Top 5 Cute Animals That Are Dangerous to Touch

1. Platypus Male platypuses have a venomous spur hidden on their hind legs. Getting pricked by it reportedly causes excruciating pain that even morphine can't alleviate. 2. Slow Loris The only venomous primate on Earth. When threatened, they lick venom from glands, mix it with saliva, and bite with their sharp front teeth. 3. Blue Dragon Sea Slug (Glaucus atlanticus) Despite its pretty appearance, it has a habit of eating venomous Portuguese man o' wars and concentrating their stinging cells in high amounts along its body edges. 4. Pitohui A bird found in the New Guinea forests. It looks like an ordinary songbird, but it feeds on toxic beetles, accumulating the deadly neurotoxin batrachotoxin in its skin and feathers. 5. Striped Skunk With its black fur, white stripes, fluffy tail, and waddling gait, it's truly adorable. However, wild skunks are also major carriers of the rabies virus, which has a 100% mortality rate, making them even more dangerous than their infamous odor spray. Personally, the platypus shocked me.