15 Deadliest Animals in Asia

while the continent of australia might be the most famous for its deadly animals there's no doubt that the world's largest continent asia has more than enough creatures crawling running and flying through it that want to kill you in fact it can seem like there's deadly nightmarish monsters running wild across asia sometimes [Music] from the bat named after a terrifying shark to the literal dragon which rules an entire island here's the 15 deadliest animals in asia number 15 hammerhead bat the moosehead hammerhead bat is one strange looking creature although native to africa these bats have also been found in asia their wingspan can reach three feet making them one of the largest bats and the males the ones with the big moose-like heads are much larger than the females while this bat might seem relatively harmless seeing as it feeds almost entirely on fruit there are diseases lurking within the bats which render them catastrophically dangerous to humans it gets a little messy this for example isn't a picture of a hammerhead salamander because hammerhead salamanders don't exist in fact it is now proven that bats carry more dangerous viruses than any other species a team of researchers in new york set out to clear the bat's name from accusations that it was one of the main conduits for terrible diseases like ebola and marburg entering the human system but they turned up a set of results which did quite the opposite it is now known that the bats do indeed carry these diseases without any symptoms which cannot be said of humans as ebola has a close to 50 percent death rate some speculate that the recent outbreak of covet 19 which has pretty much seen 2020 go down as one of the craziest years in recent history was originally sourced from a fruit bat and maybe it was one of these weird-looking disease carriers before we go on like this video smash the subscribe button and click the notification bell right now or slenderman will come from under your bed when you're sleeping [Music] number 14. komodo dragon okay so i said these monsters rule the island they live on and that was a little untrue in fact they rule all four of the islands they live on flores rinka gilimotang and komodo itself all of which are in indonesia the komodo dragon is one seriously terrifying lizard that looks like a dog to have disappeared with the dinosaurs and is yet somehow still right here doing dragon stuff to this day these giants can grow to 10 feet long and are also big eaters they are able to consume up to 80 percent of their own body weight in meat in a day tyria into their mouths thanks to feeding on carcasses and they certainly love meat chowing down on pig water buffalo deer snake fish and if they get the opportunity human as well as all this 10 percent of an adult komodo dragon's diet consists of other komodo dragons with a particular taste for dragon eggs one thing they cannot be accused of is being wasteful the dragons will eat bones teeth hooves and hair and their powerful digestive system can burn through most of this tough material while anything it can't handle will come back up as a kind of foul smelling hair ball on top of all this it was recently discovered that komodo dragons are venomous which is what makes their bite so powerful and dangerous it was previously believed they simply had highly bacterial mouths but new evidence suggests they possess venom ducts number 13. fat tail scorpion the fat tail scorpion is a mid-sized arachnid measuring up to 3.5 inches and is found in the middle east pakistan and also in parts of africa the massive tales which give them their name are not just for ornamentation either these scorpions are some of the most dangerous in the world and their latin name androgenous krasikoda means fat-tailed man-eater envenomation from one of these powerful arachnids means the release of powerful neurotoxins into the body of the victim encounters with scorpions is purely random in most cases if you stand on a scorpion it's a life and death situation for that school and although major pharmaceutical companies do manufacture antivenom these scorpions are still responsible for many deaths every year in spite of these dangers the fat tail scorpion is a popular pet and is commonly discovered in the exotic animal trait the fat tail also likes to live in abandoned and derelict human structures which makes them particularly dangerous to people going exploring or to soldiers making use of them during times of war as many troops have discovered during the various recent conflicts in the persian gulf number 12 indian rhinoceros the indian rhinoceros is one of the five remaining species of rhino in the world three of which live in southern asia while the remaining two are african however the indian and javen rhinos have their own genus and are only distantly related to the remaining three the biggest visible difference between the indian and the javen rhinos compared to the others is that these two have only one horn as opposed to two the indian rhino is the second largest mammal species in asia after the asian elephant and they can grow to more than 12 feet in length while the average weight is just under 5 000 pounds although the very biggest males can weigh in at up to 8 800 pounds which is about the weight of a monster truck these are some big animals and although