11 most terrifying cannibalistic animals

Cannibalism is not a rare phenomenon in the animal world. According to scientists, there are now more than 1,500 animal species with cannibalistic behavior. These carnivorous species are both terrestrial and underwater.

Sand tiger shark

Undoubtedly, sharks are one of the most classy assassins in nature. They were born with killer instincts right from the womb.

In the breeding season, an adult female tiger shark may normally have 6-7 embryos in its womb, however, only one will exist. The first baby born will eat the juveniles still in the eggshell. It then continued to attack and finish the unfertilized eggs in the mother's womb. With a high protein content obtained from the first meal, this calf can be up to 3 feet long. With such a body, sand tiger sharks are not afraid of being disturbed by any animal in the ocean.

Prairie civet (aka grass squirrel)

The Prairie is the most frightening and cutest mass cannibal that you know.

Thanks to the work of behavioral ecologist John Hoogland, we learned that some of the steppe plots had these scary behaviors. Fortunately, not all these cute animals do the same.

'We found that most females were mate, but very few of them were weaned' - John Hoogland, who started studying rodents since 1974, said.

Researchers found that some females went into the cave of other blood relatives and when they crawled up they often had blood on their faces.'We see most of the juveniles have been eaten down there , ' Hoogland said.

'The fact that children kill offspring of other females in the family to increase their chances of surviving their offspring is an extreme competitive action' - Hoogland said.

In that sense, this is indeed a carnivorous world of the prairie civet.

Sugar cane

Toads eat toad meat? Can you believe it?

Sugarcane is sourced from South America. They have a hobby of eating the same eggs as soon as they sniff the bait. They are especially attracted by a poison that protects eggs called bufadienolides . Nutrients from these eggs help them grow and reduce competition in the future (according to research by University of Sydney and James Cook University, 2011).

A 2008 study showed that sugarcane toads constantly move their middle hind feet to attract prey, including young toads. The researchers performed experiments with 28 juvenile cane toads and found that 64% of their 149 prey were other sugar cane toads.

Snake

A study of Mexican flat-headed rattles in 2009 showed that 68% of mothers ate their offspring, including those that died before they were born. Researchers believe that this may be the act of helping the mother snake take back the nutrients it needs to give birth to other young snakes.

The New York Time (1901) described a story at the Bronx Zoo when the black snake became the favorite food of a tiger with an oversized size. The tiger's appetite for this makes the black snake in the park increasingly rare.

Australian red back spider

The Australian red-backed spider will sacrifice itself by riding on the mouth of the female while mating and thereby transferring their sperm as soon as it becomes . partner's meal.

Maydianne Andrade of the University of Toronto Scarborough in a 2003 study showed that Australian red-backed male spiders were eaten (accounting for 65% of the cases) for longer mating and produced twice as many females compared to females. males are not eaten.

Crocodile

This photo shows a crocodile eating a body of another crocodile on the Mission River, Australia. Under conditions of scarcity of food, crocodiles often eat young animals. Besides, they also eat the corpses of animals, including their kind.

Mantis

Mantis is famous for biting off male mantis while mating. Despite loss of head, the abdomen of the mantis remains its life for several hours and the mating process continues as usual. The male mantis can escape death if it jumps quickly from the female mantis immediately after mating is complete.

Scorpion

Scorpions are solitary animals. When they meet their fellow humans, scorpions often rush to fight and then the scorpion loses will be eaten by their fellow humans. About a quarter of the scorpion's diet is another scorpion's meat. Like many spiders and insects, scorpions are also carnivorous mates after mating.

Mormon Mormon

Mormon mormon species have relatives close to crickets living in North America. They often move into a large herd to find food. Any animal that is exhausted and dead will immediately become a valuable food for its fellow human beings because their bodies are an important source of protein and mineral salts.

Lion

Lions are species that live in the herd and each herd has an adult male lion as the first male. Young male lions often fight with the first male to win the position of marshal. If successful, they often kill young lions who are the children of the old lion's head as a way to assert their position and power in lions.

Chimp

Chimpanzees are the closest relatives to humans and they are also one of the animals with the highest intelligence.But few know that chimpanzees are also cannibals.The chimpanzees sometimes organize collective hunts and catch chimpanzees to eat meat.