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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/19699797

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 66 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Unironically the deadliest land animal

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago

Most adorable deadliest land animal. FTFY

[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

By Our World in Data, Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser - https://ourworldindata.org/causes-of-death#deaths-by-animal, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=130583015

Not even close, Scorpions, Dogs and Snakes are deadlier, and I'm relatively sure Mosquito's count as land animals as well.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Freshwater snail being in the top 10 is not something I expected

[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I think that is the invincible snail that chases you forever but if it touches you you die....but in return you are immortal until you get touched.

It was never a hypothetical, those people asking that were asking the internet for help. RIP

[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

Why friend shaped then?

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It might be per unit population.

[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I couldn't find estimates for snakes and scorpions and completely ignored the invertebrates here, but from those options, Tigers kill the most humans yearly per wild individual.

There are about 5500 Tigers in the wild killing 50 humans yearly, while 115000 Hippos kill 500 humans yearly.

So Tigers kill 9 humans per thousand individuals, Hippos kill 4, next would be Lions with 2.5 .

Maybe they are the more deadly than Tigers on a per species basis since there are only 2 species of Hippo while 6 living species of Tigers exist... but then the other kill statistics would get a lot more precise as well. And I wont even try to analyze how often humans interact with specific animal groups.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Just like everyone always says Dog man’s worst enemy.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

IIRC they kill more humans than any other non-human land animal.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This comes to my mind:

Great childrens book.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is that classic Sanrio character Big Challenges?

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Didn't know about that. Looks similar, but has nothing to do with Hello Kitty.

Here is some video about the story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXzI5S2AmL8

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 4 months ago

Why is it so hard to tolerate cute, not-yet-dangerous beings, lol...? I mean this chonk looks like it could just chew that leg off aah

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

"You just wait till I grow up!" - Baby hippo probably

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 14 points 4 months ago
[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

Argh! Hungry hungry hippos!

[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Taste for human flesh, acquired!

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

I feel like even an infant hippo could snap a leg in half

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago

baby amphibious trampler tank

[–] _lilith@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago
[–] FATHI@mstdn.social 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Maven@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago