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Cute Animals That Are Actually Deadly

Everyone’s first reaction when they see a cute animal is to pet it because that’s just the way we are. However, it would be wise to be very cautious no matter how cute an animal is.

Never judge a book by its cover. There are many cute animals capable of the worst of things.

The best thing is to be cautious and stay away from them if you’re not familiar with them or their species Find out who they are as we count down 15 cute animals that are actually deadly.

PANDA

The Panda is often considered a joke of a bear. Pandas are bad at sex and picky about food. These genetic misfits might have died out long ago, had they not been so adorable.

Without our help, so the narrative goes, pandas surely would have joined the dinosaurs and the dodo on evolution’s scrap heap.

Or would they? The image of the pathetic panda—a benign, bungling creature who needs human help to survive—is a very modern myth, conjured more from human desires than from biological facts.

The panda is, in fact, a splendid survivor.

It has been around for some 18 million years and is perfectly adapted to its admittedly eccentric lifestyle.

The real panda is a secret stud, with a taste for flesh and a fearsome bite, at least in its natural habitat. But that habitat is withering thanks to human encroachment.

Once a wide swath of southeast China and bordering nations, panda country is now a patchy strip, mostly through the forests of just two mountain ranges.

No matter how many adorable videos you‘ve seen of pandas, don’t approach a giant panda in the wild.

They have strong grips and can deliver powerful bites that are strong enough to harm a human leg. They can tear your leg apart if they really want.

Now, why would anyone want to hug a Panda?

Gila Monster

In the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, the Gila monster is one of the few venomous lizards in the world.
The Gila monster has a very strong, painful grip when it bites, but rarely causes death in humans.
At a length of up to two feet and a maximum weight exceeding five pounds, the venomous Gila monster is the largest lizard native to the United States.
Easily identified by their black bodies marked with dramatic patterns of pink, orange, or yellow, Gilas is found in the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahua deserts of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico.
They take their name from Arizona’s Gila River basin, where they were first discovered. The Gila monster is one of only a handful of venomous lizards in the world. Its venom is a fairly mild neurotoxin.
And though a Gila bite is extremely painful, none has resulted in a reported human death. Unlike snakes, which inject venom, Gilas latch onto victims and chew to allow neurotoxins to move through grooves in their teeth and into the open wound.
Gilas are lethargic creatures that feed primarily on eggs raided by nests and newborn mammals.
They may spend more than 95 percent of their lives in underground burrows, emerging only to feed and occasionally to bask in the desert sun.
They can store fat in their oversized tails and are able to go months between meals.
Gila populations are shrinking due primarily to human encroachment, and they are considered a threatened species.

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