A honey badger vs. a wolverine.
That’d be well to see.
I know. I just thought it was funny how people were listing all these generally scary animals that almost everyone would avoid like the plaque in the wild and then you list a giant circus seal that in the wild is as harmless as a lab puppy.
That and being out in Kenya and South Africa twice on safari. Commom knowledge among the trackers. They actually plot and plan late night rampages on villages in the middle of the night..imagine that. Literally bust down the door or break the windows and kill these people in their beds. No joke.
Elephants are the most powerful and dangerous animals on land. They have the intelligence that we do, they have emotions that we do and they have one hell of a temper if you cross them. When you spend time out in the bush you will learn that if an elephant has your number out there, he or she will kill you and all of your pals. Doesn`t matter how fast you can run... he will track you by scent with greatest of ease.
Fascination scale is a 10.
honey badger is quite interesting
what made him invulnerable to the snake's venom?
Like the mongoose (and a few other animals), they are more or less immune to a normal snake bite.
Here is a copy and paste job:
Cobra venom is a nerve poison that works by binding to muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR). By doing so, the bite victim's own neurotransmitters (in this case acetylocholine) cannot bind to the same receptors. When that happens, the nerve that may control muscles cannot receive signals from the brain or elsewhere and therefore would not respond to the signals to move. That results in paralysis of the muscles, which in turn may stop the victim from breathing. Needless to say, the victim cannot live long without breathing.
Some animals, such as mongooses and cobras, have slight mutations in their nAChR receptors, so that the venom will not bind to them, and therefore the venom cannot block the transmission of signals from the brain or other parts of the nervous system (such as the spinal cord) to the muscles. The victim is therefore unaffected by the cobra venom and can move and breathe freely. Honey badgers are not closely related to mongooses, but if a similar mutation has occurred in this species, it too can be immune to cobra venom.
honey badger is quite interesting
what made him invulnerable to the snake's venom?
Pure speed. No animal on the planet is immune to snake venom. Not even the lightning fast mongoose. Sometimes the snake will bite and shock the predator without releasing venom. All defense.
That`s why baby venomous snakes are the most dangerous. They don1t know how to guage the size of the attack, they deliver the full capacity dose on every strike. Adults do not do it.
Pure speed. No animal on the planet is immune to snake venom. Not even the lightning fast mongoose.
“The mongoose is resistant to snake neurotoxins. The mongoose muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) alpha-subunit contains a number of mutations in the ligand-binding domain and exhibits poor binding of alpha-bungarotoxin (alpha-BTX). We characterized the functional properties of a hybrid (alpha-mongoose/beta gamma delta-rat) AChR. Hybrid AChRs, expressed in Xenopus oocytes, respond to acetylcholine with depolarizing current, the mean maximal amplitude of which was greater than that mediated by the rat AChR. The IC50 of alpha-BTX to the hybrid AChR was 200-fold greater than that of the rat, suggesting much lower affinity for the toxin. Hybrid AChRs exhibited an apparent higher rate of desensitization and higher affinity for ACh (EC50 1.3 vs. 23.3 microM for the rat AChR). Hence, changes in the ligand-binding domain of AChR not only affect the binding properties of the receptor, but also result in marked changes in the characteristics of the current.”
-National Center for Biotechnology Information
Also where are you are seeing that elephants kill more people in Africa each year than any other large animal? Everything I saw said it was the hippo.
The mosquito actually kills more humans a year, roughly 2 million.
I saw a show on animal planet that said the elephant killed more people then hippos.
True, which is why I put “large animal.” 
Link? I’ve done a quick search online and everything I’ve found said hippo.
Like the mongoose (and a few other animals), they are more or less immune to a normal snake bite.
Here is a copy and paste job:
Cobra venom is a nerve poison that works by binding to muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR). By doing so, the bite victim's own neurotransmitters (in this case acetylocholine) cannot bind to the same receptors. When that happens, the nerve that may control muscles cannot receive signals from the brain or elsewhere and therefore would not respond to the signals to move. That results in paralysis of the muscles, which in turn may stop the victim from breathing. Needless to say, the victim cannot live long without breathing.
Some animals, such as mongooses and cobras, have slight mutations in their nAChR receptors, so that the venom will not bind to them, and therefore the venom cannot block the transmission of signals from the brain or other parts of the nervous system (such as the spinal cord) to the muscles. The victim is therefore unaffected by the cobra venom and can move and breathe freely. Honey badgers are not closely related to mongooses, but if a similar mutation has occurred in this species, it too can be immune to cobra venom.
Pretty vague and speculative that paste. A cobra strike on any mongoose and that animal would be dead in less than 15 seconds. Bet my life on it. Maybe some have developed a slight immunity depending on the amount of venom injected but no way in hell.
The Animal Planet program that Cd is talking about aired a few months ago. Clearly stated the human death number Els responsible for in Africa as #1.
They live on land not in the water, so do humans.
Actually thats not true. On another show on animal planet, they said the house cat is the only animal that kills for fun and not for food.
I cant remember what the number was, but it was a staggering one.
Actually thats not true. On another show on animal planet, they said the house cat is the only animal that kills for fun and not for food.
Was that Cats 101 or Natures Most Extreme? I remember hearing that fact. Thought it was pretty funny and obviously true.
I cant remember what the number was, but it was a staggering one.
Pretty vague and speculative that paste. A cobra strike on any mongoose and that animal would be dead in less than 15 seconds. Bet my life on it. Maybe some have developed a slight immunity depending on the amount of venom injected but no way in hell.
The Animal Planet program that Cd is talking about aired a few months ago. Clearly stated the human death number Els responsible for in Africa as #1.
They live on land not in the water, so do humans.
Of course you are entitled to your opinion, but I’m going to trust the scientific community on this one.
I would think if the elephant did kill more people each year than the hippo there would be something to substantiate it other than an animal planet program. I searched online and everything I found said it was the hippo.
Hell, I went on safari in Zimbabwe and all the guys there said it was the hippo was well.
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