World's Top Ten Poisonous Animals List With Pics

World's Top Ten Poisonous Animals List With Pics

1. Jelly Fish

This is a list of the 10 most deadly animals found on land and in water. While some may seem innocuous – especially number 1, they lead to millions of deaths every year. From least, to worst, the list:

Check out 9 more such Poisonous Animals in the World after the jump.

2. King Cobra

3. Marbled Cone Snail

4. Blue Ringed Octopus

5. Deathstalker Scorpion

6. Stone Fish

7. Wandering Spider

8. Inland Taipan

9. Dart Frog

10. Puffer Fish

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Giant Weta - Planet`s Heaviest Insect (images)

Giant Weta - Planet`s Heaviest Insect (images)

Giant wetas are species of weta in the genus Deinacrida of the family Anostostomatidae. Giant wetas are endemic to New Zealand.

There are 11 species of giant weta, most of which are significantly larger than other weta, despite already being large by insect standards. They are heavy insects with a body length of up to 10 cm (4 in) not inclusive of its lengthy legs and antennae, and weigh more than 71 g (2.5 oz), making it one of the heaviest documented insects in the world and heavier than a sparrow. The largest species of giant weta is the Little Barrier Island giant weta also known as the wetapunga. Giant weta tend to be less social and more passive than other weta. Their genus name, Deinacrida, is Greek for terrible grasshopper. They are found primarily on New Zealand offshore islands, having been almost exterminated on the mainland islands by introduced mammalian pests.Check out some more facts and 9 more images on Giant Weta after the jump.

Not all Giant Weta are giant. They are 'Giant Weta' by species but not necessarily by size. For example, the Nelson Alpine Weta weighs around 7 grams on average, and the Kaikoura Weta can weigh up to 15 grams. The smaller species of Giant Weta have an advantage over the bigger Giant Weta because they find it easier to hide from predators.

Giant Weta facts:

• The Little Barrier Island Weta, or 'Wetapunga' as it was known to the Maori, is one of the largest and heaviest insects in the world,

• The largest weta recorded was a female and it weighed around THREE TIMES heavier than a mouse! (71 grams),

• The Maori named the Little Barrier Island Giant Weta, ‘Wetapunga’, which means ‘god of ugly things’,

• The gentle giant of the insect world, the Giant weta prefers a vegetarian diet,

• The Giant weta often lives under rocks and bush floor debris,

• The Giant weta is so heavy that it cannot jump,

• The weta is sometimes known as the dinosaur of the insect world,

• The weta has changed very little in the past 100 MILLION YEARS!,

• At around two years old the female will lay 100-300 eggs. The parents will die before the weta eggs hatch 3-5 months later.

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Amazing Tree Drago

Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands Dragon Tree or Drago is a subtropical Dragon Tree native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, Azores, and locally in western Morocco. This tree is the natural symbol of the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), together with the Fringilla teydea.

The tree is characterised by a single or multiple trunk growing up to 12 m tall (rarely more), with a dense umbrella-shaped canopy of thick leaves. It grows slowly, requiring about ten years to reach 1 m tall. Young trees remain with only a single stem; branching occurs when the tree flowers, when two side shoots at the base of the flower panicle continue the growth as a fork in the stem. Being monocotyledonous, Dracaena draco does not display annual rings and age can only be estimated by the number of branch forking occurrences (indicating the number of flowering episodes) and measuring the frequency of flowering (less than annual). Some specimens are believed to be up to 650 years old; the oldest is growing at Icod de los Vinos in northwest Tenerife.

The recently discovered wild populations in western Morocco have been described as a separate subspecies, Dracaena draco subsp. ajgal. Some of the plants on Gran Canaria are referred to a separate species Dracaena tamaranae, which is more closely related to East African and Arabian Dracaena.

When the bark or leaves are cut it secretes a reddish resin, one of the sources of the substance known as Dragon’s blood.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Most Beautiful Underwater Animals

The most beautiful, Amazing and wonderfull pics of underwater world. 

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