10 Deadly Animals that Fit in a Breadbox: Quick Facts

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Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa).

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

pygmy slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus)

Starry puffer fish (Arothron stellatus).

Blue arrow-poison frogs (Dendrobates azureus).

Cone shell (Conus textile)

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