Most Destructive Animals

In Indonesia, an angry mob attacked crocodiles with axes after one of the animals killed a local man.

Crocodile 

In Indonesia, an angry mob attacked crocodiles with axes after one of the animals killed a local man.

Cone snail

Mosquitoes, the Culicidae, are a family of small flies consisting of 3,600 species.

Mosquito

Tsetse are large, biting flies that inhabit much of tropical Africa. Tsetse flies include all the species in the genus Glossina, which are placed in their own family, Glossinidae.

Tsetse fly

While we usually describe elephants as gentle giants with a regal walk, elephants, when provoked or threatened, can become really aggressive.

Elephant

It has a muscular, broad-chested body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail.

Lion

Sharks are apex predators in the ocean and, although attacks are rare, they can be fatal.

Sharks

Ascaris is a parasitic roundworm that infects the intestines of humans.

Ascaris lumbricoides

The assassin bug, also called the kissing bug, is responsible for carrying Chagas disease, which kills about 12,000 people a year on average.

Assassin Bug