
The state of Florida is renowned for its beaches, its nightlife, its food...and for being one of the most unusual ecological environments in the world. Thriving in the state’s swamps, marine grasslands, warm Caribbean waters, and cypress forests are a wide variety of some of the scariest, most dangerous, and most fascinating animals to be found anywhere in the country. The CDC, which collects death data, doesn’t provide specific death or injury numbers for individual species, instead grouping them into broader categories like “bees, wasps, and hornets.” Using that CDC list as a base and searching local newspapers, we’ve come up with a list of deadly animals in the Sunshine State. Shutterstock











