755,000
MOSQUITOES
200,000
SNAILS
94,000
SNAKES
61,000
DOGS
12,000
ASSASSIN BUGS
3,250
SCORPIONS
2,000
TSETSE FLIES
1,000
CROCODILES
300
ELEPHANTS
100
DEER
30
JELLYFISH
From car accidents to murder, humans kill more humans each year than any animal does–approximately 1.6 million
Freshwater snails in tropical and subtropical climates can carry schistosomiasis, a deadly parasitic disease
Trypanosomiasis, a sleeping sickness carried by the tsetse fly, occurs mostly in rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa
The assassin bug carries Chagas’ disease, which damages the heart and nervous system
Nearly 90% of hippopotamus attacks on humans are deadly
Proportion of deaths represented above
Hoping to stop the spread of deadly diseases, scientists in Florida plan to release millions of genetically modified male mosquitoes engineered to keep their partners from producing offspring
Deer can be deadly when they run in front of motor vehicles
Dogs with rabies are still killers in Asia and Africa
Sharks may be scary, but they killed only three people worldwide in 2014
SOURCES: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PLOS MEDICINE; ACTA TROPICA; GATES NOTES; WWF; TRAFFIC INJURY PREVENTION; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
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