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10 Deadly Animals that Fit in a Breadbox: Media

Tiny terrors of the animal kingdom.

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mosquito
A mosquito is an opportunistic insect. It produces as many offspring as possible...
© Yaroslav Gnatuk/Fotolia
gila monster
© cglade—iStock/Getty Images Plus
tsetse fly
Tsetse fly (Glossina brevipalpis).
Anthony Bannister—NHPA/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa).
Douglas Faulkner/Sally Faulkner Collection
Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)
Dade Thornton—The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers
pygmy slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus)
Pygmy slow lorises (Nycticebus pygmaeus) in the hands of a biologist during...
PRNewsFoto/Moody Gardens/AP Images
Starry puffer fish (Arothron stellatus).
Douglas Faulkner
Blue arrow-poison frogs (Dendrobates azureus).
© kikkerdirk/Fotolia
Cone shell (Conus textile)
Douglas Faulkner
sea wasp
Sea wasp (Chironex fleckeri).
World Life Research Institute
Aedes mosquito
Female Aedes mosquito biting a person.
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