The Golden Poison Frog is the most venomous animal in the world, followed by the Fugu puffer fish. The frog’s venom is lethal enough to kill 10-20 adult humans and is used by native Colombians to create poisonous darts. The Fugu puffer fish is considered a delicacy in Japan, but if prepared incorrectly, it can be deadly.
The most venomous animal in the world is the Golden Poison Frog (also called the Golden Dart Frog), followed by the Fugu puffer fish. The Latin name of the Golden Poison Frog species is Phyllobates terribilis. Living up to its title of the most venomous animal in the world, the Golden Poison Frog is so lethal that mice and dogs have been known to die walking on a paper towel previously touched by the frog. The Golden Poison Frog does not generate its venom itself, but obtains it from consuming beetles of the Melyridae family. It is currently unknown whether these beetles are actually more venomous than the frog that consumes them, but they may actually deserve the title of the world’s most venomous animal.
A single golden poison frog contains enough venom to kill 10-20 adult humans, while pufferfish have enough venom to kill about 30 humans. The golden poison frog is considered more poisonous because its venom is many times more lethal by weight. Both poisons are more than 1200 times more lethal than cyanide. The golden poison frog is found on the Pacific coast of Colombia, while the fugu pufferfish is cosmopolitan.
As the most venomous animal, the golden poison frog has an interesting relationship with humans, as does the fugu pufferfish. The Golden Poison Frog is the main source used by native Colombians to create poisonous darts. The frog is caught between sticks, then held near a fire. Under stress, the frog begins to release poison profusely in the form of small droplets that ooze out of its skin. These drops are placed on the head of poisoned darts or arrows, then used to hunt prey. Poisoned in this way, these darts can bring down anything.
The fugu puffer’s relationship to humans is that it is considered a delicacy of sushi in Japan. Some specific parts of fugu are not poisonous and can be extracted and included in a plate of sushi by an expert chef. If the chef gets his cuts wrong, the patron dies. Several people die from it every year. However, small amounts of the poison cause the gourmet to experience a unique tingling sensation on the tongue, which probably contributes to the legend of it as a Japanese delicacy.
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