10 Scary Looking Harmless Animals In The World

10 Scary Looking Harmless Animals In The World

Being small or looking beautiful doesn’t mean that the animal is harmless. Small mosquitoes and attractive box jelly fishes comes under the list of world’s most dangerous animal species. At the same time many frightening looking animals never attack human beings or other animals.

1. Giant African Millipede

Giant African Millipedes are one of the largest millipedes in the world. It grows up to a length of 15 inches and is 4 inches in thickness, and looks like a small snake. In real world they are harmless herbivores, can’t bite and can’t sting. Millipedes coil it’s long body into a spiral shape when it faces the predators.

African Millipedes have 250 legs, movement of these small legs seems very attractive. They live in moist soil, under rocks of rain forest in various parts of Africa. The dead leaves are the main food of millipedes, it is also called as nutrient recyclers because of this habit.

2. Goliath Birdeater

It is the second largest spider species in the world, native to rain forest of South America. Their hairy body and legs makes them scary, but not at all harmful for humans. When faces any threat these spiders rub their abdomen using legs, makes an irritation to skin.

In fact Goliath Birdeater have venom, but not lethal for human beings. As they don’t have teeth, this species of spider inject it’s saliva into the body of prey, which breaks down it’s tissues so that the spider can have it easily.

3. Milk Snake

Milk Snakes are species of king snake, mainly found within the region of South Eastern Canada. The resemblance of this snake with venomous coral snake makes wrong assumptions on many people that it is a harmful snake. It helps milk snakes to keep away many predators and this species of snakes is completely harmless.



It is quite hard to recognize the variation in color pattern of coral and milk snakes. The red color next to black are milk snakes and red next to yellow are coral snakes. They feed on insects, earthworms and slugs.

4. Camel Spider

There is a myth that exists about Camel Spiders in Middle Eastern countries for a long time that they have size up to half of a grown man and they eat human flesh. They are actually not when it comes within family of spiders, member of arachnids class. They only have size of few inches and not deadly to humans.



Camel Spiders can travel at a speed of about 10 miles per hour. They have very strong jaws and seize the preys easily, feeds on insects, rodents, lizards and small birds.

5. Manta Ray

It is the largest one of all species of rays in ocean, found within the sub tropical and tropical waters. Thy grow up to a size of 25 feet, have large forward facing mouth and fins. Manta Rays are completely harmless, even though they are large in size, also known as devil fish.



Divers swim along with them in tropical waters. They travel over deep sea alone or in group, sometimes associate with other species of fish. Small fishes are main food of Manta Rays.

6. Vultures

The frightening appearance, eating dead bodies, terrifying wingspan makes vultures too scary. But in real world it is harmless, won’t attack living bodies. Vultures have sharp beaks and claws, but they used these tools only for cutting down the dead animal bodies.



They are highest flyers in the birds species. They also travel long distances in searching for food. Vultures also have strong stomach, can digest 90% of bones within the food.

7. Aye Aye

Aye Aye are world’s largest nocturnal primate found within Madagascar. They have long bushy tail, round and big eyes, dark color and slender fingers which overall makes it look like a devil. But Aye Aye are gentle and harmless in nature.



The long middle finger is the main tool of Aye Aye, which makes it easy to move across tree branches, also to pick larvae and insects beneath the bark of trees. But the natives of Madagascar believes that if they point it’s finger at anyone it is a death sentence. Because of this reason they kill this gentle animal on sight.

8. Vampire Bat

The only flying mammal in the world that feed on blood, rest in dark caves, have sharp teeth and scary looking face. Human attack by Vampire Bat is very rare, they suck blood from cattle bodies. At the same time they never suck enough blood to cause death for their host.



Vampire Bats live in colonies that have members of up to 1000. They usually roam in midnight and use their razor sharp teeth to suck blood from bodies of cows, goats and other birds. The saliva of this bat also prevent blood from clotting.

9. Gharial

Gharials are member of Gavialidae Crocodile family, which looks exactly like crocodiles. But Gharials have long narrow snouts, native to the Indian subcontinent. Unlike other members of crocodile family they never attack on humans or other large animals. In fact their jaws can’t hold any large animals.



The elongated narrow snout of Gharial holds 110 sharp teeth. But they never attack on other animals, and use this tool to catch fishes, frogs and insects.

10. Basking Shark

Basking Sharks are the second largest fish in the world. They grow up to a length of 33 feet, this large size and wide open mouth makes it to look so dangerous. Actually they are filter feeders and not at all aggressive, fishes are its main food, and they never attack humans.



Their snout have a conical shape, which helps to open the mouth so widely. Basking Sharks open their mouth while they travel in sea and their body filter out all water. In that way Basking Sharks get enough food. They spend most of the time feeding at surface of ocean. During winter season they go to deep ocean.