Some animals look just so cuddly. But, some of them can turn deadly in an instant. Some of them are even popular pets! Read on to find out which critters are cute but deadly.
#1: Look at this slow loris. Big eyes and a fuzzy body – he look like the cutest friend ever! But wait a moment. This small primate can turn nasty. The little dude probably tore a lizard apart for dinner yesterday – and strangled a bird for dessert! It won’t help to know that slow lorises have another secret weapon – venom! They are one of the only venomous mammals, and the only venomous primates. Be careful around these cute critters!
#2: leopard seals. Normally, as soon as you see a seal, your reaction is “awww…”… but not this one. Even though most seals are harmless to everyone except fish, this one is different. Growing up to 3.3 meters and weighing 350 kilograms, these blubbery guys will happily eat king, king, Adelie, rockhopper, gentoo, emperor, and chinstrap penguins. They will even eat smaller seals, such as weddell and crabeaters.
#3: your cat. If you have a cat, watch out. Cats, first of all, are deadly hunters. They may kill every bird, mouse, rat, chipmunk, and any other critter in your backyard. They kill 2.4 billion birds every year and 12.3 billion rodents on average, in the USA. That’s more twice the human population!! Baby kittens’ poop contains T. gondii, which is a deadly parasite. T. gondii will make mice go crazy, which will make them easy prey/kills for the cat.
#4: Dolphins. Dolphins are one of the most popular animals in the world. They are in aquariums, water shows, even in the military. Most of the time, these aquatic mammals seem cute. But, that’s not always the case. In aquariums, one dolphin probably devours up to 1.09 tons of fish in a year. It gets worse in the wild. Often, a pod of dolphins will come across a porpoise. The dolphins will play with it, then they will liquify the porpoise’s insides by shaking the porpoise violently. The dolphins then drown the other mammals. Even worse, the dolphins don’t even eat the porpoise. They killed it just for ‘fun’.
#5: chimpanzees. Chimpanzees share 97% of their dna with us humans. But, like us, they may become uncivilized. During the mating season, males will often rip body parts out of each other to find a mate. One of their favorite snacks, colombus monkeys, is often caught and shredded. Aggression is a natural trait for chimps.
Thanks for reading! -Written by EZ
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