ANIMALS THAT HAVE SLAIN PEOPLE

ELEPHANTS

Large and in charge, elephants can be extremely dangerous if provoked.

The largest terrestrial animal alive can weight up to 15,000 lbs

(7,000 Kg) and reach a height of about 13ft (4 m). They are responsible

for an estimated death toll of 500 people annually.

CROCODILES

Crocodiles are huge and extremely dangerous. With their assorted

earth tone colours they can blend into their environments and become

deadly stealth machines while in the water. It is reported that about 1,000 to

2,500 people die by crocodiles each year.

HIPPOPOTAMUS

Considered to be Africa’s most dangerous animal, a hippopotamus is

a docile-looking water mammal that can be very vicious when provoked.

Around 2,900 people are killed every year because of hippopotamuses.

SCORPIONS

Known as one of the oldest creatures to ever live on earth, scorpions

evolved from sea-dwelling creatures to land menaces about 340 million

years ago. Around 1,300 to 2,000 species of scorpions exist in the

world but only 25 of them have poison that is dangerous enough to kill

humans. Nevertheless, anywhere between 1,000 to 5,000 people are

killed by scorpions annually.

SNAKES

If you fear snakes, your fear is not unmerited. Snakes kill an average of

50,000 people around the world every year. Most deaths are said to come

from snakes that are threatened by mere human presence and activity.

TSETSE FLIES

The Tsetse fly is responsible for spreading the African sleeping sickness,

which affects as many as 500,000 people, 80 percent of whom

eventually die.

MOSQUITOES

Mosquitoes may be one of the smallest on this list, but they are among

the deadliest. These insects are carriers of fatal diseases such as malaria

and dengue, which kill around 660,000 to 1,000,000 people every year.

HUMANS

Although this is probably the most predictable finale in history, there

really is nobody better at killing us than we are.