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Description: From the Electric Eel to the Blue-ringed Octopus & Box Jellyfish this sealife is dangerous &deadly. Find out which oceans creatures you have to stay away from in the top 10 deadliest ocean creatures. SUBSCRIBE for the latest videos: goo.gl/7xzjzR #10. Electric Eel These creatures grow between 6 to 8 feet long and are typically distributed across northern South America. Despite the fact that they live in the ocean, they are air breathers. They can be solitary or they can hunt in packs. Electric eels are infamous for being able to generate electric currents. They have three pairs of abdominal organs that generate electricity. These organs make up four-fifths of their body and give electric eels the ability to generate two types of electric organ discharges: low voltage and high voltage. These voltages are used for hunting or for warding off predators. #9. Flower Urchin The flower urchin is the most commonly encountered species of urchin in the ocean. It can typically be found in coral reefs, seagrass beds, and rocky or sandy environments at depths of up to 295 ft. Even though it typically feeds on small organisms like algae, bryozoans, and organic detritus, it is capable of delivering extremely painful and extremely dangerous stings. Its venom has several components and can cause symptoms like fever, blurry vision, weakness, slowed breathing, and death. #8. Cone snail Cone snails are a group of predatory snails that can be found in warm or tropical oceans and seas worldwide. They live in or near coral reefs. They use a radula tooth as a harpoon-like structure for predation. This barbed structure injects venom known as conotoxins into victims. These conotoxins are quite potent and cause symptoms like paralysis, blurry vision, and respiratory failure leading up to death. #7. Blue-ringed Octopus There are many different types of octopuses in the ocean, but the blue-ringed octopus is the most dangerous of them all. They grow between 5 to 8 inches in size and they are found in tide pools and coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans, from Japan to Australia. Despite the small size of this creature, it carries enough venom to kill 26 adult humans. The venom can result in nausea, respiratory arrest, heart failure, severe and sometimes total paralysis, blindness, and can lead to death within minutes if not treated. #6. Box Jellyfish Like octopuses, not all jellyfish are dangerous. However, the box jellyfish happens to be one of the most dangerous creatures in the world. Stings from these species are extremely painful and can lead to death. They can grow up to 8 inches in length, have tentacles up to ten feet long, and can weigh up to 5 pounds. They typically hunt small fish and can move as fast as 5 miles per hour when hunting. #5. Stingrays Stingrays have had a bad rep ever since they took the life of Steve Irwin, one of the most beloved wildlife experts in history. These creatures are cartilaginous fishes that are related to sharks. They can typically be found in tropical and subtropical waters around the world. What makes them dangerous is their venom, which they deliver through the stinger for which they are named. This venom is relatively understudied but has been known to cause death in humans. #4. Sea Snakes Sea snakes aren’t just land snakes that live in the sea. Rather, they are a little anatomically and physiologically different from their land counterparts. For one, they are flatter along the lateral plane, allowing them to swim better. They also have paddle-like tails and happen to grow between 4 to 5 feet in length. The largest species have been known to reach lengths of up to 10 feet. They are mostly confined to the warm tropical waters of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. #3. Pufferfish Unlike most other creatures on this list, pufferfish are not venomous. Instead, they are poisonous. This means they have no way of getting their toxin into their victims unless their victims eat them. Interestingly, pufferfish are considered a delicacy in certain parts of the world like Japan. When prepared wrong, they have been known to cause symptoms like numbness, swelling, dizziness, vomiting rapid heart rate, decreased blood pressure, and muscle paralysis. If treatment is not given quickly, death will occur. #2. Great White Shark Unlike most other creatures on this list, the great white shark is neither venomous nor poisonous. Rather, it is an apex predator which can tear through damn near everything in its path. #1. Killer Whale Killer whales are also known as Orcas. In spite of their name, they are not whales but are rather dolphins. They are also apex predators and are fantastic at tracking down and killing their prey. Other than minor conflicts with great white sharks, there are few creatures that can give them any trouble. They can grow up to 26 feet long and can weigh up to 8000 pounds.