10 Adorable Animals That Do Terrifying Things

 

Some animals are dangerously cute—and we mean that literally. Some of these critters like cute enough to cuddle, but with secret deadly defenses. Join Michael Aranda for a new Animal-centered episode of SciShow! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Kathy & Tim Philip, Kevin Bealer, Andreas Heydeck, Thomas J., Accalia Elementia, Will and Sonja Marple. James Harshaw, Justin Lentz, Chris Peters, Bader AlGhamdi, Benny, Tim Curwick, Philippe von Bergen, Patrick Merrithew, Fatima Iqbal, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Patrick D. Ashmore, and charles george. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/natures-and-cultures-of-cuteness https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3260535/ Pufferfish: http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/13/10/6384/htm http://io9.gizmodo.com/5879406/how-the-puffer-fish-gets-you-high-zombifies-you-and-kills-you Poison dart frog: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150422-the-worlds-most-poisonous-animal Slow loris: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/only-primate-toxic-bite-might-have-evolved-mimic-cobras-180952926/?no-ist http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852360/ https://primatology.net/2010/10/19/are-slow-lorises-really-venomous/ Platypus: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1874391908002066 Spiny mice: http://news.discovery.com/animals/spiny-mouse-skin-peels-and-reseals-120926.htm http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v489/n7417/full/nature11499.html Dolphins: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160204-cute-and-cuddly-dolphins-are-secretly-murderers http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/1568539053627712 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1689180/pdf/9699310.pdf Sea otters: https://www.fort.usgs.gov/sites/default/files/products/publications/2183/2183.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235930282_Behavior_of_Territorial_Male_Sea_Otters_Enhydra_lutris_in_Prince_William_Sound_Alaska http://jeb.biologists.org/content/217/12/2029.2.full Ducks: http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2009/12/22/ballistic-penises-and-corkscrew-vaginas-the-sexual-battles/ Moon snail: http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/exhibits/marine-panel/moon-snail/ http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01770p040.pdf Ladybugs: http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/content/24/3/723.full http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC524671/ http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150506-the-truth-about-ladybirds Images: Pufferfish: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diodon_nicthemerus.jpg#/media/File:Diodon_nicthemerus.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fugu_sashimi.jpg#/media/File:Fugu_sashimi.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pufferfish_(Butete).jpg#/media/File:Pufferfish_(Butete).jpg Poison dart frog: https://flic.kr/p/7BnTKq https://flic.kr/p/gRYCXh https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APoison_dart_frog_229.JPG Slow loris: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACaptive_N._bengalensis_from_Laos_with_6-week_baby.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sublingua_of_a_slow_loris_001.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slow_Loris.jpg Platypus: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APlatypus_spur.JPG Spiny mice: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sinaistachelmaus.jpg#/media/File:Sinaistachelmaus.jpg Dolphins: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AScarred_bottlenose_dolphin_cromarty_firth_2006.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bottlenose_dolphin_with_young.JPG#/media/File:Bottlenose_dolphin_with_young.JPG Sea otters: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASea_otters_holding_hands.jpg Ducks: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABucephala-albeola-010.jpg https://flic.kr/p/5PfMWH https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMale_and_Female_mallard_ducks.jpg Moon snail: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASnail_hole_(5633251669).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_Snail.jpg#/media/File:Moon_Snail.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMarstonia_comalensis_radula.png Ladybugs: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACoccinella_magnifica01.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P-14_lady_beetle.jpg#/media/File:P-14_lady_beetle.jpg