cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/19699797
Unironically the deadliest land animal
this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2024
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Most adorable deadliest land animal. FTFY
By Our World in Data, Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser - https://ourworldindata.org/causes-of-death#deaths-by-animal, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=130583015
Not even close, Scorpions, Dogs and Snakes are deadlier, and I'm relatively sure Mosquito's count as land animals as well.
Freshwater snail being in the top 10 is not something I expected
I think that is the invincible snail that chases you forever but if it touches you you die....but in return you are immortal until you get touched.
It was never a hypothetical, those people asking that were asking the internet for help. RIP
Why friend shaped then?
It might be per unit population.
I couldn't find estimates for snakes and scorpions and completely ignored the invertebrates here, but from those options, Tigers kill the most humans yearly per wild individual.
There are about 5500 Tigers in the wild killing 50 humans yearly, while 115000 Hippos kill 500 humans yearly.
So Tigers kill 9 humans per thousand individuals, Hippos kill 4, next would be Lions with 2.5 .
Maybe they are the more deadly than Tigers on a per species basis since there are only 2 species of Hippo while 6 living species of Tigers exist... but then the other kill statistics would get a lot more precise as well. And I wont even try to analyze how often humans interact with specific animal groups.
Just like everyone always says Dog man’s worst enemy.
Even more so than humans?
IIRC they kill more humans than any other non-human land animal.
This comes to my mind:
Great childrens book.
Is that classic Sanrio character Big Challenges?
Didn't know about that. Looks similar, but has nothing to do with Hello Kitty.
Here is some video about the story:
"You just wait till I grow up!" - Baby hippo probably
Why is it so hard to tolerate cute, not-yet-dangerous beings, lol...? I mean this chonk looks like it could just chew that leg off aah
mumch
Argh! Hungry hungry hippos!
Taste for human flesh, acquired!
I feel like even an infant hippo could snap a leg in half
baby amphibious trampler tank
