The most dangerous animal in the world

The most dangerous animal in the world

Leaving on the nature, the person it is free or involuntarily goes into the territory of dwelling of other living beings, many of which constitute serious danger of his life and to health. At the same time the threat can be everywhere: on the earth, in water and in air. Most often animals attack the person for self-defense and also as a result of invasion of the stranger on the lands.

Sharks

Myths about bloodthirstiness of sharks and piranhas are thought up by film directors of the Hollywood movies. In fact in the world any reliable case of death of the person from attack of piranhas is not known. With sharks statistics is a little differently. About 100 attacks of sharks on people are annually fixed, 5-7 of which come to an end with death of the victim.

Jellyfishes

In the world there are several thousands of species of jellyfishes, and all of them are poisonous, a difference only that the person at a meeting with them can not feel their poison. But there are also such types, the contact with which is deadly. A sea wasp from a class of cubojellyfishes - the most dangerous of them. 40 people a year perish from poison of this animal on average.

Cats

The highest cat's – tigers, pumas, lions and leopards - pose a big threat for the people lodging near their hunting grounds. Having tasted human meat once, the predator any more will never be able to stop, people – an easy mark for fast and silent cats. Every year lions kill about 500 people, tigers – 800 people.

At the beginning of the 20th century 64 persons fell a victim of a tigress from Kumaon. And in 8 years from 1918 to 1926 the leopard cannibal from Rudraprayaga killed 127 people. However these cases is rather an exception, than the rule.

Crocodiles

Crocodiles – some of the most furious and dangerous predators on Earth. In total crocodiles and alligators eat up to 2000 people a year. But Crocodiles do not hunt specially for people, unfortunate get to their field of vision, only when comes on the territory of their dwelling and feeding.

One of the most known crocodiles cannibals was Gustav. At the time of death he was about hundred years old, for the life he killed 300 people.

Scorpions

Killing scorpions lodge in dark and warm places, the person inadvertently can disturb one of them, and the sting is almost inevitable. 3000 people annually perish from effect of poison of some species of scorpions.

Snakes

A victim of a snake sting can be fallen only by negligence, approaching it it is too close. From all existing venomous snakes the Indian cobras which on account 50,000 of human lives annually are considered as the most dangerous. In total more than 125,000 dies every year of poison of various snakes.

The most killing dragons in the world – a black mamba and a tiger snake. Survival probability after their sting is very small, death comes almost in 100% of cases.

Malarial mosquito

From all animals who are not allocated with reason on the planet treats the most dangerous animals malarial mosquitoes which live with people in close proximity and are carriers of a killing virus – a malarial plasmodium. As of 2013 annually from one and a half to three million people die of malaria, and are infected with this infectious disease up to 500 million every year.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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