Dangerous Animals in Asia
Animal: Komodo Dragon
Location: Indonesia
Size: 6-10 feet long, 150-250 lbs
Speed: 13 mph
Food Source: Carrion, birds, snakes, & small mammals
Defense Tactics: Komodo Dragons aren't really known for attacking humans, but that doesn't mean they
don't bite. They are equipped with a type of venom that can cause blood clots and their mouthes are swarming
with dangerous bacteria, which can cause severe infection and lead to amputation if not treated in a timely manner.
Fatalities: Few
Animal: Tiger
Location: Eastern & Southern Asia
Size: 10-13 feet long, 500-700 lbs
Speed: 40 mph
Food Source: Antelope, buffalo, boars, leopards, pythons, sloths, crocodiles, and other animals
Defense Tactics: Don't wander the jungles alone in India or Bangladesh, and be sure to carry a firearm for self-defense.
Tigers are just too aggressive and too strong to succesfully escape an attack, which are almost always fatal.
Fatalities: 5-15 per year
Animal: Yellow Krait
Location: South-East Asia
Size: 4-7 feet long
Speed: 6 mph
Food Source: Snakes(even their own kind), frogs, mice, and small lizards
Defense Tactics: Since many of the attacks from kraits take place at night while their victims sleep, be sure
to sleep on a raised service and with nothing that would attract a cold-blooded snake, such as a campfire.
Fatalities: 5-10 per year
Animal: Malayan Pit Viper
Location: Thailand, Malaysia, & Southern parts of Asia
Size: 3 feet long
Speed: 7 mph
Food Source: Frogs, lizards, mice, and other small animals.
Defense Tactics: Known for their aggression & short tempers, pit vipers are renown for being sedentary, so
avoid places where they are suspected to be because they don't really like to move around and will attack if disturbed.
Fatalities: 5-15 per year
Animal: Spitting Cobra
Location: Southern Asia & parts of Africa
Size: 3-5 feet long
Speed: 7 mph
Food Source: Birds, eggs, mice, lizards, other snakes, and small critters
Defense Tactics: Cover your eyes when you encounter a spitting cobra because these snakes can shoot a poison-like substance a distance of 10 feet, which
can cause blindness. Don't make them mad keep a good distance because their poison is lethal as well.
Fatalities: 5-10
