THE TOPMOST ANIMALS LOOKED FOR ON GOOGLE SEARCH
Added on: 21st Feb 2016
SHARK
Despite being billed as one of the most terrifying creatures on the
planet, the shark is a predator but is responsible for considerably
few human deaths – only 4.3 on average annually. More dangerous
animals include cows and horses which each kill 20 people in the
U.S. alone every year. (The most popular animal on Google on this
list even kills seven times more people than the shark.)
BIRD
Holding its position in the top 10 (along with the following six animals)
since Google Trends started in 2004, the bird is one of the most
common animals on the Earth today. Since the 1600’s, almost
130 bird species have gone extinct due to humans.
BEAR
The bear is a mostly solitary animal besides when courting or with
young. Out of the eight species of bear, six are omnivorous;
otherwise, the panda bear almost exclusively eats bamboo and
the polar bear almost exclusively eats meat.
FISH
Ironically coming in just after the bear, fish have more species
diversity (at 32,000 different species) than any other vertebrate
animal. They also show great diversity in size from the 0.3 inch (8mm)
stout infant fish to the 52 t (16m) long whale shark.
CHICKEN
Chickens are so widely raised for their meat that they outnumber any
other bird species – today there are over 24 billion of them globally.
HORSE
Used for millennia in war and labour, the horse originally had multiple
toes (about 50 million years of evolution back). Most horses are
domesticated and even the horses that people refer to as wild are
actually feral: their ancestors were domesticated by humans at
some point and since escaped and lived in the wild. The only true
wild horse is the Przewalski’s horse, a rare and endangered species
recently reintroduced to the Mongolian steppes.
CAT
Though charting at the number 2 spot on our list of the most popular
animals on Google, the cat is the most popular pet in the world.
Beyond being excellent companions, cats can see in near-
darkness, making them top-notch hunters.
DOG
Not surprising that man’s best friend takes the number 1 spot as the
most searched animal on Google. Though only 17-24% of dogs are
domesticated pets, the global dog population is estimated as high as
1 billion, meaning that the dog really is top dog.
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