The training begins by creating an interest in coconuts by encouraging the monkey to play with them. The monkeys have been trained this way for at least 100 years, and each one is typically taught at a school for 2–3 weeks before getting a job as a coconut picker. In Malaysia, monkey schools teach a species called the southern pig-tailed macaque to retrieve these fruits to assist the local economy. The monkey had been trained to gather coconuts from palm trees by going to something called a monkey school. It was the older man who died, although the son received an injury to his neck. But the bites of monkeys can be deadly-especially in this case from Malaysia in 2019 when the monkey bit through a major artery.Ī 72-year-old man and his son were both attacked by their pet monkey as they were attempting to get it to climb trees and retrieve fruit. We often associate them with funny behaviors like eating bananas and throwing feces. Monkeys may not sound like the most dangerous animals in the world. At one point before Els’s death, Humphrey had attacked two canoers who passed too close to him on the river, forcing them to climb a tree for safety and remain there for hours. Hippos kill more people each year than several more dangerous-sounding species combined, including elephants, lions, leopards, and rhinos.Įls was known for performing dangerous stunts with Humphrey, especially posing for photographs while riding on the animal’s back. įriends of Els reportedly knew that it was only a matter of time before the deadliest animal in Africa would off a person. He had previously destroyed multiple cows that had been owned by a business partner of Els. It was not the first time that Humphrey, the 1,179-kilogram (2,600 lb) mammal, had killed. Around six years later, Humphrey killed Els by repeatedly biting and gouging him. He had rescued Humphrey as a calf from a flood. The death was notable because Els and Humphrey had appeared in media and videos together demonstrating their seemingly friendly bond.Ī video called “My Pet Hippo: I Love Humphrey” was uploaded to YouTube earlier in the year that Els was killed. In 2011, headlines were made when a South African man named Marius Els was killed by his pet hippopotamus, which he called Humphrey. She was moved to a hospital where she eventually recovered after several operations. Paul died from his injuries, but his wife survived. After paramedics and police arrived, they treated the injuries and shot the hybrid. His wife attempted to intervene, but she was injured by the animal. One morning, Paul had gone to feed the hybrid breakfast when his wife and son heard a commotion coming from the animal’s area as the beast attacked. Unfortunately, this animal became unexpectedly violent despite its relative isolation from other deer. So, both castration and social isolation are useful in preventing dangerous outbursts in the animals during mating season.

Red deer stags live as social animals for 10 months of the year, but for two months, they enter a period of “rutting” in which they display more aggression and other sexual behaviors.Īccording to research on wild populations of deer, violence is connected to changes in testosterone. The deciding factor in the sudden mood shift appeared to be mating season. His family had kept the normally docile animal for years before it attacked Paul in 2019. On his farm in Australia, Paul McDonald was killed by a hybrid of a red deer and an elk (aka a wapiti). He hadn’t done anything to upset the cassowary other than being nearby, but it decided to attack anyway. He survived but with bruises and a ripped shirt. The bird then kicked him in the back, sending him rolling down the embankment into the water below. In 2012, a man was chased by a cassowary and cornered on a cliff above a pool of water in Australia. This isn’t the first time that a cassowary attack has made headlines. The man was probably doomed from the moment he hit the ground as a cassowary can run up to 50 kilometers per hour (31 mph) and jump 2.1 meters (7 ft) into the air despite being flightless. According to officials, he fell to the ground by accident and then the bird struck. In Florida, a 75-year-old man was a breeder of these birds until one of them attacked him in 2019. So naturally, they are sometimes sought out by exotic animal collectors as pets. A kick from a cassowary can kill you both by blunt force trauma and blood loss. The bird has 10-centimeter (4 in) swords for claws on the end of its ridiculously powerful legs. Although a cassowary is as tall as a person, the real threat is closer to the ground. The world’s most dangerous bird is the cassowary, edging out both the emu and the ostrich for the win.

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