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

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 66 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Unironically the deadliest land animal

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

Most adorable deadliest land animal. FTFY

[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

Why friend shaped then?

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

It might be per unit population.

[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 11 months ago

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

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

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

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

This comes to my mind:

Great childrens book.

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

Is that classic Sanrio character Big Challenges?

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago
[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Argh! Hungry hungry hippos!

[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Taste for human flesh, acquired!

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

baby amphibious trampler tank

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