Average Human Deaths Per Year:

#1 - Snakes (100,000 people a year!!)
(Australia - though 3000 people are bitten a year, medial help and Antivenin saves all but 2 to 3 people a year)
(North America - 5000 people a year get bitten, few actual deaths)
(Miscellaneous - 40,000 deaths a year)
(Asia and India - 10,000 Cobra deaths a year)
(Asia & Africa - Sawscale Viper kills 50,000 a year)

#2 -Bees & Wasps (10,000 people year)

#3 - Crocodiles (2000 a year)
(12 people have died in Florida (U.S.) in the last 50 years)
(1000 a year in Australia)
(1000 a year in Africa)

#4 - Scorpions (500 a year)

#5 - Elephants (130 a year! 120 in Asia alone!!)
(Hippos were mentioned but though meaner than elephants, don't kill nearly as many people)

#6 - Big Cats (Over 80 a year)

#7 - Jellyfish (55 a year)

#8 - Hyenas (50 North Africans a year)

#9 - Sharks (8 a year - Florida is No.1 in the world for danger)

#10 - Bears (6 a year)

In my personal opinion, if we had 2 billion humans swimming in the ocean instead of stomping around on land, I think the shark/bee numbers would be reversed.

Top Disease Carriers
1 Mosquitoes (They kill a million people a year with Malaria)
2 Bed Bugs
3 Parasitic Worms
4 Tsetse Fly (Sleeping Sickness)
5 Fleas (Plague)

Strange Note: There has never been one confirmed account of Piranhas eating a person. They simply don't attack people.

* The lists above come from The Travel Channel.

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