the Zika virus.

According to the Conde Nast Traveler these diseases from mosquitos harm 700 million and kill roughly 725,000 people each year.

Hippopotamus

Hippos may look like cute water horses, but beware, they have an angry side. They can run up to 14 miles an hour, or about twice as fast as most people jog.

Also those big mouths hold pretty sharp teeth so watch out, you do not want to get in a hippopotamus’s way.