World’s Deadliest Animals
Total Deaths: 1.3 Million
Number of people killed by animals, 2015
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Each dot represents 500 human deaths. Total worldwide deaths from animals estimated at 1,537,166.
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Mosquito
Sometimes the snake latches on and wrestles with their prey until the venom oozes into the wound.
Mosquito
900,000 deaths
NOTE: Total deaths are calculated from the animals displayed in the graphic only – does note feature deaths from any animal.
SOURCES: IHME, WHO, CrocBITE, FAO, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, International Shark Attack File, National Geographic, PBS, National Science Foundation, CDC, WWF, French Institute of Research for Development, Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, Nature. All calculations have wide error margins.
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