In fact, alligators don't even place in the to 10 deadliest animals to humans. But the animal most commonly responsible for human deaths around the world may surprise you. Produced by Rob Ludacer ...

To this day, insects smaller than a child’s thumbnail remain the most dangerous nonhuman animals on the planet. Start with their physical equipment, especially in the mosquitoes that are the ...

and the blue-ringed octopuses are among the animals that you do not want to mess with. We spoke with Steve Trim at Venomtech who helped us rank some of the deadliest bites to humans on Earth.

The female Anopheles mosquito may well be the most dangerous creature on Earth. When she lands on human skin, she sucks up blood through her needle-shaped mouth and injects saliva into the wound.