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Top 12 most dangerous sea creatures in the world

When it comes to the biggest concerns of marine life, our divers will think of sharks, bull sharks, white sharks...

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With these species, their ability to attack will make us extremely dangerous and the risk of serious injury will get worse and be extremely difficult to escape so let's consider when it comes to marine animals. famous. Too many divers say they often don't pay attention to smaller sea creatures and even look at them as extremely beautiful, thus making them even less alert.

Some can give you bites, but others can kill you.

So without further ado, here are the 12 most dangerous sea creatures you should know about the next time you decide to go diving.

12. Titan Triggerfish - Titan triggerfish

Most storks are small. Many species of triggerfish are actually quite friendly. However, the Titan trigger is a different story. The Titan's trigger can be as long as a foot. They have powerful jaws and very sharp teeth.

This species wants to protect its territory, against all invading species, so they are very diverse, and they are very aggressive.

Indeed, locals who go diving in crocodile habitats are actually more wary of these fish than of any other marine life.

Titan Triggerfish (Image source: addtobucketlist)

11. The Stingray - Stingray

Habitat: tropical and subtropical oceans

Experts confirm that stingrays only attack in self-defense. However, there are many incidents that cause them to attack you. Most stingray injuries are found on the lower legs because of stingrays.

Cook divers accidentally stepped on them. Stingray venom is very painful but usually not fatal. If a diver is somehow stabbed in the stomach. chest or heart it can still be deadly.

Stingray Fish Facts - AZ Animals

10. Flower Urchins - Flower urchins

Habitat: Indian Ocean - Western Pacific Ocean

Beware of beautiful but deadly flower hedgehogs. The Guinness Book of Records describes the flower urchin as the most dangerous sea urchin on Earth, as its poison has killed many people. The venom from these creatures is dangerous and powerful.

Once they touch your flesh, it can inject you with venom that causes muscle spasms, shock, paralysis, drowning and death.

Flower Urchin

9. Electric Eels - Electric eels

Habitat: Orinoco and Amazon rivers

lectric eels, also known as eels, are predatory creatures. The discharges can pack a maximum of 600 volts. They have this ability because their bodies contain more than 6000 electrolytic cells. Its current causes heart failure. Therefore, divers should avoid them.

8. Textile Cone Snails - Cone snails

Habitat: Australia , French Polynesia. Indo-Pacific and Indian Ocean region (between eastern Africa and Hawaii).

Weaving snails, also known as golden cloth, are very dangerous. They are nearly 3.5 inches long and have attractive shells. Unfortunately, they have little bows filled with a killer nerve agent.

When threatened, they shoot out planes in all directions. Bullets can penetrate bare flesh. Barbs from adult snails can even break through a diving suit.

This species is nicknamed the cigarette snail, very dangerous. If the victim is bitten by them, the time to death is only the time it takes for you to smoke a cigarette, so be careful with this creature.

7. The Great Barracuda - Barracuda

Habitat: Worldwide/especially the deep oceans, near coral reefs, the tropics, and any coastal habitat along the continental shelf.

This fish can grow up to six feet long. It is very fast, ferocious and has sharp teeth. This species is famous for attacking people, especially divers wearing anything shiny and they will attack.

They will jump out of the water to attack boaters and are dangerous even when dead because their flesh contains the toxin ciguatera.

Species Spotlight: Great barracuda - Louisiana Sportsman

6. The Blue-Ringed Octopus - Blue-Ringed Octopus

Habitat: Coral reefs and tidal pools in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, especially from Australia to Japan.

The infamous blue-ringed octopus is no more than eight inches long, but its venom can kill up to 26 adults in just a few minutes.

Worst of all, their bites are painless, so you won't know until symptoms appear.

Symptoms include blindness, nausea, heart failure, paralysis and respiratory failure.

5. The Lionfish - Lionfish

Habitat: Atlantic and Indo-Pacific waters.

Lionfish is a venomous fish. The venom is so notorious that many ocean predators will prey on lionfish. Expert divers have confirmed that a sting from a lionfish can be very painful and cause first nausea and then difficulty breathing.

4. Dubois Sea Snakes - Dubois sea snakes

Habitat: Off the coast of Papua New Guinea and Australia.

The sea snake or Dubois reef is one of the most dangerous snakes on the planet. In fact, it is one of the top three venomous snakes alive today.

Scientists have proven it is also officially the most venomous sea snake currently known to humans. Although they are not thought to be too aggressive, they are most active at dusk and dawn.

3. The Reef Stonefish - Stonefish

Habitat: Coral reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans from the Great Barrier Reef to the Red Sea.

Stony reefs have 13 sharp, poisonous spines that can blend into the terrain. Therefore, divers can step on it.

Indeed, even on land, the poison remains toxic as long as the whole day. Its pain can cause respiratory paralysis that can lead to heart failure. The following effects may be especially harmful to the kidneys.

2. The Pufferfish - Pufferfish

Habitat: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans

The puffer fish is the second most poisonous vertebrate on the planet. Their venom is actually 1200 times more dangerous than cyanide.

They expand or swell when threatened.

Their poison can kill an adult in a few minutes.

While their meat is considered a delicacy in some countries, if not prepared properly the meat is poisonous. There is no antidote.

1. The Box Jellyfish - Box jellyfish

Habitat: Indo-Pacific Ocean

The box jellyfish, also known as the wasp, is one of three dangerous jellyfish species. Its wound will be very painful and cause death.

In fact, even less venomous varieties are often fatal to children.

Each of their long, dangling tentacles has about 500,000 microscopic mechanisms that can inject poison into victims. A diver can die of heart failure before reaching shore.

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