Platypus venom can paralyze small animals (such as a rival male) and, although it is not quite potent enough to do the same to a human, an attack is surprisingly painful and incapacitating.
Cobras, coral snakes, mambas, kraits, and sea snakes are Elapidaes with primarily neurotoxic venom that can lead to paralysis.
Coral snake venom is a potent neurotoxin that can provoke paralysis leading to respiratory failure. Fortunately there are very few of these bites in the United States per year, and they account for less than 1% of all U.S. snakebites.
Venomous snakes inject a cocktail of toxins using venom fangs — specialised teeth with grooves or canals running through them to guide the venom into a bite wound. Uniquely among animals, grooved and tubular teeth have evolved many times in snakes.
Cone snail venom is so potent that it can immediately paralyze and eventually kill prey.
No, the fastest-acting venom on Earth belongs to the Australian Box Jellyfish or sea wasp. It's not the most potent venom out there. But encounter one of these guys and you'll be dead in 15 minutes. That's all because of these things They're COVERED with tiny, venom-loaded darts, called nematocysts.
The Box Jellyfish is the most venomous animal in the world. Death can occur minutes after being stung. There are 51 species of box jellyfish, and four — Chironex fleckeri, Carukia barnesi, Malo kingi, and Chironex yamaguchii — are highly venomous!
Even more impressive, Australia is home to 20 of the 25 most venomous snakes in the world, including all of the top 11. The world's most venomous snake, the inland taipan is found nowhere else on Earth. It is also called the fierce snake, and carries enough venom in a single bite to kill around 250,000 mice.
The bullet ant sting scores highest on the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, a rating created by entomologist Justin Schmidt, director of the Southwestern Biological Institute, which compares the ouch factors of different insects.
Of the approximately 20 species of snakes in Australia that are dangerous to humans, they all belong to a family called Elapidae and are characterized by having hollow fixed fangs through which they inject venom.
1. Box jellyfish
The venom's toxins can cause extreme pain, paralysis, delirium, shock, cardiac arrest and even death within minutes.
That's right, a praying mantis can paralyze a human with a single touch. The venom in their claws is strong enough to cause paralysis, and in some cases, death.
The Inland taipan, also called the fierce snake, is very scary because not only does it have one of the most lethal venoms in the world, it bites more than once. According to research, one bite is deadly enough to kill 100 men, but it bites, reloads, and bites again, over and over!
#1: Platypus
The duck-billed platypus is the most venomous mammal. Its venom is one of the only ones to actually pose a threat to humans. While not fatal, male platypus venom is unbelievably painful to humans, and it can result in lingering pain at the injury site and associated limb for days or even months.
The hedgehog (Erinaceidae), the mongoose (Herpestidae), the honey badger (Mellivora capensis) and the opossum are known to be immune to a dose of snake venom.
Mammals are recently accepted as venomous animals, with four orders having venomous representatives. These are Eulipotyphla (solenodons and some shrews), Monotremata (platypus), Chiroptera (vampire bats), and Primates (slow and pygmy slow lorises).
The most painful
Another common introduced stinger in Australia is the European wasp, Vespula germanica. This wasp's sting doesn't get stuck in our skin, so they can inflict multiple stings when annoyed or provoked.
While mammals and birds possess the prerequisite neural architecture for phenomenal consciousness, it is concluded that fish lack these essential characteristics and hence do not feel pain.
Treating a coastal taipan bite must occur immediately, and survival is only possible through the administration of antivenom in a hospital setting.
Other continents have several ancestors that may or may not have been venomous, but Australia's 140 terrestrial and 30 marine snake species all evolved from one venomous ancestor.
Introducing the most venomous snake in the world and epic predator of the Australian outback! The inland taipan is otherwise known as the fierce snake or small scaled snake.
Take caution if swimming or fishing in lakes or rivers after heavy rain. Water snakes can have lethal bites.
Mosquitos are by far the deadliest creature in the world when it comes to annual human deaths, causing around one million deaths per year, compared to 100,000 deaths from snakes and 250 from lions. Perhaps surpringly, dogs are the third deadliest animal to humans.
Synanceia verrucosa, a species of stonefish, is lined with dorsal spines that deliver an intensely painful and lethal venom. It is sometimes called the most venomous fish in the world.