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10 Deadly Animals that Fit in a Breadbox
Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Gila Monster
  • Tsetse Fly
  • Stonefish
  • Boomslang
  • Slow Loris
  • Puffer Fish
  • Poison Frog
  • Cone Shell
  • Sea Wasp
  • Mosquito
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mosquito gila monster tsetse fly 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) sea wasp

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mosquito
gila monster
tsetse fly
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)
sea wasp
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