15 most dangerous animals on the planet for human life (16 photos)

Everyone knows the proverb: “If you are afraid of the wolf, do not go into the forest.” Wolves have been a danger to humans since ancient times, but what other really dangerous killer animals do you know?

After all, among them are not only those who inspire fear with their mere appearance. Read the rating of deadly creatures that have taken many human lives, and the number of people killed by them in 1 year.

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Shark - 10

Today, a shark attack is not only the plot of a horror movie, but, unfortunately, also a sad reality. On average, sharks kill about ten people every year.

Wolf - 10

The job is not me, the wolf told himself. Wolves try to avoid humans and for the same reason the number of fatal attacks is limited to 10.

Leo - 100

The surprise is not that the lion attacks, but that the annual number of victims is limited to only a hundred people.

Elephant - 100

Elephants are one of the four most intelligent animals, which also includes monkeys, dogs and dolphins. Elephants have excellent memory. The elephant remembers the person who treated him badly all his life. When meeting, he may even try to take revenge. He remembers places where he felt bad and tries not to appear there again. Let's draw conclusions.

Hippopotamus - 500

Despite their appearance, they are deceptively fast, especially in the water, where they become graceful swimmers.

Crocodile – 1,000

According to a database called CrocBITE, which records almost all crocodile attacks in the world, about 1,000 people are killed each year, with the vast majority of these deaths occurring in Africa. Of course, the question arises as to how members of a tribe, for example, the Jumalumba, signal incident reports to CrocBite.

Tapeworms - 2,000

Tapeworms (cestodes) are a group of endoparasitic flatworms that develop with a change of host. The final hosts will always be vertebrates, and invertebrates serve as intermediate hosts.

Tsetse fly (causes sleeping sickness) - 9,000

A fly, a clattering fly, a fly walked across the field, the fly found some blood. And in exchange, the fly gave the blood donor free “sleeping sickness.” The appetites of tsetse flies are found in warm-blooded packs in Africa, with the exception of zebras, whose striped skin is not visually perceived by stupid flies as a living creature - they are considered a set of inanimate monochrome stripes. When bitten by blood-feeding tsetse flies, trypanosome parasites enter the body of a warm-blooded creature, causing trypanosomiasis or “sleeping sickness.”

Cone bug (causes Chagas disease) - 12,000

The triatomine bug (synonyms: American predator bug, Chagas bug, cone bug, kissing bug) primarily lives in the tropics of Central and South America. Blood-sucking insects of this species are carriers of a dangerous vector-borne parasitic disease - Chagas disease (Chagas) or American trypanosomiasis.

Dog (rabies infection) - 40,000

Rabies (hydrophobia, hydrophobia) is an acute viral disease that occurs in a dog (or person) after being bitten by a sick animal. Due to the disease, the nervous system is affected: excitability increases, hydrophobia appears, paralysis of the respiratory muscles and limbs appears.

Snake (poisonous) – 50,000

They fear us more than we fear them. And they kill solely for the sake of self-defense. Snakes, damn self-propelled laces with their signature and well-known poisonous teeth, silent and hissing - sssssss... Scary? The 50,000 “lucky” people who met a poisonous snake on their life path this year will never be afraid again.

Roundworms (intestinal parasites) - 60,000

Ascaris is a parasite known to mankind since ancient times and causing ascariasis. Ascariasis is a fairly common helminthiasis in countries with temperate, warm and hot climates. In zones with dry and cold air, this disease is very rare.

Freshwater snail (infects with schistosomiasis) - 110,000

The freshwater killer snail causes a terrible disease called schistosomiasis. A huge number of parasites penetrate the skin and begin to reproduce. According to the international classification, schistosomiasis is the second most common tropical disease in the world (after malaria). It is estimated that more than 207 million people suffer from schistosomiasis on the African continent alone, but these are only those who could seek help. According to statistics, 25% of people who get sick die.

Man (kills people) - 475,000

Well, get up, look in the mirror and be disappointed - you belong to the dominant species of the animal world on Earth, but you did not get first place in the top of creatures dangerous to humans! Bummer? However, people always have a chance to become leaders in destroying their own kind, but is this worth rejoicing at? While you are reading this material, somewhere and right now a person is killing another person - maybe it’s a robber or a redneck alcoholic, or a soldier in the active army, or another James Bond with a license to kill. Or... it doesn’t matter, the main thing is that homo is kind of like sapiens (which is very doubtful). Be proud if you want - 475,000 people of any gender and age are erased from life and remain only in someone's memories thanks to their fellow biological species.

Mosquitoes (spread malaria) - 725,000

Who would have thought that the most terrible killers would be small mosquitoes! Of course, they themselves are not able to kill a person, but the diseases they carry kill a huge number of people.