(rhythmic music) - [Narrator] Nature
sure is beautiful, huh? Well, mostly anyway. I'm an animal lover, but there are some beasties out there I really wouldn't wanna meet. Sometimes however, we
don't get much choice. From terrifying creatures
that will make your skin crawl to monsters capable of
tearing you limb from limb, here's some horrifying animals you should avoid at all costs! (rhythmic music)
( page swirling) (star pining) The Deathstalker. Nobody wants to get stung
by a scorpion, it hurts. But some pinchy boys will do a lot more than cause you a little pain. This is the deadliest
scorpion in the world, aptly named the deathstalker. In case it wasn't obvious from that name, a sting from one can be deadly to the young, old, or weak. But don't get comfortable
if that isn't you! Stings can still cause a whole host of other nasty effects, including nausea, vomiting,
and diarrhea, eww! Imagine being attacked by a
whole swarm of these beasties! Well, for the southern
province of Aswan in Egypt, this was a horrifying reality. In 2021, the region was
bombarded with heavy rain, which forced hundreds of
deathstalkers out of their dens to seek better shelter. Now unfortunately, people were in the way. The army of deathstalkers
descended on towns and cities, and a total of 503 people wound up stung by the
venomous villains, whoa! Thankfully, the local
government was quick to react and they managed to apply
antivenom to everybody. Phew, that could've been a
whole load of blocked toilets or filled graves. (text swishing)
The Black Death. Snakes are some of the most
feared fauna in the world. And it doesn't help that
they can pop up anywhere from your car to your toilet bowl. But one homeowner in Durban, South Africa, got the shock of their life when they found one of the most
venomous snakes in the world curled up right inside their BBQ. This is a black mamba, a snake so deadly that without
swift medical attention, its bites almost always
end in the victim's demise. Luckily our barbecue-er was a-okay! He called a professional to
safely remove the serpent, who decided to capture this clip first. Man, to say they got off
lightly is an understatement. Black mambas are supremely nervous, meaning if you so much as
step in the wrong place, it could be lights out, the speedy snakes can dart
towards you at 10 miles an hour, and after lunging they'll
bite multiple times in a single attack. This is some serious overkill too, because just two drops of venom is enough to make a human
pop their clogs, jeez! If I ever come across one
of these demon snakes, I'm slithering away as fast as possible! (page swishing)
Explosion On the Beach. When I'm on vacation, I love looking for cool
shells on the beach. One thing I can safely say I never want to see on my
beach trips, tough, is this. Cripes, what is that? Well, despite what it looks like, it's not a giant dinosaur. This is a sperm whale carcass that washed up in Western
Cape, South Africa back in 2018 Ahhh, the creature is
literally dead then, right? Surely there's no need to be scared? Well, that's where you're wrong. See, as a beached whale decomposes it produces gas and balloons in size, turning it into an
alien-looking mass like this. And all that gas inside the whale will continue to build
up until eventually, the pressure becomes too much for the giant fleshy beach ball and, boom, the thing explodes! If you're anywhere near
it when it happens, the sheer force of the blast
would do some serious damage, never mind the smell. so, unless you fancy stinky whale flesh rocketing towards you
at some unholy speed, stay well away! (page swishing)
Tarantula Hawk, WHAT!? Three words: Tarantula, hawk, wasp. If it sounds like something
from your deepest nightmares, there's good reason for that! It's part of the spider wasp family, wasps so badass that they kill tarantulas. Well, after paralyzing
them with a venomous sting and laying an egg in them, of course! Ahhh, what? Yeah, you heard right. After the egg hatches, the larva emerges and eats the poor stunned spider alive. Yeesh, that's disgusting. And the creepy critters
are super common too, living everywhere from the US all the way to Australia. So, you never know when you
might stumble across one. Australian Reddit user Space_Monster came home from work one day to this skin-crawling sight, a tarantula hawk wasp dragging off a colossal huntsman spider! What a homely welcome! Thankfully, the hellish wasps aren't interested in
