As the archetypal bumper-sticker proclaims: "Being Paranoid Doesn't Mean that They Aren't Out to Get You." The world of the paranoiac is nothing but a teetering rock slide - impending destruction always hovering just a moment away. Some have suggested that a daily tablespoon full of this viewpoint can actually be a survival trait: In our capricious and elaborate world a certain degree of suspicion and caution will allow us to live to be frightened another day.
The deadliest (and easy to miss) critters lurk in dark silence, ready to strike with either the barest of warnings or none at all - and with absolutely fatal venom.
1. The Cone Snail: can kill you in less than 4 minutes
2. Poison Arrow Frog: Lethal Touch
3. The lazy clown of the insect world.
5. Stone Fish waits for you to step on it
As you can see it's very hard to notice on the ocean floor:
6. Box Jellyfish should really be called the "coffin" jellyfish