10 Adorable Animals That Do Terrifying Things

Some animals are dangerously cute—and we mean that literally. Some of these critters like cute enough to cuddle, but with secret deadly defenses. Join Michael Aranda for a new Animal-centered episode of SciShow!
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[ScorpioHighlander]

Now what we need is 10 creepy creatures with endearing behaviours.

[stormyjellybean]

I love that pretty much every other animal out there has evolved to interpret bright colors as a warning, meanwhile humans are just like, "LOOK HOW FUN YOU ARE!"

[frozeneternity]

I wonder if there is an alien race out there that thinks we are cute...
little do they know

[dylanpainter]

For some reason I really enjoy the lack of "Top" in the title.

[ACHEVE_CHM]

Maggots also do the same thing as moon snails. They turn dead flesh into clear slime and then suck it all up. It's really helpful to people who have wounds with lots of dead skin or flesh, and doctors often use them to clean infected wounds. It's completely painless, too!

[dakel]

I actually had an egyptian spiny mouse as a pet when I was a kid. It was like a miniature hedgehog and was always quite happy.

[Acidhair]

When you interview to be a SciShow host, do they look for people with alluring voices? I love all of their voices

[Alpha]

The Platypus really is the oddest being in the world. It seems like it's a bunch of other animals just thrown together.

[clydefrosch]

being poisonous doesn't really seem like a secret scary behavior

[joshbh]

I kinda think us Australians should make a monster training game based on our animals in a horror setting.

[MunsterMittin]

I would have loved to hear a bit more about the slow loris, and it would be amazing if scishow gave it a whole episode because slow lorises are endangered due to their cuteness. They're popular pets in places like Japan and there are tons of videos of the cute animals on the Internet kept illegally. As a result the slow loris is only increasing in popularity and more and more wild slow lorises are abducted. They're just a really unique mammal and it would be a shame to lose them.

[user]

Am I the only one who tries to guess who will host the show, during the intro?

[dbdbdb]

at first i was wondering if they got a new person but nah he just got a haircut

[wiertara]

Here are true facts about the duck.
Oh, I miss ZeFrank.

[ryanstaudacher]

The new hair cut is actually pretty good...

[stuartlees]

Michael has such a soothing voice. It's shockingly calming when trying to sleep

[MickeyDeeM]

I'm scared of dolphins. They are really weird.

[ScootrRichards]

Thank you so much for not showing a de-skinned spiny mouse crawling about.

[n]

The definition of cute from scishow: puffer fish, vibrant suspicious looking frog.

[Nomaken]

"When provoked these mice shed their skin right of their body leaving a gaping wound." That's very interesting. Just a second.