World's deadliest rat, which can kill an elephant with one bite
Lophiomys imhausi, also known as the crested rat, the maned rat, and the African crested rat, is a deadly rarity says Aoife Glass.
This has two purposes. The first, like a skunk, is to display warning colouration. The second is to reveal those specially adapted hairs, which contain enough toxin to make any animal that decides to take a bite extremely ill, if not fatally poisoned. Crested rats seem to be mostly solitary, sometimes living within a small family group of male, female and offspring. Female crested rats have small litters of between one to three offspring.Despite its fearsome reputation, the crested rat’s diet of choice mostly consists of plant material such as leaves and fruit, though it has been known to eat meat, insects and root vegetables.
These toxic and highly poisonous crabs are capable of killing a human with just tiny amount of toxin - and there's no antidote! First, Lophiomys imhausi feeds on the bark of the African poison arrow tree, Acokanthera schimperi. The bark, as well as the roots, stems, leaves and seeds of this tree, contain acovenoside A and ouabaine; these are heart stimulating chemicals, called cardenolides.
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