by Paulette Redemske

Created on: May 16, 2008

The most deadly animal alive can most definitely make your imagination go wild and your blood run icy cold in your veins! Since animals have virtually no weapons they just use what nature has provided them with, claws, fangs, powerful jaws; with scenes of small prey being mauled then eaten by a large predator can make your very soul quiver with the expectation of lingering pain, your sympathy goes out to even the pesky rodents.

With visions of prey being torn limb from limb, grotesque images may fill the mind of big cats with raking claws like that of a raptor and let's not forget those massive canine teeth meant to pierce the arteries or close the muzzle of their prey suffocating them.

Or perhaps the wolf, another legendary hunter that is both feared and revered. Fear of the wolf, with glowing eyes coupled with snarling lips, exposing those huge canine fangs can make a brave mans blood run cold. Animals, like the wolf live in packs, taking down their prey in a group effort.

Watching the cycle called the food chain from the comfort of safe home, nature seems brutal, unfair and without discrimination. The savage attacks make some turn away with disgust. These deadly animals hunt and kill for food not pleasure. The weak, the old the lame fall victim, the predators cull the herds leaving them healthy and strong. They serve a purpose in the circle of life as this drama plays out over and over again.

Since we are discussing deadly animals we can put our minds to rest about razor sharp teeth that can sear a seal in half with one bite from a great white, or the death throws of the gator rolling over in murky swampy water. We don't have to think about the bullet ant, or army ant. We don't have to consider the writhing snake or the lethal spider. Adapt killers are also raptors, in other words birds of prey like the eagle, hawk and owl. After all we are discussing deadly animals, the most deadly one.

So what exactly would be the most dangerous animal today?

It is one that savagely protects its territory, hordes the natural resources of nature. It has no natural predator to hunt it, but it does turn on its own kind. It hunts not only for food but for trophies and fun. This animal is very intelligent; after all it has to be because it is one of the weakest of nature's creatures.

This animal covers the earth, adapting to all climates, changing the landscape to meet its needs. Although it can be compassionate it can be just as cruel to its own kind as well any species that it

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