With tentacles up to 3 metres long, the box jellyfish is a proficient fish predator.
A toxic toxin found in its venom paralyses the body, including the diaphragm, and may induce respiratory failure.
These elegant crustaceans inhabit temperate to tropical waters in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Because they can remain motionless and are skillfully hidden on rocks, coral reefs, or the ocean floor, stonefish are extremely deadly.
Be not fooled by its exquisite patterns or adorable pocket size this family of octopuses from the Pacific and Indian Oceans possesses one of the strongest venoms in the ocean.
The puffer fish, which is also a neurotoxin when eaten, differs significantly from the blue-ringed octopus in that it is regarded as a delicacy and is served as "fugu" on Japanese restaurants.
The likelihood of you being attacked by a stingray is extremely low because these kind animals spend their days gliding about the water and burying sand on the bottom.