Top 30 World’s Most Venomous Creatures – RANKED!

Top 30 World's Most Venomous Creatures - RANKED! If you thought venomous creatures that could kill you in an instant were not found in North America - think again. This list of world's most creepy yet majestic venomous creatures will blow your doors off! Survival Pro Tip: Identification of these critters is VITAL to surviving an encounter with them. Take a good look at them and make sure you know what they look like - fore warned is fore armed! #30 - Gila Monster Believe it or not, the Gila Monster is the largest lizard native to North America, and lives primarily in northern Mexico although it has been often spotted in the Southwest US. While normally not fatal to adults, the Gila Monster's venom is at least as venomous as a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake and causes extreme pain. #29 - Duck Billed Platypus Although not native to North America, dozens of these cute looking, awkward creatures are kept in zoos and animal parks all over the US. Little do guests know that the male duck billed platypus is highly venomous! While a sting from the platypus's spur won't kill an adult, it will still highly impair someone for a good while! #28 Mexican Beaded Lizard This lizard doesn't have fangs, but it's saliva is highly venomous and each bite delivers venom. - a hemotoxin, which means it affects the body's ability to regulate blood flow and blood pressure! Not fatal to a healthy adult, the Mexican Beaded Lizard will still cause lots of pain and discomfort for those unlucky enough to be bitten by one. #27 Common Catfish Yep, you heard that right! Good old frying pan ready catfish are actually venomous, though not in the way you think. When irritated, the catfish's fin rays can produce a powerful irritating protein which is strong enough to hospitalize an adult! #26 King Brown Snake Don't just think that because the King Brown Snake is native to Australia it doesn't apply to you. This is an extremely common snake in North American zoos and reptile parks! The King Brown Snake has highly potent venom that specifically targets striated muscle tissue and causes paralysis and death, if enough venom is injected. #25 Brown Recluse Found in homes all across the United States, the Brown Recluse has highly potent venom that causes nausea, joint pain, burst blood vessels, and ultimately, necrosis - the death of tissue. The Brown Recluse is capable of killing children, the elderly, and immune compromised adults. #24 Blue Spotted Stingray Easily the most venomous of all stingrays , the Blue Spotted Stingray can inflict a fatal sting if allowed to. These creatures are non aggressive, but most people get stung by them when they accidentally step on them, or, in the case of Steve Irwin, when they attempt to swim over top of them. #23 Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake In this snake you have both the largest rattlesnake in North America as well as the one with the most powerful venom in one crazy package! The Eastern Diamondback rattler is found in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama and can deliver a shocking dose of venom - up to 1000mg. Keep in mind it only takes 150mg to kill an adult! #22 Lionfish Lionfish are regularly spotted off the West Coast of California, and you'd think that their bright coloration would serve as an ample warning for divers to stay away from these highly venomous fish. Yet each year people are stung by this fish, the venom of which causes chest pain, slurred speech, a drop in blood pressure, paralysis, and ultimately death if not treated. #22 Black Widow Distributed practically everywhere in the United States, the Black Widow is famous for its intense venom that can cause severe muscle pain, tachycardia, and even death if the conditions are right. Even if death is avoided, symptoms can persist for weeks.... #20 Stone Fish Most people think Stone Fish are only found in Australia and the Indo Pacific....but they also live off the coast of Florida and the Caribbean, where they are constantly stepped on by tourists who think they are rocks! The Stone Fish is the most venomous fish in the world and carries highly potent neurotoxin venom that easily kills! #19 Russel's Viper Lucky for us, Russel's Viper is native to India, yet it is a common fixture in American zoos and reptile parks. This huge snake packs highly potent venom that is famous for causing life threatening blood clots! #18 Brazilian Wandering Spider The Brazilian Wandering Spider can be found as far north as Costa Rica, yet many brave exotic pet owners in the US own these extremely venomous spiders. imagine a spider with venom as strong as a snake, and you'll have an idea why this huge spider is to be feared! #17 Indian Cobra Although you aren't likely to encounter an Indian Cobra in America outside of a zoo, we listed it because