SUBSCRIBE HERE! [ Ссылка ] Africa is known for the dangerous Cape Buffalo, otherwise known as Black Death. Did you know which animals make the top ten?
According to BuzzSouthAmerica's Andile Smith, the top 10 most dangerous animals in Africa are as follows: #Africa #Serengeti #wildlife #nature #animals #safari #natgeo #wildlifeplanet #hunting #wildlifephotography #wildlifeonearth
Top 10 Most Dangerous African Animals
The Cape Buffalo is a safe bet for number ten. They are credited with killing about 200 people a year – and are said to be the biggest killers of ‘big game hunters’ in the world. An adult male can be more than 700kg (1,540lbs) and even a lion hesitates to attack one on his own. Also, buffalo are usually to be found in large intimidating herds, that will mob any threat to their young. The Shark The next most dangerous animal is not so much *in* Africa, so much as swimming alongside it!
Number nine is the shark, particularly the Great White Shark, and although shark attacks are rare, they tend to be very serious. This is because the shark charges at its prey at enormous speed, takes one huge chunk out and drags the victim underwater, then just backs off while the victim bleeds to death and becomes dinner. Fortunately attacks only usually happen a couple of dozen times a year in Africa, with less than a quarter of those being fatal. African Rhinoceros Number eight would be the African Rhinoceros. Both the black rhino and the white rhino are endangered through poaching, but they are also a little bad-tempered and very shortsighted, and will not hesitate to charge at anything they perceive as a threat, attacking and goring with their deadly horns. Since an adult rhino can weigh 6,000lbs (~2,800kg) and can run at up to around 40mph (~64kmh) for short periods, getting in their way (or especially between a mother and her baby) is not a good idea! The Lion At number seven is the most dangerous of the big cats – the Lion. Although lions don’t usually attack humans, they will sometimes do so if they are sick or otherwise incapacitated, and once they’ve ‘tried’, they tend to come back for more. These ‘man-eaters’ are then far too dangerous to leave as they are, and either have to be moved to somewhere with no humans within reach, or simply destroyed. In Tanzania and Mozambique particularly, lion attacks on humans seem to be on the rise, and there are several hundred deaths this way every year. The Desert Locust The first of the ‘dangerous in a different way’ entries is at number six – the Desert Locust. Although it doesn’t kill humans directly, the devastation caused to crops and property when it swarms is indirectly the cause of many human deaths because there are just so many of them! One Moroccan swarm was recorded at 230km long, 150km wide and containing around 69 billion insects – and it cost around US$2.5 billion in harvest damage. The Nile Crocodile At number five is a more conventionally dangerous animal – the Nile Crocodile. It hovers underwater, with only its nostrils above the surface, waiting for something to come to the edge to drink, then with a fantastic burst of speed, it launches itself up, grabs its victim in its vice-like jaws and drags them back under the water to drown. Crocodiles are considered to have the strongest bite in the animal kingdom at up to 5,000lbs per square inch, and hundreds of attacks are reported each year in Africa.
