18 Animals That Kill The Most Humans Every Year. I Was Not Expecting #8
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These animals are more dangerous than you'd ever expect.
1. Tigers
Tigers kills about 100 people per year.
2. Cape Buffalo
Cape buffalo weigh 1.5 tons and have extremely sharp horns. About 200 people are killed by cape buffalo each year.
3. Jellyfish
Jellyfish kill 15 times the number of sharks that people do each year.
4. Lions
About 70 people a year are killed by lions, probably after provoking them.
5. Horses
About 20 people are killed at rodeos in the U.S. every year fro getting kicked by horses.
6. Ants
All types of ants combined kill about 30 people a year. Fire ants are a huge threat to people who are immobile.
7. Scorpions
Only 25 of the 1500 types of scorpions have poison. They kill about 5000 people a year.
8. Domestic Dogs
Dog bites are extremely dangerous and with the wrong owner, even the cutest dogs are capable of killing and attacking people.
9. Snakes
Snakes kill about 15,000 people every year. They're quick to attack when threatened.
10. Leopards
No records of leopard attacks exist, but are known to happen often in India because of the rapid urbanization of the area. They are known to have taken 15 lives in one year.
11. Crocodiles
Between 1500 and 2500 people are killed violently every year by crocodiles.
12. Elephants
About 500 people are killed every year by trampling.
13. Hippopotamus
Hippos are considered the most dangerous animals in Africa. 3,000 people are killed by them every year.
14. Deer
About 120 people are killed each year after getting car accidents involving deer.
15. Bees
Bee allergies are very serious. 53 people were killed by bees last year.
16. Cows
Although they are typically pretty calm, about 20 people a year a killed after getting kicked in the head by cows.
17. Tsetse Flies
These insects are what spread African sleeping sickness, an infections that causes the brain to swell. It affects 500,000 people, 80% of whom will die from it.
18. Mosquitos
Mosquitoes are small but extremely deadly because they carry diseases like Malaria, which kills 1 million people a year.
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