What is the most poisonous living organism?

Answer 1

That designation may belong to the scorpion of which there are several varieties. Stings from the most dangerous of the scorpions (listed below) can cause death within minutes of the bite.

Cape Thick Tailed Scorpion

Short-handed Thick Tailed Scorpion

Granulated Thick Tailed Scorpion

Common Yellow Scorpion

it could also be the Black Widow Spider. It has enough venom to kill 150 humans.

Answer 2

That is really three questions in one. It could mean which insect has the most poisonous sting, which insect has the most dangerous poison but does not sting, or which insect causes the highest mortality rate. Firstly the most poisonous sting insect. In the USA alone 23 people a year die from bee and wasp stings. Usually an insect's sting is quite harmless for humans and only a slight skin reaction occurs, but a few people suffer very severe reactions. When stung, a few people can go into anaphylactic shock and experience difficulty breathing, difficulty in swallowing, a sharp fall in blood pressure, collapse, unconsciousness and even death. The most dangerous insect in this category is the honey bee, and accounts for as many human deaths as all the species of snake cause put together. However, nearly all of the deaths caused by these insects are due to allergic reactions and not to the venom itself. The insect that has the most potent poison belongs to the ants in the Pogonomyrmex genus. This tiny little insect can kill a 2kg mammal (such as a rat or a rabbit) with only twelve stings. These ants could kill a human with between 350 to 450 stings, without an allergic reaction taking place. To put this in perspective, to get the same reaction from a honey bee, it would take well over 10,000 stings. Now for the most poisonous insect that does can not sting. These are only dangerous in they are ingested or touched. There are a few caterpillars in this category and two groups of beetle, but the most poisonous is the Blister Beetle. There are around 2000 species of blister beetle worldwide, and when they occur in large numbers they can cause a large problem for livestock. The Blister Beetle produces a toxin called Cantharidin, a chemical that cause blistering on the skin and if eaten also inside the intestine tissue. These beetles live in grass and hay, the natural food source for many animals and when they are eaten by these grazers, it can cause them serious harm. A cow or horse need only eat 10 or so beetles accidentally to become seriously ill, and this is likely to kill the animal. However, the Blister Beetle might be the most toxic, but it is not the insect that causes the most deaths. This title belongs to the Mosquito, but how does it kill with out venom or poison? The Mosquito carries many potentially dangerous diseases and as the move from one person, or animal, to another, they infect the new host with these diseases. The Mosquito with the most infamous reputation is that of the Anopheles genus. In Africa alone this tiny insect kills one child under the age of five every thirty seconds. That totals around 3000 every day and nearly one and half million in a single year. The mosquito is also known for transmitting malaria and this claims the lives of around one to three million people every year. Even if a person survives the first stages of malaria, it is a disease that they will have to battle for the rest of their lives, and will most probably result in death years after the first infection. It is commonly agreed that malaria is one of the top killers in the world, and the main cause of infection results from the tiny mosquito. So the insect with the most poisonous sting is the Honey Bee, the insect with the most toxic poison is the Blister Beetle, although this is only dangerous if eaten, but the insect that causes the most deaths is the common Mosquito.

Answer 3

This is a contentious distinction. Some competitors are

box jelly fish, blue bottle jellyfish, mushrooms, toadstools, Cobras, Coral snakes. Stone fish, puffer fish.

The most poisons organism in the world that we know of is the Black Mamba snake from Africa. Can kill 200 adults with one bite.

Answer 4

Insects already creep some people out and they can be deadly too. The Asian Hornet is very large and it's venom can dissolve tissue. Fire ants can kill if you are bitten by enough of them. The kissing bug sounds harmless, but is responsible for thousands of deaths each year.

Answer 5

The box jellyfish is considered one of the most poisonous living organisms. Its venom can cause extreme pain, heart problems, and even death in humans.

Answer 6

Its the asian giant hornet then the mosquito which has 2.3 milliion deaths

Answer 7

Mosquito because of its ability to spread diseases fast over large areas

Answer 8

Indian Red Scorpion (Buthus tamulus) is the most venomous arthropod in the world. It's toxin -- called iberiotoxin -- has a LD50 of 5 micrograms.

Answer 9

The red velvet ant (cow killer) the red velvet ant is a wasp. Males have wings but females don't.

Answer 10

a spider of some sort