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It’s like I always say, what good is urban fashion if a venomous animal lays your ass to rest with venom? Game over. You need to be aware of the venomous animals that can turn your happy day upside down. Like this stonefish below. That mother has venomous dorsal spines. That means your going to need a size 14 kx1 just to fit your swollen foot.

5. Stonefish

Venomous Phylogeny: Dorsal spines
Habitat: Coasts regions of Indo-Pacific oceans/Florida/Caribbean

4. Blue-Ringed Octopus

Venomous Phylogeny:  The toxin is produced by bacteria in the salivary glands
Habitat: Tide pools and coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans,

3. Inland Taipan

Venomous Phylogeny: Fangs/venom glands
Habitat: Arid regions of central Australia

2. Brazilian Wandering Spider

Venom: Neurotoxin causing loss of muscle control and breathing problems, resulting in paralysis and eventual asphyxiation.
Habitat: Tropical South America

1. Box Jellyfish

Venomous Phylogeny: Each tentacle has about 500,000 cnidocytes, containing nematocysts, a harpoon-shaped microscopic mechanism that injects venom into the victim
Habitat:  Tropical and subtropical oceans, including the Atlantic and east Pacific/California/the Mediterranean/Japan and as far south as South Africa

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Top 5 venomous animals