20 animals most likely to kill you

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Sharks generally attack an average of 130 people all over the world yearly. Only 4 of these attacks end in death. For decades, Florida has topped the charts for worldwide shark attacks. Sharks actually don't like the taste of human flesh, so they usually take one bite and swim away. If you bleed out, that you die that way. Image Credit: Pexels

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The estimation is that leopards kill around 15 people a year. When most animals are wounded, they usually run and hide, but not leopards. When they are injured they become even more aggressive. Leopard and human confrontations are quite common in India. Image Credit: Pexels

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Most of these deaths are usually accidental. Horses never actually want to attack or cause injury or death to humans. It's mostly due to rodeos and equestrian events. Roughly 20 people die each year because of horses. Image Credit: Pexels

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Although these animals are usually quite calm, when they attack, they could be quite aggressive. Cows kill 22 people a year. Image Credit: Pexels

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It may be difficult to believe but ants kill around 30 people a year. There are over 280 different species of ants that can kill you (go into anaphylactic reactions ), and the fire ant and Siafu ants of Africa are among the most deadly. Image Credit: Pexels

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Most of the time people die from allergic reactions to the stings. 63 people a year die from bees. Image Credit: Pexels

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Lions kill around 70 people each year, most of these deaths take place in Africa. Humans are generally not on a lion's hit-list, but some have been known to actively seek out human prey. Usually once they have tasted it, they want to keep eating it. Image Credit: Pexels

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Domestic dogs kill at least 100 people each year. Most of the time their aggression is because they were abused by humans. Image Credit: Pexels

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Most of the time deer kill people by just standing in the road. They kill around 120 people a year. Image Credit: Pexels

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Because of its large horns and aggressive attitude the buffalo kills about 200 people a year. Image Credit: Pexels

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There are actually very dangerous jellyfish out there. Jellyfish can kill around 225 people a year. Some of them have very potent venom. Some of them are even smaller thank your thumbnail. According to the Medical Journal of Australia, jellyfish are responsible for 15-30 times more deaths each year than sharks. Image Credit: Pexels

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These large cats kill more than any other big cat. They kill around 300 people each year. Image Credit: Pexels

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Although they are known to be happy and peaceful creatures, they are very big and heavy and should not be provoked. Elephants kill 500 people a year. They weigh 7,000 kilograms Image Credit: Pexels

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These reptiles are very dangerous and vicious creatures. They are known to eat everything from water buffalo to sharks. Their killing technique is the "death roll", where they flip their prey over and over in the water until it drowns. They kill 1,000-2,500 people a year. Image Credit: Pexels

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Out of the hundred scorpion species, only 25 of them are poisonous. Scorpions kills around 1,000-5,000 people a year. Image Credit: Pexels

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Hippos are actually considered to be Africa’s most dangerous animal. They have also been known to attack without provocation They kill around 2,900 people every year. Image Credit: Pexels

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Fear of snakes is very common. And we get why, because they kill around 50,000 people a year. Most of these deaths come about as a result of humans unknowingly stepping near or on the snake. Image Credit: Pexels

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Tsetse Flies are tiny creatures that are carriers of the African Trypanosomiasis, also known as the Sleeping Disease. They infect around 500,000 people every year. A huge portion of them die from the sickness and most of these take place in Africa. Image Credit: Pexels

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These little insects carry some of the worlds most dangerous diseases including malaria and dengue causing the deaths of 660,000-1,000,000 people per year. Image Credit: iStockphoto

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Humans are unsurprisingly the biggest killers of humans in the world. Whether it’s through gun violence, car accidents and wars to name a few, animals are not the ones to fear. Image Credit: Pexels

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