Natural-Born Killers: Which Animals Have the Highest Humans Kill Rate?

Despite humans being the dominant species on the earth, our greater intellect does not protect us from being preyed upon by other animals. Here are some examples of the most infamous animals with the highest fatality rate.

Because some figures are more challenging to predict than others, these are, for the most part, tentative estimates - often highly rough estimates. And while the list is illustrative of several types of lethal animals, it is far from exhaustive.

Scorpions (3,000 per year)

The mosquito's saliva is transferred to the host during the bite, causing an unpleasant rash. Many species can also swallow diseases while biting and spread them to new hosts. In this way, mosquitos play a major role in the transmission of parasite diseases like malaria and filariasis and arboviral diseases like yellow fever, Chikungunya, West Nile, dengue fever, and Zika. Mosquitoes kill more people than any other animal taxon because they spread diseases.

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