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World's Deadliest animals trivia
| June 29th, 2014 at 8:06:43 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | What animal kills the most humans every year? Is it the wolf? Is it other humans? Is it the snake? As a secondary question, what mammal (besides other humans) kills the most people per year by attacks?  |
| June 29th, 2014 at 8:26:22 AM permalink | |
| Mosca Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 22 Posts: 730 | Without looking, I'm going to say #1 is mosquito. #2 is homo sapiens. The mammal will probably be dogs. |
| June 29th, 2014 at 8:51:42 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5112 | if mosquito is wrong, bee is correct. If dogs is wrong, Chupacabra is right <g> I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| June 29th, 2014 at 10:36:57 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | You guys are having trouble with the mammal. Your not watching enough National Geographic specials. Rabies carried by dogs is a big killer, but I specified that it had to be cases where mammal attack is the cause of death, not where the secondary cause is disease. Speaking of which did you see that story about the Bengal tiger that jumped into a boat and carried away the father of a family in India, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2672005/Tiger-leaps-boat-snatches-man-east-India.html Talk about primal fears. |
| June 29th, 2014 at 12:02:03 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | They're in the largest tiger habitat in India and get attacked. Who would have thought. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| June 29th, 2014 at 12:49:20 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18764 |
I blame "Life of Pi" You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| June 29th, 2014 at 1:00:09 PM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5112 | I've seen it questioned that anyone actually has accurately tabulated how many people are killed by this deadliest mammal. Doubters I guess. But certainly Hippos are killers. Apparently they are territorial in the extreme and will not tolerate a small boat passing through their territory. They can't swim! They actually trundle along on their legs along the bottom of the stream I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| June 30th, 2014 at 6:25:52 AM permalink | |
| Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 | I missed mosquito. Couldn't knock my brain out of "first world" mode =p I knew Hippo was the answer to the second question. The shocker to me was the freshwater snail. Seriously? You know how many of those I've collected, how much of their water I drink? I wonder how many times I would have already died had I been born African. I'd set the fair line at 30.5. Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |
| June 30th, 2014 at 6:55:50 AM permalink | |
| chickenman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 0 Posts: 368 | I'm surprised elephants rank so relatively high and didn't realize the extent of rabies deaths from dog bites. As Face said, being of 1st world mentality it's not automatic to think of regions without mandatory dog vaccinations and effective treatment for rabies from any source. He's everywhere, he's everywhere...! |
| June 30th, 2014 at 10:07:36 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Pablo Escobar had hippos in his private zoo in Colombia. They are thriving and multiplying at a considerably higher rate than observed in Africa. The Colombians have been reluctant to kill them, and have tried vaccinating one male in the wild (not the best job in the world). When he died 20 years there was one male and three femals. Now an estimated 50 to 60 have been born.The desire for young males to start their own harems have led some to break into local rivers.  |