making you their dinner and will sooner flee than attack, so Space_Monster was okay. That being said, if one feels threatened, you could well find yourself at the business end of a stinger. And a sting from the
tarantula hawk is agony. In fact, it's so intense that
the only advice experts give is to lie down and scream, (giggling) man! The pain only lasts a few minutes, but you can guarantee it'll be the most agonizing
few minutes of your life. Most people are so consumed by it that they lose control of their bodies, making them more likely to accidentally hurt themselves further. That's all bad enough, just be glad you don't have eight legs! (page swishing)
Malicious Mozzies. Everybody knows how
irritating mosquitoes are, they never seem to buzz off. That said, surprisingly
few people are aware of just how deadly these
disgusting creatures can be. Mozzies survive by drinking
their victims' blood using their long feeding
tube, or proboscis. As they do so, they also inject a tiny
amount of their saliva, which stops the blood from clotting and numbs the pain of the bite. The saliva also causes the itchy red spots we
know so well, grody! The scary part isn't
the bite itself, though, no, that comes from the insect's ability to spread life-threatening diseases. See, whenever a skeeter drinks blood, say, from a rat, it also absorbs any
disease-causing microorganisms that may be inside its blood stream. If that flying filth bag
then feeds on a human, some of those microorganisms
can pass to them, eww! Malaria is the most
infamous of these ailments, responsible for over 600,000 casualties in 2022 alone. Oh, man! But that figure isn't
so hard to understand when you see how voracious
these things can be. Reddit user Moniq2310
took her kids out swimming in a local river and got
bit no less than 65 times! Thankfully, and perhaps astoundingly, it doesn't seem like she
caught anything nasty. But the thought of all those mozzies inserting their little
suckers into her skin, eww, that's one huge, nope! Shame it's not socially acceptable to wear Jedi cloaks made
from mosquito netting. You know what else isn't
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one of my amazing videos again! All done? Nice, let's peek at some
more horrid creatures! (page swishing)
Many Legged Horror. This is a millipede. We like millipedes, they're chill guys who
chow down on dead plants. This is an Amazonian giant centipede, but these nasty carnivores can grow up to a
stomach-churning 12 inches long and skulk through the
rainforests of South America preying on everything
from snakes to scorpions. The creepy crawlies are venomous and aggressive when threatened, and trust me when I say a nip from one of these things smarts. Centipedes will latch onto your skin with a horrifying pair
of pincer-like appendages and inject painful venom
into the resulting wound. You can look forward
to swelling, bleeding, and a whole lot of itching and burning! Oh, and in rare cases, tissue death, a disgusting condition where your flesh literally rots away, great! So, to summarize: millipede
good, centipede bad. Don't get these two confused! (page swishing)
The Bear Necessities. For people who aren't in the know, bears are cute fuzzballs
that you just wanna hug! The reality, however, is very different, something which one vacationer
in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, found out the hard way: - [Resident] Well, he's so cute! Oh, he coming, oh, oh, hell, no! - [Narrator] Yeah, bears are terrifying. They're huge, powerful,
and almost unstoppable. If you thought that last
video was scary, though, wait until you hear about
Reddit user Donutshopsss. He and three friends had
decided to go camping in a secluded area near
some woods in Yellowstone and had just set up for the night. But they had no idea they
were near an elk carcass. That is, until a whole
group of grizzly bears turned up to share the food. Holy mother of...! Resisting the urge to panic, Donut and his pals quickly packed up and made a hasty exit. However, as they were retreating, something downright horrifying happened. A grizzly came charging out
of the woods straight at them. Now it was panic time. Luckily, one of the group
had brought bear spray and fired a hefty dose right
at the rampaging animal, which made it turn on its heels. But the ordeal was far from over. One of the campers had cut themselves while packing up the supplies and the scent of the wound was attracting all the
bears in the vicinity! The group spent an exhausting eight hours fleeing the relentless