they are generally peaceful you would not want to make an enemy out of one of them indian rhinos love to bathe and keep themselves cool and clean and are also great swimmers for a massive animal they can move pretty fast too they're able to run at up to 35 miles per hour they have few natural predators although tigers sometimes kill unguarded calves and have been known to rarely attack and kill adults the indian rhino used to be widespread across asia but human destruction of their habitat and hunting have massively devastated population numbers so there's only around 2 000 left in the wild today a number which is declining number 11. great white shark the world came to know the great white shark thanks to the 1970s steven spielberg horror movie jaws which established this almighty predator as a nightmare of the ocean is this reputation deserved not entirely as the great white is a fascinating creature with mysterious and complex behavior on the other hand there have been more unprovoked attacks on humans by this species than by any other kind of shark so it's not all fantasy from spielberg many of these attacks however are over zealous attempts by the shark to test out a human to see if it's worth eating or not when she was first discovered near the mexican island of guadalupe in 2013 and the answer is usually no since we have very little blubber at least surfers and swimmers have very little maybe taco bell customers would be a more interesting meal for a great white unfortunately these test bites can be pretty devastating for a puny human body in the mouth of this massive predator also most great white attacks are by juvenile sharks who are still figuring out what is food and what isn't but the fact it was a mistake probably doesn't make a lot of a difference to these 65 people who are on record as having been killed by great whites when a mistake can involve tearing off up to 30 pounds of flesh in one mouthful and applying more than one ton per square inch of pressure you probably don't really care about the motive still author of the book jaws peter benchley has admitted that he would not write the book today knowing what he does now about how complex and extraordinary these sharks are much more than the man-eaters they are said to be number 10. asian elephant the asian elephant as we mentioned a couple of topics back is asia's largest land animal they have a long history of human interaction and unlike rhinos who have pretty tiny brains the asian elephant is regarded as one of the most complex and intelligent species on earth they have been listed as endangered since 1986 and their population has declined by 50 percent in the last three generations worse still these elephants are very unhappy in captivity experiencing high death rates and low birth rates in zoos and enclosures the conflict for space between humans and elephants is ongoing that would be like a 150 pound person eating five pounds of food in one day and there's little doubt as to the winner on the large scale elephants do not stand a chance against humans one on one however would be a different story as the massive power of this animal could toss and break a human in one swipe there are many religions where elephants are considered a nuisance raiding crops and destroying human structures the result is that between 1980 and 2003 in assam india 1150 humans and 370 elephants died in conflict and they are responsible for 400 deaths a year in india rogue elephants who have been previously mistreated by humans can become highly aggressive to people and attack unprovoked while other wild individuals can be unpredictable making them highly feared in many parts of asia given the space they need and a slowing of the destruction of their natural habitat would reduce these conflicts benefiting both humans and elephants alike number nine mugger crocodile the mugger crocodile sometimes known as the indian crocodile is a medium-sized crocodile growing up to 16 feet in length they live on the indian subcontinent and are a pretty common species of crocodile there meaning interactions with humans are relatively common far more common than the notorious and massive saltwater crocodile which also lives in india albeit in far smaller numbers the mugger crocodile is considered a medium-sized crocodilian the mugger crocodile is considered to be dangerous to humans and fatal attacks have been recorded usually the mugger and ambush predator will launch itself at an unsuspecting human at the water's edge once the big jaws have clamped down the mugger will then drown the human but it is very rare they will actually consume a human being perhaps not liking the taste or finding it too big muggers don't stop at humans though and have also been recorded as attacking bengal tigers and lions although more often the tiger will have the upper hand in this encounter these fearless reptiles will try their luck with anything that comes too close number 8. asian giant hornet the asian giant hornet is the world's largest hornet measuring up to 2 inches in length with a wingspan of 3 inches and a huge quarter inch stinger which is where this flying insect carries its powerful venom this hornet is a kind of super predator attacking and killing insects larger than itself including bees mantises and other hornets they are specialists at attacking b nests