The World's Deadliest Bug ISN'T From Australia | Weird Planet

Venom isn't the only thing that makes a creature deadly. We're not in the Australian Outback today, but Arizona's Sonoran Desert - and we're getting face to face with one of the most dangerous insects on Earth. The kissing bug is responsible for nearly 10,000 human deaths every single year, but it's not its bite that we have to worry about. Join me as I investigate the bizarre world of protozoan parasites and mammal-hunting insects in today's episode of Weird Planet! My name is Spencer Hoffman. I’m a biologist and filmmaker from North Carolina and my goal is to find the most extreme life forms in the world—from the strangest, to the deadliest— and capture the stories of how their insane lifestyles help them to survive on our Weird Planet.