of it's fearsome, deadly venom that kills thousands of people annually. It's potent venom contains a neurotoxin as well as a cardiotoxin, which starts out by making you very drowsy and then paralyzing you, and finally, stopping your heart! #16 Krait What makes the Krait so dangerous is that it's bite inflicts very little pain, which means that people who might be asleep when this snake slithers in might not ever wake up again. It commonly delivers painless yet highly venomous bites and it is among the most deadly land snakes in the world! #15 Fat Tailed Scorpion You're looking at one of the most venomous scorpion in the world, responsible for dozens of deaths annually. Although only 4" long, the Fat Tailed Scorpion. Most people will never see one of these, but oddly, these are extremely popular pets in the exotic pet trade. When was the last time you had a pet that could kill you within 6 hours of being bitten? #14 Black Mamba The most feared snake in Africa is also at the top of our list for contraband pet in the United States. The Black Mamba is so named because the inside of it's mouth is inky black. Additionally, this snake is famous for its extreme aggression and the fact that it bites more than once! It's venom kills within hours.... #13 King Cobra Meet the world's longest venomous snake, which can reach shocking lengths of up to 19 feet long! Being so massive, the King Cobra packs quite a punch, and it's powerful venom has been known to kill within 30 minutes of being bitten! #12 Deathstalker Scorpion This Israeli scorpion is common in the exotic pet trade, and it's name certainly belies the fact that it is among the deadliest scorpions on the planet. So little of it's venom is required to kill an adult human it's not even funny. #11 Saw Scaled Viper This bad boy packs four kinds of venom in one powerful bite - neurotoxins, cytotoxins, hemotoxins, and cardiotoxins which result in an excruciating bite that ends in death. It makes a highly distinctive noise that sounds like hissing, but actually comes from the snake coiling itself into C shaped sections and then rubbing these sections together to produce its warning noise. #10 Indian Red Scorpion How does a 40% death rate sound to you, even with antivenin? The Indian Red Scorpion is an extremely venomous scoprion that kills through pulmonary edema (excessive fluid buildup in the lungs) #9 Funnel Web Spider While most venomous spiders will usually dry bite humans - meaning that the bite will contain no venom - Funnel Web spiders almost always inject venom. Their venom is twice as deadly as cyanide and kills fast! #8 Boomslang You won't miss this brightly colored snake, which can open it's jaws up to 170 degrees to deliver a killing bite with fangs that are located at the back of it's jaws! It's venom is very slow acting, however, which gives its victims a false sense of security that they are out of the woods - until it's too late! #7 Dubois Sea Snake You're looking at the most venomous sea snake in the world, and it packs quite a punch! The Dubois sea snake, thankfully, only bites when it is provoked, but when it does, it is almost always fatal. #6 Coastal Taipan Don't let its garter snake-like appearance fool you, the Coastal Taipan is the third most venomous snake in the world and is the most feared snake in Australia!It has killed within one hour of envenomation and is a highly deadly snake! #5 Cone Snail The words "deadly" and "snail" aren't often used in the same sentence, but the Cone Snail is one exception. Cone snails are beautiful and often picked up by divers who don't know how deadly they are. Typically, the snail fires a stinging harpoon, which can penetrate a wetsuit and causes paralysis and death. #4 Irukandji Jellyfish What kind of creature is the size of your fingernail but is literally covered with venomous cells that can cause brain hemorrhage? The Irukandji jellyfish, of course. Unlike other jellyfish that have stingers on their tentacles, the Irukandji jellyfish has a poisonous bell as well! Oh, and they used to be native to Australia, but lately have been spotted off Florida... #3 Blue Ringed Octopus How's this for a venom cocktail: a seven compound venom that is so powerful it can cause respiratory failure in 10 minutes and death in 30 minutes! Most people die of suffocation, because their diaphragm is paralyzed... #2 Inland Taipan While the Inland Taipan delivers less venom per bite than it's cousin the Coastal Taipan, it is four times more toxic! A single drop of this snake's venom is powerful enough to kill 100 adult humans! #1 Box Jellyfish Found in Hawaii among other places, the Box jellyfish has venom which can cause extreme pain, paralysis, delirium, shock, cardiac arrest and even death within minutes. The jellyfish has enough venom to kill 60 adults! You May Also Like: The Survival Knife – Your Most Important Tool