and the usual strategy is the send 2-3 scout hornets to take a look around before they release pheromones to communicate to the remaining hornet swarm that everything looks good and that they should come on over for a massacre when they encounter western honeybee nests a species which does not naturally encounter the asian giant hornet but nowadays does so more frequently due to human introductions the result can be devastating with hornets able to kill up to 40 bees a minute these hornets are well known in japan where they kill around 12 to 13 people a year usually due to an underlying allergy to the sting but even those not allergic will suffer an extremely painful sting if a hornet tries to attack them as they make their way across the united states after first arriving in 2019 many more people are likely to encounter them and perhaps like in japan they may become part of the cuisine and considered a delicacy when fried number 7. sloth bear you might think that due to its name the sloth bear would be a kind of cute and cuddly bear slowly moving and lazy but if you did think that you'd be very wrong this small to medium-sized bear is found in india nepal sri lanka buddha and bangladesh they stand about six feet high at their tallest and are particularly fluffy looking with coarse long fur helping to protect them from insects and check out those claws sloth bears have super long they have powerful stocky frames long sharp claws and a vicious bite and are anything but slothful these nocturnal animals are in fact busy bears foraging and looking for food almost all of their waking hours they are also known for their highly aggressive behavior they are super intelligent also for example they sense rainstorms coming and dig small holes in termite mounds then wait for the rain to enlarge the holes and flush the insects out for an easy meal these bears are known for their attacks on humans and many have occurred over the years causing fatalities as their habitats are destroyed they are forced to live closer and closer to people making encounters more common these are also the original dancing bears first trained by muslims in the region in the 13th century and this tradition is still practiced today although conservationists are trying to convince the bear handlers to give up the dancing bears seeing as so many are forced to live in wretched conditions and are prone to physical and mental illness number 6. bengal tiger although it is usually considered that humans have no natural predators the bengal tiger is surely the one which might be the exception studies have produced all kinds of figures on the dangers posed by the bengal tiger and one suggests that more than 1 million people have been eaten by bengal tigers since 1500 another states that the human death told the tigers in india at the end of the 19th century was an astonishing 80 thousand people a year some tigers became infamous as man-eaters in one famous story from 1907 the champawat tiger was hunted and killed by the famous british hunter as the months pass satra grows confident enough to make the first move in her bid for power and tracker jim corbett after he followed the trail of blood from the tiger's last victim a 16 year old girl this tiger was believed to have eaten at least 430 people most tigers seem not to enjoy the taste of humans as much as of deer or other prey but certain individuals have developed the taste and not only in the wild fatal attacks in zoos are not uncommon and between 1998 and 2001 seven people were killed by tigers in zoos in the united states alone in the sunderbans region between india and bangladesh tiger attacks are a major risk to life with up to 60 deaths per year the tigers here actively hunt humans and the people have resorted to various methods to protect themselves including wearing armor to protect the spine and masks on the back of their heads to fool the tigers but they have learned the difference between a mask and a face maybe not top of your list for your next relaxing vacation number five saw soft-scaled viper the saw-scaled viper is known as one of the big four snakes of the indian subcontinent a list of the four snakes responsible for the most snake bites which require serious medical attention in the region this viper's venom contains four separate toxins each of which attacks a vital component of the body of the victim its nervous system its heart its cells and its blood these snakes tend to live in rural areas which are less likely to have medical facilities so many of them much bigger much more impressive than this one but actually to humans and therefore access to anti-venom and they are also nocturnal meaning most bites take place at night further complicating things for anyone bitten this powerful combination of toxins can cause the brain to bleed which often will lead to death if untreated and can also cause kidney failure due to blood clotting these snakes are widespread and numerous so can pose a threat to anyone living too close to them and the mortality rate is around 20 of those bitten their complex venom is harvested for use in medical research and has powerful properties which ironically are now used in many forms of life-saving medicine number 4. giant panda pandas are one of the most charismatic species of all and you'd think they were nothing but cute and cuddly bears