Most Terrifying Animals In The World

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Piranha

Notorious for their sharp teeth and voracious appetites, piranhas inhabit several of the major river basins in South America. These omnivorous fish are known for their taste for meat, although attacks on human beings are quite rare, despite breathless accounts from early explorers.

In a historic visit to Brazil, Theodore Roosevelt famously saw a group of piranhas shredding pieces of a cow carcass in seconds. His dramatic account would color popular imagination for years, even though it was based on a manipulated spectacle in which fishermen blocked off a group of the fish and starved them beforehand.

Still, piranhas are important scavengers and predators in their native rivers, and they often resort to cannibalism if food gets scarce. It's true that local fishermen occasionally have scars from close encounters with them.

It's unknown how many species of piranhas exist, with estimates ranging from 30 to 60. 

Electric Eel

Electra the electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) demonstrates her shocking power at Ford Motor Company's "Cycle of Production" exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Despite their name, electric eels are actually a type of knifefish and are more closely related to catfish than they are to true eels. These unusual fish inhabit waterways in the Amazon and Orinoco basins of South America, where they hunt prey and defend themselves by producing powerful bursts of electricity.

Electric eels gulp air from the surface in order to breathe. Thanks to specialized internal organs, they can produce pulses of electricity greater than 500 volts, with a current greater than one amp. That's enough to kill an adult human being. Learn all interesting facts you wanted right here.

Electric eels mostly hunt invertebrates, though adults also consume fish and small mammals. They only attack human beings if they are disturbed. They tend to live in murky, stagnate waters. Scientists have long been fascinated by the species and have probed its impressive electrical abilities.

Goliath Bird-Eater Spider

The second largest spider in the world, the goliath bird-eater (Theraphosa blondi), is related to the tarantula. It received its fearsome name after Victorian explorers witnessed one feasting on a hummingbird.

The big spiders inhabit marshy land in the rain forests of nothern South America, where they can grow to a leg span of up to 12 inches (30 cm) and can weigh more than 6 ounces (170 grams). As with many other spiders, females may eat the males after mating. Partially as a result, males have a lifespan of 3 to 6 years, while females have a lifespan of 15 to 25 years.

Despite the spider's name, birds are not the main prey of the goliath bird-eater. They prefer to eat insects and other invertebrates, although they will occasionally eat small vertebrates. The big spiders are not generally considered dangerous to human beings, although they can bite if disturbed, leaving a wound about as painful as a wasp sting. They can also release hairs that irritate the skin.

Tiger Fish

Widely distributed across much of Africa, tiger fish are fierce predators with large, razor-sharp teeth. They often hunt in packs and occasionally eat large animals. Attacks on human beings are rare but not unheard of.

The two largest species are the goliath tiger fish (Hydrocynus goliath) and the Hydrocynus vittatus, which is commonly called the tiger fish. Both are prized as game fish. The goliath tiger fish, which can reach sizes up to 110 pounds (50 kg), is found in the Congo River and Lake Tanganyika. The tiger fish can weigh up to 33 pounds (15 kg) and is found in the Zambezi River system.

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A wide range of weird but true interesting animal facts

There is a wide range of animal facts that have yet to be discovered,  while there's also an incredible amount of interesting facts that most of us haven't heard before. Below is a list of 10 weirdly incredible animal facts that will leave you completely amazed, just keep reading to know.

1. If a snake gets too hot then it may get so confused and get a ramped-up metabolism, causing it to have a false sense of hunger and a desire to eat the first thing it sees and try to eat itself until it dies.

2. Godzilla is an official citizen of Japan.

3. Dogs will sometimes fake being sick just to get attention.

4. There is a fact that elephants spend 23 hours a day eating.

5. Oysters change their genders a handful of times throughout their lives.

6. There's a spider in Madagascar whose web is stronger than any other biological material known to man.

7. Octopuses have three hearts – two are used to pump blood beyond the animal’s gills, a third is used exclusively to send blood to the organs.

8. Dolphins have names! Yes, these super cute marine mammals name themselves with ‘signature whistles’ and are able to recognise the signature whistles of other dolphins they know!

9. A type of ‘immortal’ jellyfish is capable of cheating death indefinitely by reverting its cells to their earliest form and grow anew. At only 4 mm to 5 mm long, these tiny creatures basically have infinite lives.

10. The snapping shrimp is the loudest known living creature. It has specialized claws that shoot jets of water at up to 62 miles per hour and leaving a trail of bubbles that explode at 200 decibels — enough to stun and even kill its prey.

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What color is coral? What colors make coral?

Interesting facts - Corals are marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria. They typically live in compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton. So what color is coral, what colors make coral, what about coral reef? Just keep reading to get the answers and learn more about coral.

What color is coral?

Coral is a colorless marine animal that lives on the ocean floor and can be red, orange and other colors. Any color that appears to be present on coral is a buildup of algae that live on the coral. Like other animals of the sea, coral can change color with emotion.

An individual coral is known as a polyp. Polyps attach themselves to rock along the ocean floor and multiply to form a colony. Each polyp has a hard, protective skeleton at the base that creates a reef when colonies are formed.

Coral are very sensitive to environmental changes such as a change in temperature or pollution. A completely white coral, also referred to as "bleached out," indicates that the animal is stressed. Stressed coral will not allow algae to remain on its surface, placing itself and the rest of the reef it may be attached to in danger.

How do coral reefs form?

Coral reefs start to form when coral larvae attach to rocks or hard surfaces that are submerged under water. Coral polyps secrete calcium carbonate, closing off each layer as they grow bigger. Each polyp bonds itself to other polyps, eventually forming reef structures.

Coral reefs in nature form within 150 feet of the surface of the water since they require sunlight to survive. Reefs grow slowly, varying from 1/2 inch to 3 inches per year depending on the species. Corals and some types of algae have symbiotic relationships. The corals provide a home and carbon dioxide for the algae, and the algae provide food and oxygen to the corals. Coral reefs recycle carbon dioxide and absorb impacts from waves and storms. Corals are animals, with the living corals staying on the outer part of the reef and in deeper waters.

The first coral reefs formed about 500 million years ago. The Great Barrier Reef is 500,000 years old, with the existing reef structure less than eight thousand years old. Barrier reefs, atolls and fringing reefs are the three types of reef structures. Fringing reefs are found closer to land. Atolls are found around lagoons, and barrier reefs are found farther off-shore and most commonly in the Indo-Pacific and Caribbean.

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