beasts in the darkness while trying to find their way to safety. At one point, they made a fire from the
books they'd brought with them and set light to dry sticks with it, throwing them at any
bear that got too close. Incredibly, this worked long enough to see them through to the next morning and against all odds,
everybody survived, phew! So, if you ever intend on
camping out in bear territory, first of all, make sure
you bring bear spray! Failing that, there are a couple
of other things you can try if a bear attacks you. If it's a brown or
grizzly bear, play dead. The bear won't perceive you as a threat and may leave you alone. If it's a black bear,
though, this won't work. Instead, you'll have
to either run or fight, and neither is a great option. My advice? Stay the hell out of bear
territory, full stop. (page swishing)
Colossal Croc. The waters of our planet are full of horrifying monsters that are actually nothing to worry about. Take this wolf fish for example, looks like something out
of a horror movie, right? The spooky guy has some impressive teeth and is definitely capable of giving you a nasty bite if threatened. That said, though, they're
actually rather placid, despite what some people claim. This particular wolf fish, also seems to have passed away, making it, err, super placid. On the other end of the
watery spectrum, however, sits the saltwater crocodile, the largest living reptile, and arguably the deadliest
croc in the world. Salties can reach 20 feet in length and weigh a colossal 3,330 pounds, that's almost as long as a London bus and three times heavier
than a grizzly bear! These reptilian monsters
are highly aggressive and so territorial, that
they'll snack on humans if any are unlucky
enough to wander nearby. And unlucky they'd certainly be, saltwater crocs have the
strongest bite of any animal! Bite force is measured by PSI,
or pressure per square inch, and salties have an astounding
crunch power of 3,700 PSI! That's 3,700 pounds of sheer force colliding with every inch
of the bite area, what? For reference, lions bite with 1,000 PSI, and humans between 150 and 200 PSI. Simply put, these titans
(jaws snapping) can crush bones with ease, and there are plenty of times
they've demonstrated this. Back in the Second World War, after the battle of Ramree Island in 1945, 1,000 Japanese soldiers
were forced to retreat through thick mangrove swamps. Only 20 made it out alive, and for decades it was believed that hordes of saltwater crocodiles had slaughtered them, whoa! Can you imagine how
horrendous that must've been? Admittedly, it's now believed
the crocs were responsible for far less of the fallen
soldiers than first thought, but I still wouldn't recommend traipsing through any
mangrove swamps anytime soon. At least humans weren't about
in the Cretaceous Period, nearly 100 million years ago. Because crocs sure were, and as massive as the
saltwater croc is today, its ancient ancestors were even bigger! Monsters such as Deinosuchus were believed to have
reached a gargantuan 39 feet, or half the length of a tennis court! Cripes, Just imagine if those things were still around today. They used to eat dinosaurs, so you and I wouldn't stand a chance! In fact, I don't think I'd stand a chance against anything we've seen so far. Damn, I need to start working out again. (page swishing)
Hell Spiders. I'm gonna give you
arachnophobes a quick heads up, the next horror I have for you is probably the creepiest
creature I've ever seen. Okay, you've been warned, meet the camel spider. These hellish things can
leap six feet in the air, issue a bloodcurdling scream while running at 25 miles an hour, and will numb the flesh of their victims before eating them alive! Or at least, that's what US
soldiers stationed in Iraq in the early 2000s told people. According to them, the camel spider got its name from its habit of attacking camels, eating their stomachs, and
laying its eggs inside them. The soldiers even claimed
that many of them had woken up to find they were covered in the things, and that they'd been stealthily eating them
in the night, ugh, what? Okay, I have a confession to make. You'll be relieved to know these claims are actually all baseless, the soldiers that relayed them were just spinning a long yarn for the people back home, phew! So, what are these horrid
things really like? For starters, they're only
about five inches long, not the horrifying length they seem to be seen in this pic. The soldiers were just holding
two attached to each other! Oh, and they aren't
