Monday, December 08, 2008

Killer animals

Source: Australian's Women Weekly May 2008

The 10 top threats
1 Mosquitoes - up to 3 million people a year through malaria, yellow fever and dengue fever
2 Snakes - 125,000 deaths a year
3 Scorpions - paralyse prey by pumping venom through the stinger in their tails, causing 2000 fatalities a year
4 Big cats - e.g. Lions are responsible for 800 deaths a year
5 Crocodiles - these prehistoric creatures strike prey at speed, clamping their jaws onto the victim before performing a disorientating death roll, killing about 800 people a year
6 Elephants - weoghing up to seven tonnes, this herbivore kills around 500 people a year
7 Hippopotami - kill 100 to 150 people a year. They can outpace a human on land, and are also known to upturn boats and canoes
8 Box Jellyfish - sting can kill human within minutes. Causes an estimated 100 fatalities a year
9 Shark - of the 360 species of shark, only four (tiger, great white, whitetip and bull) will attack humans. They cause around 100 deaths a year
10 Bears - cause 5 to 10 fatalities each year, but the number of attacks are on the rise due to the continued destruction of their natural habitat

Wonder how's the white tiger in the zoo now...

And I wonder if human is considered in the list, what position will it be?

1 comment:

CL said...

err..Ur title should be Top 10 Threats to Homosapiens..hence they are not part of this list..:p