These Are The Top 15 Deadliest Animals on Earth

 

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The world's deadliest animal is not a shark or humans. Drawing from the graphic of Bill Gates' blog, we decided to rank the world's deadliest animals.

Most of the deaths caused by animals, it turns out, have to do with animals reducing themselves to diseases that they inadvertently transmit.

Note that some numbers are harder to read accurately than others, so these are for the most part rough estimates - sometimes too thick. And the list is representative of a variety of deadly animals, but it is by no means comprehensive.

Here some animals are responsible for the most human deaths. The most feared predators are not as dangerous as you might expect - but don't underestimate the smaller ones.

15. Sharks: 6 deaths a year 

15th Deadliest Animal in the list is a Shark . Shark attacks are quite rare. In 2014, there were just three deaths globally related to shark attacks, and in 2015, there were six, which is about average.

14. Wolves: 10 deaths a year

Wolves attacks are not common in many parts of the world where wolves live.

A review of wolf attacks found that in Europe and North America, very few occurred in the 50 years leading up to 2002, although some regions of India reported a few hundred over the course of two decades, averaging around 10 per year.

13. Lions: 22+ deaths a year

Estimates of lion-related deaths also vary from year to year. A 2005 study found that since 1990, in Tanzania alone, lions have killed 563 people, an average of about 22.

Additional deaths are likely outside Tanzania, but a solid global number is difficult to detect.

12. Elephants: 500 deaths a year

Ha elephants are quite right but they can also be deadly  if made angry . Elephants are also responsible for deaths per year - a 2005 National Geographic article states that 500 people are killed in elephant attacks in a year. Far more elephants have been killed by people.

 

11. Hippopotamuses: 500 deaths a year

For a long time, hippos were considered the deadliest animal in Africa. Hippos are known to be aggressive towards humans, including tying on boats.

10 . Tapeworms: 700 deaths a year

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The move to parasites is responsible for an infection called tapeworm cystirosis that kills an estimated 700 people a year.

9 . Crocodiles: 1,000 deaths a year

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, crocodiles are believed to be responsible for the highest number of human deaths in Africa so far, although solid numbers are difficult to collect.

8. Ascaris roundworms: 4,500 deaths a year

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According to a 2013 study, Ascaris roundworm has an infection, known as ascariasis, that kills an estimated 4,500 people a year. 

The WHO notes that the infection occurs in people's small intestine, and is a disease that affects more children than adults.

7. Tsetse flies: 10,000 deaths a year

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Tsetse fly is sleeping a disease called Sleeping Sickness, a parasitic infection that can first cause headaches, fever, joint pain, and itching, but can later lead to some serious neurological problems. The number of deaths is decreasing.

Now with an estimated 10,000 new cases reported each year, the estimated number of annual deaths is likely to decline.

6. Assassin bugs: 12,000 deaths a year

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The killer bug, also called the kissing bug, is responsible for carrying Chagas disease, which kills about 12,000 people on average a year. Chagas disease is a parasitic infection that passes through the bug, which gets its nickname after biting people in the face.

5. Freshwater snails: 20,000+ deaths a year

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Freshwater snails carry parasitic worms that infect people with a disease called schistosomiasis that can cause intense abdominal pain and blood in the stool or urine, which is affected depending on the area.

Millions of people contract the infection, and the WHO estimates that anywhere between 20,000 and 200,000 people can be attributed to schistosomiasis.

4. Dogs: 35,000 deaths a year

Dogs are cute but can also be deadly if not handled properly especially dogs infected with rabies virus - are one of the deadliest animals out there, although the virus can be prevented by using vaccines.

According to the WHO, about 35,000 deaths can be attributed to rabies, and 99 percent of those cases are caused by dogs.

3. Snakes: 100,000 deaths a year

By 2015, more than 100,000 people have died due to snake bites. Worse is the disturbing lack of an essential antivenum.

2. Humans: 437,000 deaths a year

It's shocking right According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, there were about 437,000 homicides  in 2012, making humans the second-deadliest animal (and most lethal mammal) for humans. We are not our biggest enemies - but we are very close.

1. Mosquitoes: 750,000 deaths a year

Mosquitoes - pesky insects that suck blood and carry the virus from person to person - are responsible for most animal-related deaths.

According to the World Health Organization, the incidence of malaria declined by 37 percent in Saharan Africa, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, for more than half of malaria deaths.

Dengue fever, another mosquito-borne disease, has become a major cause of hospitalization and death in children in some Asian and Latin-American countries.

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