actually spiders at all, they fall into the broader arachnid family alongside other hellish monsters like the tailless whip scorpion, strange beasts that are
essentially harmless, even if they look utterly dread-inducing. Seriously, this looks horrifying, but it's really just
shedding its exoskeleton. The hard outer shell can't
grow with the scorpion itself, so the creature has to discard it several times throughout its life. While neither of these
arachnids are lethal, though, camel spiders can deliver a painful bite if they feel the need
to defend themselves. So, don't poke them, okay? Those pincers look nasty. Now, camel spiders will chase down humans, but not to take a bite out of them. They sometimes follow people to stay inside the cool shadow they cast over the desert. "Get your own shade creep!" While they're unlikely to cause you any lasting harm then, they're still totally horrific and very much deserving
of being left well alone! I hate snakes, and I really hate big ones that are capable of shooting venom at me. So, giant spitting cobras are pretty much my worst nightmare. At nearly nine feet long, they're the largest species of venom-spitting cobra on earth. Science folk believe
the huge danger noodles evolved their alarming
ability to defend themselves from our early ancestors
a few million years ago. So, in a way, it's all our fault! The snakes shoot their shots directly at the eyes of their enemies, savagely burning them and causing blindness if left untreated. They can fire from many feet away, but that doesn't stop them going in close for a juicy bite either. And if this big ol' boy does decide to bite its
venom into your system, it'll rapidly cause the
tissue around the bite to die, leading to disfigurement
and potentially much worse. Despite this, snake
charmers around the world absolutely love to use
cobras in their routines. Enough accidents occur
with non-spitting cobras, imagine how much worse things could get if they used one of these guys! I wouldn't put it past
that crazy bunch either, one such charmer met his
untimely demise back in 2018 after being bitten by a spitting cobra he was trying to capture in Malaysia. The venom took just four
days to take full hold, and once it had, there was tragically no more that could be done. Man, that's another animal I'm taking firmly off
my "Must cuddle" list. (page swishing)
Deadly Dragons. Rinca Island in Indonesia is famed for being chock
full of huge Komodo dragons, Usually though, they stay
outside the buildings. Back in 2009, a tour guide named Maen entered his office on the island and took a seat at his desk. When he glanced down, however, a cold sweat ran down his brow. Curled beside his legs
was a colossal Komodo! These beasts are the largest
lizards in the world, able to reach a seriously intimidating
10 feet in length! They're strong, vicious,
and very venomous. As well as being incredibly painful, a single bite from a dragon can para lyse you and cause
rapid, debilitating blood loss. From there, they'd simply
wait for you to collapse before chowing down. Truly unsettling, right? Well, komodos are also capable of swallowing large
animals like deer whole. Yep, if something looks
a little big for them, they won't bother chewing
it up into smaller chunks. Oh, no, they're far more
likely to spend 20 minutes forcing the paralyzed
animal down their throat by slamming it against a tree. Oh man! Essentially, you really wouldn't want one underneath your desk. Wait, what happened to ol' Maen then? Well, horrified, he pulled
his legs back from the beast, but one of them caught on
something and the dragon lunged, chomping down on it! The tour guide screamed for help and managed to kick the
giant lizard off him as his colleagues arrived. But the smell of his blood had attracted a horde of other
nearby komodos, seriously? His co-workers frantically
rushed him out the building and raced across the island, dodging and running from the frenzied Komodo
dragons as they went. Miraculously, they made it to
the dock and leapt onto a boat without any further injuries. Then, they took Maen to a nearby hospital where he got the treatment he needed. It still took around six
months for him to fully recover from his harrowing ordeal
though, jeez, komodo? More like Komoh-no-oh-jeez-oh, why? (page swishing)
Buzzkills. Everyone's tired of hearing about 2020's COVID-19 outbreak by now, but there was another
