Dangerous organisms
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This is a list of organisms that are dangerous to humans. For convenience, "organisms" includes viruses, in addition to animals, plants and others.
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Animals that attack and eat humans
- Oceanic whitetip shark
- Lion
- Tiger
- Brown Bear
- Polar Bear
- Hyena
- Komodo dragon
- Army ants (maybe)
- Piranha (maybe)
- Crocodile - Saltwater Crocodile is the most common threat to human life.
- Mosquito
Animals that injure humans in self defense
- Cape Buffalo
- Cattle
- Hippopotamus
- Black Bear
- Cassowary
- Elephant
- Rhinoceros
- Horse
- Wolf
- Dog
- Anaconda (maybe)
- Whale (maybe)
- Ostrich
- Walrus
- Warthog
- Electric Eel
Venomous biting animals
Snakes
- Cobra
- Copperhead
- Coral snake
- Cottonmouth (Water moccasin)
- Rattlesnake
- Viper
- Taipan
- Brown snake
- Death adder
- Mamba
Spiders
Other
Venomous non-biting animals
Jellyfish
Polyp
Amphibian
Fish
Insects
Mammals
Poisonous plants
- Hemlock
- Datura stramonium (Jimsonweed)
- Deadly nightshade
Poisonous fungi
- Amanita (several species of this genus)
- Galerina autumnalis
Worms
- Schistosoma
- Trichinella spiralis (Trichinosis)
- Cestoda (tapeworm)
Protozoa
Bacteria
- Escherichia coli
- Shigella
- Salmonella
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Vibrio cholerae (cholera)
- Yersinia pestis (plague)
Viruses
- HIV/AIDS
- Influenza
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