The Deadliest Animals in the World

Which animals are the deadliest and kill the most humans every year? According to this chart created by Reddit user u/Dremarious using information from the WorldAtlas; mosquitoes are the deadliest animal and are responsible for one million human deaths each year.

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How can something so small be responsible for so many deaths? Malaria is easily spread by mosquito bites and is the main cause of these deaths. The second deadliest animal is near and dear to our hearts, the human. Humans are technically animals and they have been found to be the cause of 475,000 humans deaths every year. Your snake fears are founded as they are the third deadliest and responsible for 50,000 human deaths. The deadliest snake is the aggressive saw-scaled viper, which scientists believe is responsible for more human deaths than all other snake species combined. Man’s best friend unfortunately found itself in 4^th place. Dogs kill 25,000 humans every year, with rabies cited as a main cause for these large number of deaths. The appropriately named Assassin Bug, the Tsetse Fly, and the Freshwater Snail all tied for the fifth deadliest animals. They were all found to be responsible for 10,000 human deaths each year. How do larger animals rank in terms of human deaths they cause every year? The shark and wolf bring up the rear of the list with just 10 human deaths every year. Lions and elephants claim 100 lives, while the hippopotamus is more lethal with 500 human deaths. The crocodile is the only large animal on the list to kill more than one thousand people every year. Do you have any newfound fears after seeing this chart of deadly animals?