15 animals are most dangerous to humans
Not sharks, not humans, so which are the most dangerous animals in the world? Below is a list of 15 extremely dangerous animals for humans.
The most dangerous animal in the world is not a shark or a human. Based on the graph posted on Bill Gate's blog in 2014, we decided to explore and rank the most dangerous animals in the world today. Most of the deaths are caused by animals, they unknowingly carry and transmit infectious diseases to the human body.
The remarkable thing here is that it is very difficult to give an exact number of dangerous animals, so the given numbers are only relative. Some animals may be the cause of the most human deaths. Besides, there are scary predators not as dangerous as we think - but don't underestimate them!
Here is a list of 15 dangerous animals for humans but they are not all.
15. Sharks: 6 deaths per year
The case of shark attacks on humans occurs quite rarely. In 2014, there were only 3 deaths in the world due to shark attacks and in 2015, that number increased to 6.
14. Wolves: 10 deaths per year
Areas where wolves live are less likely to be attacked by wolves. According to statistics, " In 50 years, as of 2002, in Europe and North America, there were very few cases of wolves attacking. Although in 20 years in some regions India had several hundred. reports of wolves attacking but the average number is 10 per year " .
13. Lion: more than 22 deaths every year
Estimates of lion-related deaths have changed from year to year. The 2005 study found that: " Since 1990, lions have attacked 563 people in Tanzania alone and the average number is about 22 per year. In addition, there are deaths other than Tanzania. so it is difficult to determine an exact number worldwide . "
12. Elephants: 500 people die each year
Elephants are also an animal that causes many deaths each year. According to an article in 2005 National Geographic newspaper: " Each year more than 500 people die from elephants attack. But there are also many elephants killed by humans ."
11. Hippo: 500 people die each year
For a long time, hippos are considered the most dangerous animals in Africa. The hippopotamus is known for its rough actions to people like boat capsules.
9. Tapeworm: 700 people die each year
Cysticosis is a parasitic plant that often infects humans, called cysticerosis , which can cause about 700 deaths per year.
10. Crocodile: 1,000 deaths per year
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO ), currently in Africa, alligators are thought to be the most cause of human deaths. However, there is no exact number yet.
8. Ascariasis: 4,500 deaths every year
Ascariasis is a worm that parasites in the small intestine, especially in children. According to the World Health Organization - WHO , about a quarter of the population on this Earth has parasitic roundworms, causing abdominal pain, sometimes causing intestinal obstruction and obstruction of the bile duct. The 2013 study said: " Each year there are about 4,500 deaths caused by roundworms causing infection ".
7. Tsetse Fly: 10,000 deaths per year
Tsetse flies or tsetse flies are an African tropical fly that carries and transmits a disease called narcolepsy when applied to humans and animals. A parasitic infection, the initial symptom is headache, fever, joint pain and itching, but can then cause some relatively severe neurological symptoms. According to the current report, the number of deaths due to this disease is decreasing. Each year about 10,000 new cases are discovered and the number of annual deaths is estimated to be reduced.
6. Assassin bugs: 12,000 deaths per year
Assassin bugs called kissing bugs , causing Chagas disease can be a cause of death for about 12,000 people each year. Chagas disease is a tropical parasitic disease, spread mainly through insects called blood-sucking bugs. Symptoms change with each stage of the disease.
5. Freshwater snail: 20,000 deaths per year
Freshwater snails carry parasitic worms infecting people called Schistosomiasis . This disease is spread by contaminated water because many schistosomiasis larvae swim freely in the water through the skin into the human body to cause disease. Schistosomiasis causes abdominal pain, urinary tract damage and the presence of more severe blood in the urine may cause bladder cancer. According to the World Health Organization, millions of people around the world have suffered from this disease, about 20,000 of the 200,000 infected people can die from schistosomiasis.
4. Dogs: 35,000 deaths per year
Dogs - especially dogs infected with rabies virus - are one of the most dangerous animals in the world, although wild vius can be prevented by using vaccines. According to the International Health Organization - WHO, there are about 35,000 deaths from rabies and about 99% of those cases are caused by dogs.
3. Snake: 100,000 deaths per year
Only in 2015, snakes have killed over 100,000 people around the world. Sadly, we still lack a large amount of antidote.
2. People: 437,000 deaths every year
According to UNODC statistics ( United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ), in 2012 there were about 437,000 deliberate homicides - this made people " active. "Dangerous ranked second in the world ( and most dangerous among mammals )." We ourselves are not the most feared enemies - but the people around us.
1. Mosquito: 750,000 deaths every year
Mosquitoes - a vermin that causes discomfort - sucking blood and transmitting viruses from one person to another - is the most dangerous animal in the world.
According to the World Health Organization - WHO, among malaria patients, more than half of the deaths are from mosquitoes, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, although that number has decreased. Malaria incidence compared to mid-2000 with 2015 has decreased by 37%.
Dengue fever is also a mosquito-borne disease - the leading cause of hospitalization in Asia and Latin America and causing deaths.
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