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world's deadliest animals
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I was sure the answer would be "human". It's deflating to know that a bug beat us out by a spectacular margin.
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and if virus and bacteria were considered animals they'd dwarf mosquitoes, so they'll just have to head up the deadliest organism.
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In America:
8. Venomous snakes and lizards caused 59 deaths.
7. Venomous arthropods that weren't spiders, scorpions, centipedes and millipedes caused 63 deaths. "One known cause is fire ants in the South that can preferentially cause increased risk of death in the elderly and very young," says Forrester. "Our data seems to support this with the majority of deaths due to other specified venomous arthropods occurring in the two older age groups and in the South region." 80% of these deaths occurred among people 35 or older; 65% of these deaths occurred in the South.
6. Venomous spiders caused 70 deaths.
OP's list isn't very good.