# The most venomous animals in the world

The animals with the most potent venoms on the planet, according to popular-science rankings. Many live in Australia, but Brazil has its own too.

- 38 votes · 12 items
- Aug 13, 2021 · Juliana Lopes
- https://even.best/en/l/1107/the-most-venomous-animals-in-the-world

## Top 10

1. **Box jellyfish** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Its venom attacks the heart and nervous system within minutes.
2. **Blue-ringed octopus** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Australia and Japan. Its tetrodotoxin has no antidote.
3. **Stonefish** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Indo-Pacific. The most venomous fish, camouflaged as a rock on the seabed.
4. **Inland taipan** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Australia. The snake with the most potent venom in the world.
5. **Deathstalker scorpion** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Middle East and North Africa. One of the most dangerous scorpions.
6. **Golden poison frog** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Colombia. Just touching it is dangerous; indigenous people used its poison on darts.
7. **Cone snail** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Tropical seas. Fires a venomous harpoon that can kill a person.
8. **Brazilian wandering spider** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Brazil. One of the most venomous spiders in the world, common in banana plantations.
9. **Beaked sea snake** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Indo-Pacific. Responsible for most sea snake bite deaths.
10. **Black mamba** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Africa. A very fast snake with neurotoxic venom.
11. **Jararaca** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Brazil. The snake behind most bites in the country; its venom inspired a blood-pressure drug.
12. **Pufferfish** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Its liver and organs hold tetrodotoxin; in Japan only licensed chefs may prepare it.

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