with nothing more dangerous about them than their habit of sneezing a lot but wild pandas are a different proposition these are after all still bears and those instincts are hardwired they can claw and bite with the best of them and they are bigger than you might think reaching sizes of 6'3 when they are fully grown adults and weighing up to 350 pounds these bears can do some serious damage if the mood takes them and local predators such as snow leopards know better than to try their luck against an adult panda as we can see in this video an angry panda who likes the look of your jacket isn't going to take no for an answer attacks in the wild are known but rare the panda has traditionally lived far from humans and even in china was a little-known animal until the 19th century they are now among the most famous animals in the world partially due to the famous female chichi who once lived at london zoo and are the most expensive animals for zoos to keep twice as expensive as the number two the african elephant the good news is that being the face of animal conservation has finally led to a small increase in the wild panda population in recent years number three reticulated python the reticulated python is a monster snake the longest in the world and among top 3 heaviest they are fantastic swimmers and have been spotted far out at sea often swimming to new islands to expand its range and find new prey normally attacks on humans are rare with the pythons recognizing that the human shoulder structure is just a little too wide to fit into its mouth once you get them home you're going to want to keep up that that regimen of feeding we feed them here every wednesday but there have been recorded fatalities and some of them recently a 54 year old indonesian woman named watiba who went to check her vegetable garden on the island of muna ended up being killed and swallowed whole by a reticulated python in june 2018 after loved ones began to worry they went to check the garden and found only her sandals and machete there a further search revealed a bloated python lying about 100 feet away which the villagers killed and cut open finding the poor woman's body inside the gruesome event was filmed and leaked onto the internet where it went viral we'll leave it up to you to go and look that up if that's the kind of thing you're into several other fatal incidents have been reported in indonesia during the 21st century but they are normally fearful of humans and the python is also considered a sacred animal in indonesia meaning numbers are healthy and it is generally left alone just keep an ear out for hissing when out tending the garden number 2. tiger shark the tiger shark is a huge predator which can grow to more than 16 feet long and is second only to the great white shark in number of attacks on humans and due to the tiger shark's specially serrated teeth a bite from one of these can be even more devastating than their cousins the great whites they prefer warmer waters and live in the pacific in relatively large numbers with a reputation for eating human trash with paint cans leather jackets it takes her a while to get comfortable with divers in the water and rubber tires found inside their bodies along with many other things attacks on humans can be devastating as professional surfer bethany hamilton found out at the age of 13 when a tiger shark bit off her left arm in spite of nearly dying hamilton was back to surfing just 26 days after the attack and is now recognized as a great surfer and a serious badass cage diving and feeding of tiger sharks is discouraged but in 2007 divers for the discovery channel proved that diving without a cage was impossible but looking at this footage would you want this many tiger sharks swimming around you number 1. king cobra this mighty and enormous venomous snake is one of the most famous in the world due to its characteristic hood and ferocious reputation like the saw-scaled viper the cobra is one of the big four and has long been a snake feared by humans king cobras have even found themselves in death struggles against the mighty reticulated python from earlier ending in death for the both of them in one case reported in national geographic they are the longest venomous snake in the world and can stand six feet up off the ground they are also known to growl like dogs as a warning and when they strike they can inject up to 1.5 teaspoons of deadly venom into their victim one russian snake lover was killed in 2015 when his pet cobra bit him while feeding causing him to die in just 15 minutes their favorite food however is other snakes and they climb swim and are the only snake species to build nests these animals also fight ferociously and although generally shy around humans will not hesitate to strike when threatened and bites have a mortality rate of 28 the king cobra is truly a badass and seriously dangerous animal that's all of the ferocious asian beasts we've got time for today which one of these animals do you think is the most dangerous of all would you be down to go for a free swim with a tiger shark let us know in the comments below also check out our other cool stuff showing up on screen right now see you next time

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Length: 23min 17sec (1397 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 07 2020