enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of large carnivores known to prey on humans - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_large_carnivores...

    This is a list of large carnivores known to prey on humans. The order Carnivora consists of numerous mammal species specialized in eating flesh. This list does not include animal attacks on humans by domesticated species (dogs), or animals held in zoos, aquaria, circuses, private homes or other non-natural settings.

  3. List of deadliest animals to humans - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deadliest_animals...

    Animal Humans killed per year Animal Humans killed per year Animal Humans killed per year 1 Mosquitoes: 1,000,000 [a] Mosquitoes 750,000 Mosquitoes 725,000 2 Humans 475,000 Humans (homicide) 437,000 Snakes 50,000 3 Snakes: 50,000 Snakes 100,000 Dogs 25,000 4 Dogs: 25,000 [b] Dogs 35,000 Tsetse flies 10,000 5 Tsetse flies: 10,000 [c] Freshwater ...

  4. List of largest land carnivorans - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_land...

    Rank Common name Scientific name Family Image Average mass (kg) Maximum mass (kg) Average length (m) Maximum length (m) Shoulder height (m) Native range

  5. List of venomous animals - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_venomous_animals

    Numerous animal species naturally produce chemical toxins which are used to kill or incapacitate prey or as a defense against predators. Venomous animals actively deliver their toxins (called venom ) into their target through a specially designed mechanism, such as a bite or sting , by using a venom apparatus , such as fangs or a stinger , in a ...

  6. Man-eating animal - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-eating_animal

    A man-eating animal or man-eater is an individual animal or being that preys on humans as a pattern of hunting behavior. This does not include the scavenging of corpses, a single attack born of opportunity or desperate hunger, or the incidental eating of a human that the animal has killed in self-defense.

  7. Jumping spider - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_spider

    Many of the spider-hunting species quite commonly attack other spiders, whether fellow salticids or not, in the same way as any other prey, but some kinds resort to web invasion; nonspecialists such as Phidippus audax sometimes attack prey ensnared in webs, basically in acts of kleptoparasitism; sometimes they leap onto and eat the web occupant ...

  8. This Shrimp Punches Harder Than Mike Tyson (Almost) - AOL

    www.aol.com/shrimp-punches-harder-mike-tyson...

    During his prime, a punch from Mike Tyson would have felt the same as if you were hit 13 times by .22 caliber bullets while wearing a bulletproof vest. Remarkably, the peacock mantis shrimp packs ...

  9. Lists of animals - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_animals

    Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million in total. Animals range in size from 8.5 millionths of a metre to 33.6 metres (110 ft) long and have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs.