Exposure beats drama
Mosquitoes and ticks matter because people meet them constantly. A great white is built like a torpedo full of knives, but most humans never share a postcode with one.
A field guide to bad decisions
The world
can bite back.
An interactive atlas of wildlife capable of killing, maiming, poisoning or infecting humans. Hover over a creature for the fast facts. Click it for the full threat profile.
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animals and threat groups mapped across land and sea
Ranges are simplified and markers show representative habitat, not a promise that the beast is standing on that exact hill waiting for you.
Unfolding the map…
Extreme
High
Serious
Contextual
Risk, without the nature-documentary nonsense
Deadly is not the same as likely.
Most wildlife avoids us
Many attacks begin with surprise, food, young, territory or a human moving closer for a photograph. The animal is usually not conducting a personal vendetta.
Local advice wins
This atlas is orientation, not field instruction. Seasons, behaviour and first-aid guidance vary. Follow local wildlife and health authorities when it actually matters.
Creature index
Every threat on the map.
No creatures match that search. Congratulations: you have invented safety.
This is a curated global atlas of major dangerous species and practical threat groups, not an exhaustive catalogue of every animal that has ever injured a human. Threat levels combine severity, encounter frequency and documented human harm; they are deliberately broad.