big news story that year that still gives me the shivers. The discovery of northern giant hornets, once known as murder hornets, in Washington State, in the US. The huge bugs are thought to have come
to the States by ship, and they're supremely dangerous. Compared to honeybees, the hornets can deliver a devastating 28 times more
venom in a single sting! So, if you get stung by a
whole swarm of these guys, well, you can wave bye-bye to tomorrow. Understandably, Americans
were pretty darn panicked then to find out the vicious
vespids were on home ground. American actress Rose
McGowan got stung in 2021 and suffered from immense pain, numbness, a rapid heart rate, and even fuzzy vision! Thankfully, she was fine in the end, it's actually very rare for a sting to cause anything
other than temporary symptoms unless you're allergic. What's more, multiple nests had been found and destroyed by the end of 2021, and there were no new sightings in Washington across the whole of 2022. So, the US might just have
dodged a bullet there. If you do wind up coming across one of the insidious insects,
though, keep well away! (page swishing)
Terrifying Tapeworms. Of all the horrible beasts
that we've discussed so far, there's at least one
small solace you can take, they don't squirm around inside
your body, unlike tapeworms! Tapeworms are horrid little things that can be contracted by
eating undercooked meats. If a cow eats grass with
tapeworm eggs on it, they'll hatch in its intestines as larvae, before moving through the
bloodstream to the muscles. There they form hardy cysts. These cysts are killed by cooking the infected meat thoroughly, but if you eat infected beef
without cooking it properly, well, you'll get infected. After being ingested, the cyst will develop into
a fully-fledged tapeworm and live inside your intestines, feeding on nutrients that
should be going to your body. Oh, that's beyond disturbing! It could be much more upsetting, though. In the UK back in 2012, a man was admitted to hospital after suffering from
four years of headaches. And on top of a painful cranium, he'd also been experiencing
strange smells, memory flashbacks, and even seizures! So, what was wrong with him? Well, doctors found out a rare, ribbon-shaped tapeworm had made its way into his brain, yuck! It's believed that
whilst on a trip to China the man probably ingested
some infected meat, but rather than stay in his gut, the worm had somehow furrowed
all the way to his brain! Understandably, this caused
some rather wild symptoms. The invasive house guest
was eventually removed, but the man apparently still suffers residual problems, ugh! Let that be a lesson to
always cook your food people! (page swishing)
Funnel Web Fear. Ah, Australia, the most
beautiful place on Earth that I never want to visit. Partly because it's home to some of the most venomous, aggressive spiders of them
all, Australian funnel webs. These guys will attack
anything that gets too close. And the huge fangs on
one particular species, the Sydney funnel web, are so strong, that
they can pierce leather, meaning yes, they can nip
right through your shoes! So what happens if you do get bitten through your sick kicks? Well, the venom can cause extreme symptoms just minutes after
entering the blood stream. I'm talking vomiting, spasms,
confusion, heart palpitations, and even brain swelling! Without swift treatment,
Sydney funnel web bites can even be lethal, yeesh! Australian native, Ian Beard had a spine-chilling encounter with one of the spooky spiders in 2020. His drain needed to be cleaned out, so he took a small shovel and stuck his arm down it to dig up whatever was clogging it. Bit of a ballsy move, but apparently, he'd done
it hundreds of times before. That day, however, was different. Suddenly, he felt a sharp
shooting pain on his finger and yanked his arm out, to be greeted by a horrifying sight. You guessed it, there was
a funnel web spider on it! His wife immediately called an ambulance, which rushed Ian to
hospital within 20 minutes. It's a good job too, although his condition
was swiftly deteriorating, the antivenom was administered on time to save Ian's life, damn! After the traumatic ordeal, a friend gave him some invaluable advice: - [Friend] Beardy, next
time you're in the garden, put on some bloody gloves. - Narrator] Well said!
(rhythmic music) On that note, I think
I've had about enough horrifying animals for one day! Which one made your skin crawl the most? Let me know down in the comments below and I'll see you next time! Thanks for watching!
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