Dangerous Animals

Panthera tigris tigris

The Bengal tiger is the most numerous tiger subspecies, primarily found in India, and is the largest wild cat native to Asia's forests, mangroves, and grasslands.

Acinonyx jubatus

The cheetah is the fastest land animal on Earth, built for explosive short sprints across the open grasslands and semi-desert of Africa.

Phyllobates terribilis

The golden poison frog is widely regarded as the most toxic animal on Earth by weight, native to a small stretch of Colombian rainforest.

Canis lupus

The gray wolf is the largest wild member of the dog family, once ranging across nearly the entire Northern Hemisphere and living in tightly-coordinated family packs.

Hippopotamus amphibius

The hippopotamus is one of the largest land mammals, spending most of the day submerged in African rivers and lakes to keep its huge body cool.

Panthera onca

The jaguar is the largest big cat in the Americas and the only living member of the genus Panthera found in the New World, prowling the rainforests of Central and South America.

Ophiophagus hannah

The king cobra is the world's longest venomous snake, found across the forests of South and Southeast Asia, and is unusual among snakes for building a nest to guard its eggs.

Panthera leo

The lion is one of the world's most recognizable big cats, known as the 'king of the jungle' despite living mainly on open savanna, and is the only cat species that lives in large social groups called prides.

Crocodylus niloticus

The Nile crocodile is Africa's largest crocodilian and one of the continent's most feared apex predators, ambushing prey at the water's edge across rivers, lakes, and wetlands.

Ursus maritimus

The polar bear is the largest land carnivore on Earth, superbly adapted to hunting seals across the sea ice of the Arctic Circle.

Tyrannosaurus rex

Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest land predators to ever exist, dominating the ecosystems of western North America at the very end of the Cretaceous period roughly 66-68 million years ago.

Crotalus atrox

The western diamondback rattlesnake is one of the most dangerous and widely-distributed venomous snakes in North America, easily identified by the diamond pattern along its back.