Africa’s Most deadly Creatures

Africa forges creatures with incredible power. Most of Africa’s population live South of the sahara desert.
One creature reigns supreme. it is the snake. With over 400 species on this continent and 90 venomous.

King Cobra
At 1.5 meters long this is neither the biggest not the longest snake found in africa. It definetley comes close to the title of longest posionous snake. Every year this snake kills more people in South Africa than any other. one bite can kill a human.

The Eastern Green Mamba
Stretching 2 meters long this snake id found in the area between Kenya’s coast all the way down to Zimbabwe. Victims of the green mamba feel a burning pain. Fortunately they avoid humans and only a handful of death have been recorded.

Black Mamba
Far more dangerous that the green mamba is the black mamba found all the way from Ethiopia to Namibia. This sanke hunts in trees and on the ground putting it in contact with people. At speeds of over 5 meters per second this is the world’s fastest snake. While the black mamba kills human there is another snake that kills more.

The puff adder
This snake has a huge range that stretches from west Africa to Southern Africa. People aint this snakes onlt casualties, dogs and cats as well as livestock also fall victim to this creature.

The Nile Crocodile
Every year this kills more people that crocodiles and Aligators in other parts of the world combined. Growing upto 6 meters and weighing upto a tonne. This allows it to hunt a wide range of animals. Zebra, Antelop, Wildebeest and even buffalo.

Hippo
When this 3.5 tonne creature slips i water it can stay under for 30 minutes. Only one predator will hunt a hippo, a pride of lions. Hippos can run 30km/h Hippos have tusks that are capable of even biting a crocodile in half.
They come with breath so bad its actually considered to be part of their armoury.
An adult female is the most dangerous to man. With a calf to protect, female hippos have been known to kill villagers who venture close.

Cape buffalo
This grazer weighs a tonne and spends 18 hours a day grazing, but when provoked this animal can be deadly to lions and hunters. Buffalos have know know to actively kill lion cubs. 100 years ago buffalo roamed all over Africa. The only thing more dangerous than a herd of buffalo is a single buffalo.

African Rock Python
Unlike other snakes this one kills its victims by sheer muscle power. Ever adaptable, pytons that live near water feed on fish. Scores of teeth suize the prey. The python can swallow upto 60kg of prey. After which it can go without food for more than a year.

Elephants
Weighing more than a truck this can crush with a misplaced foot. Humans have pushed elephants to the brink and now there are pusing back. Once they roamed all over Africa today roads and farms have impeded their migration paths forcing them to compete with human for water and food source. In 1990’s more than 200 people were killed by elephants in Kenya alone.

Hyenas
As they stalk in the dark they laugh causing fear and panick on the African plains. The spotted hyena once dismissed as a fearful creature is today recogonised as a dangerous creature. They eat anything and every part of their prey.

Scorpions
There are more than 1200 species of these in Africa. The most dangerous found in the sahara desert. Their pacers snatch their victims mainly insects. The effects of their sting delivers fevers, convultions and increased blood pressure that can kill victims in minutes.

Lions
With upto 250 kg of muscle this is Africa’s largest carnivore. Hunting alone or in prides, no creature says Africa better than a lion and there is no creature this cat won’t tackle. Elephants or even man.