The USA has an incredible array of deadly animals and insects that call the country home. From tiny terrors with eight legs to some of the largest predators on Earth, there are many fearsome and fascinating animals to be found across the nation's dusty deserts, mountains, coastlines and wetlands. Intimidating though they are, it's always worth remembering that they're far more threatened by human activity than we are by them.

Read on as we take a short safari through America's most dangerous animals...