Animals are capable of being very cute: beautiful fur, charmingly big eyes, funny features - how can you resist and not pet the animal. Of course, no one in their right mind will go to stroke a crocodile or a lion, but the appearance of handsome men from our list may well bribe. Is meeting lori dangerous? And how!
Cassowary
This bird looks like an ostrich dressed up for a party. Cassowary is found only in the rainforests of Australia and New Guinea, but even there meeting with him will be rather an exception to the rule. The most unpleasant, I must say, exception. Cassowaries have a very developed territorial instinct: finding a stranger on their lands, he becomes extremely aggressive. It is unrealistic to run away from a bird developing about 60 km / h, as well as to survive after being hit by its paw, decorated with curved, dagger-sharp claws.
Bear
Bears are one of the cutest large predators in the world - in the tales of many nations, they are shown as good-natured bumpers, often on the side of the hero. This is rather strange, because it is the bears that are considered one of the few animals capable of specially hunting and killing people. A potential danger is a meeting with any subspecies, and acquaintance with a grizzly or a polar bear will not survive at all.
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Slow lori
The cute, handsome man who looks like a baby Ewok from Star Wars doesn't look dangerous at all. Still, trying to nurse a loris could well cost you your life: it is one of the few venomous mammals in the world. On the elbows of the loris there are special glands that secrete toxin. In case of danger, a cute little eye licks the toxin, and then washes the whole body with his tongue, distributing the poison over the coat. The toxin can cause death from anaphylactic shock.
Elk
Elks prefer to bypass people, but they can become very aggressive at the slightest sign of danger. As a matter of fact, moose attack a person more often than bears and may well beat the enemy to death with their hooves.
Big cats
The subfamily of big cats (Pantherinae) includes cougars, cheetahs, lions, jaguars and other cute-looking but deadly animals of the feline order. In North America, cougars constantly attack lonely tourists and even steal small children from villages.