15 most dangerous animals in the world

It turns out that the most dangerous and deadly animal in the world is not a man, and not even a shark.

In fact, the majority of deaths from animals often have little to do with themselves. Rather, the diseases they carry.

Of course, quantitative estimates presented below may sometimes differ significantly from the real situation, but the exact statistics of deaths of people due to animals is not yet available to anyone.

The Sharks - 6 deaths per year

Attacks on human rather rare. In 2014 it was recorded in all three deaths, and in 2015 - six.

Wolves - 10 deaths per year

Wolf attacks on humans are relatively rare in those parts of the world where they live. Ongoing studies have shown that only a few deaths in Europe and North America happened in the last 50 years. However, in some regions of India wolves killed an average of 10 people a year.

Lions - 22 deaths and more than a year

From year to year, this figure varies. A 2005 study found that since 1990, the lions in Tanzania killed 563 people, an average of 22 deaths per year. Of course, the loss of life from the attacks of lions takes place outside of Tanzania, but that number is unknown.

Elephants - 500 deaths per year

Elephants are also responsible for an annual loss of life - in the National Geographic article from 2005 says that 500 people are killed in attacks by elephants each year. At the same time much more elephants have been killed by people.

Hippos - 500 deaths per year

For a long time hippos were considered the most deadly animals in Africa. They are known for their aggressiveness toward people and constantly upset the boat.

Tapeworms, or tapeworms, - 700 deaths per year

By cysticercosis, which are infected by this parasite, it kills about 700 people each year.

Crocodiles - 1000 deaths per year

Currently, crocodiles are considered to be the largest animal that, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, is responsible for the highest number of human deaths in Africa, although exact figures are not precisely known.

Ascaris - 4,500 deaths per year

According to a study in 2013, roundworm cause a disease called askoriaz, which annually kills about 4,500 people. WHO notes that the infection occurs in the small intestine of humans and the disease affects more than children than adults.

Tsetse flies - 10 000 deaths per year

The tsetse fly is a carrier of sleeping sickness - a parasitic infection, from which the first headache, fever begins, joint pain and itching, and then can begin serious neurological problems. It reduced the number of deaths each year. Now say about 10 thousand deaths per year.

reduviidae - 12,000 deaths

Reduviidae, which is also called "kissing bugs" that transmit Chagas disease, which kills an average of about 12 thousand people a year. Pathogen enters the skin through a wound insect excrement.

Freshwater snails - 20 000 deaths per year

Freshwater snail is a carrier of parasitic worms that infect humans schistosomiasis. The disease causes severe abdominal pain and blood in the stool or urine. The disease infected millions of people, and, according to WHO estimates, from 20 to 200 thousand people a year die from schistosomiasis.

Dogs - 35 000 deaths per year

Dogs infected with the rabies virus, is one of the deadliest animals in the world, although the virus can be prevented by vaccines. About 35 thousand deaths per year can be attributed to rabies and cause 99% of these cases, according to WHO, are the dogs.

Snakes - 100 000 deaths per year

As of 2015, more than 100,000 people die from snake bite. Moreover, the lack of an antidote is observed in the world.

People - 437 000 deaths per year

According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, in 2012, about 437,000 cases of murder were registered in the world, what makes a person the second most deadly animals to humans. We have not yet the worst enemy of yourself, but very close to it.

Mosquitoes - 750 000 deaths per year

On the conscience of the pesky and annoying insects that drink our blood and thereby transmit viruses from person to person, the highest number of deaths associated with animals. The mere Malaria kills 350 000 people, mainly in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa, although the disease and is declining. Dengue fever - another disease carried by mosquitoes - has become a major cause of hospitalization and death of many children in some countries in Asia and Latin America.