I remember reading way back when that if all mosquitoes were eliminated the impact to the ecosystem would be minor as everything that eats them typically already get the majority of their nutrition from other things.
Tookie1010 on
Mosquitoes out here with KD ratios that would get them banned in every online game.
Criimsen on
Crocodiles are that deadly? Eh, I ain’t spending any time on it.
Soggy_Amoeba9334 on
Lots of these are vectors of diseases and not deadly by themselves
aminervia on
If mosquitos are considered as killing humans by infecting them with malaria, then shouldn’t all the animals that kill humans via car accidents be included as well?
Elyelm on
I’m surprised scorpions are not on the list.
Previous_Tax_1131 on
I’m surprised that humans are only credited with 440,000. Murder + war + vehicle accidents (pedestrian and other vehicles) I would think much higher.
ZeroGRanger on
So, dogs have pretty good marketing, right?
Maximum-Text9634 on
Freshwater snails?
kbpferret on
Wait house cats aren’t on the list? Their numbers can’t be zero
scaredt2ask on
It’s just a numbers game folks. There are WAY more mosquitoes than us. We are not the dominant creatures on the planet. The future war will be between cockroaches and mosquitoes.
note, that the ratio of the bars does not match the numbers
Nucleus_Rex on
Wasn’t expecting to see snakes that high up. I guess anti-venom is still very scarce in many rural parts of the world. I can imagine south-east Asia and Africa being the places a lot of these casualties come from
DocSamson_ on
It’s always the smallest things. We’re bigger than Godzilla to them but they still take us out.
me_the_christian on
dont forget the white-tailed deer…
Long_TimeRunning on
Affectionate-Roof285 on
I know bacteria and viruses are not an animal, but they have to be on top.
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Feodar_protar on
10 doesn’t sound right for wolves. From 2002-2020 there were 25 deaths caused by wolves worldwide and 14 of those the person died from rabies infection. Wolf attacks are incredibly rare. There are only two fatal wolf attacks in North America in the last 20 years.
Wolves don’t kill that amount, there is something like 20 from 2000 until now documented elsewhere, with most being incidents with rabies.
35,000 deaths by dogs???? this is crap.
JonVHillman on
I enjoy that Freshwater Snail is the only singular on the list.
harrygermans on
100k a year from snakes?? I have no basis for this whatsoever but that feels way too high. Some others seem off too but that one really jumps out to me
GG-EZ-NO-RE on
Feel like that human one should be higher, especially with all the wars and genocides the 🧃 create
Stats for humans are way too low. Vehicle fatalities alone would eclipse mosquitoes
Meowugula on
This is ridiculous considering that virtually all of the “deaths caused by mosquitoes” are by disease transmitted by mosquitoes. By this logic you should include deaths caused by disease transmitted by people in the deaths by people count, as well as other deaths caused by humans besides the 400k figure for homocide, such as vehicular manslaughter/ road deaths, suicide, and armed conflict.
uwotm88888888888 on
This could be made more interesting if made relative to the total number of said animal.
There are about 110 trillion mosquitoes, therefore 700 million mosquitoes per human killed.
There are about 2 billion sharks, therefore 300 million sharks per human killed.
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Deers cause 440 deaths a year.
I remember reading way back when that if all mosquitoes were eliminated the impact to the ecosystem would be minor as everything that eats them typically already get the majority of their nutrition from other things.
Mosquitoes out here with KD ratios that would get them banned in every online game.
Crocodiles are that deadly? Eh, I ain’t spending any time on it.
Lots of these are vectors of diseases and not deadly by themselves
If mosquitos are considered as killing humans by infecting them with malaria, then shouldn’t all the animals that kill humans via car accidents be included as well?
I’m surprised scorpions are not on the list.
I’m surprised that humans are only credited with 440,000. Murder + war + vehicle accidents (pedestrian and other vehicles) I would think much higher.
So, dogs have pretty good marketing, right?
Freshwater snails?
Wait house cats aren’t on the list? Their numbers can’t be zero
It’s just a numbers game folks. There are WAY more mosquitoes than us. We are not the dominant creatures on the planet. The future war will be between cockroaches and mosquitoes.
https://preview.redd.it/3b8otc9u4u0g1.png?width=695&format=png&auto=webp&s=6152bc0ca71ffb8bfc21a64ef38356593180229b
note, that the ratio of the bars does not match the numbers
Wasn’t expecting to see snakes that high up. I guess anti-venom is still very scarce in many rural parts of the world. I can imagine south-east Asia and Africa being the places a lot of these casualties come from
It’s always the smallest things. We’re bigger than Godzilla to them but they still take us out.
dont forget the white-tailed deer…
I know bacteria and viruses are not an animal, but they have to be on top.
10 doesn’t sound right for wolves. From 2002-2020 there were 25 deaths caused by wolves worldwide and 14 of those the person died from rabies infection. Wolf attacks are incredibly rare. There are only two fatal wolf attacks in North America in the last 20 years.
Approximately 1.19 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes. ([WHO](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/road-traffic-injuries)) ….those are also killed by humans?!
Humans seems low.
This list is horseshit.
Wolves don’t kill that amount, there is something like 20 from 2000 until now documented elsewhere, with most being incidents with rabies.
35,000 deaths by dogs???? this is crap.
I enjoy that Freshwater Snail is the only singular on the list.
100k a year from snakes?? I have no basis for this whatsoever but that feels way too high. Some others seem off too but that one really jumps out to me
Feel like that human one should be higher, especially with all the wars and genocides the 🧃 create
– More than 720,000 people die due to suicide every year. ([WHO](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/suicide))
– Approximately 1.19 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes. ([WHO](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/road-traffic-injuries))
– 450,000 homicides ([UNODC](https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/gsh/2023/GSH23_ExSum.pdf))
Meanwhile, aliens are watching and studying.
https://preview.redd.it/us5r8h0wfu0g1.jpeg?width=853&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6fe88f7cc7c6603d275e243e3bb1ec50110978dd
Stats for humans are way too low. Vehicle fatalities alone would eclipse mosquitoes
This is ridiculous considering that virtually all of the “deaths caused by mosquitoes” are by disease transmitted by mosquitoes. By this logic you should include deaths caused by disease transmitted by people in the deaths by people count, as well as other deaths caused by humans besides the 400k figure for homocide, such as vehicular manslaughter/ road deaths, suicide, and armed conflict.
This could be made more interesting if made relative to the total number of said animal.
There are about 110 trillion mosquitoes, therefore 700 million mosquitoes per human killed.
There are about 2 billion sharks, therefore 300 million sharks per human killed.
Therefore sharks more deadly, kinda!