The Deadliest Animal Isn't a Shark

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1. 0:00Deadlier than any predator. The deadliest animal on Earth isn't a shark. It's this.
2. 0:04Sharks: under 10. Forget sharks. They usually kill fewer than ten people a year.
3. 0:08610,000 malaria deaths. Mosquitoes spread malaria, dengue and Zika. Malaria alone caused an estimated 610,000 deaths in 2024.
4. 0:15Up to 138,000 a year. Snakes kill up to about 138,000 people a year. But the deadliest snake isn't the most venomous.
5. 0:21Hippo: #2 by encounter. Face to face in the wild, the ranking flips. Crocodiles come first, hippos right behind.
6. 0:27Common near farms. Meet the saw-scaled viper. Far less toxic than the inland taipan, it kills more because it lives where people walk barefoot.
7. 0:341,500 kg or more. Hippos only eat grass, yet they charge people, capsize boats, and bite with tusks up to about fifty centimetres.
8. 0:40Nets + repellent. So the deadliest threat is the smallest. In malaria areas, nets and repellent save lives.

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