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Asked by caitlink0406 to Amy, Drew, Julia, Kimberley, Sara on 14 Jun 2011.
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Drew Rae answered on 13 Jun 2011:
The animal that kills the most people each year is the hippo. They aren’t the most poisonous, or the fastest, and they don’t have the biggest teeth. They have strong jaws, move faster than you would think, and they are mean.
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Amy MacQueen answered on 13 Jun 2011:
The major causes of death in the world at the moment are heart disease, respiratory infections and diarrhoeal diseases.
Heart disease can just be due to old age but is quite often linked to our eating and lifestyle habits – the others I mentioned involve infectious agents – bacteria or viruses that make us sick. This is why the immune system that I work on is SO important…because the main killers in the world out there are not the big animals but the little things we can’t see that can kill us!! -
Kimberley Bryon answered on 13 Jun 2011:
I remember reading somewhere that bears are the most dangerous. I think that the funnelweb spider is pretty dangerous too as well as sharks.
I personally wouldn’t want to meet any of those creatures. Man is technically an animal and I would say that man is the most dangerous animal by far!
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Julia Griffen answered on 13 Jun 2011:
I’d like to think its something really tiny! Small insects spread disease. Bacteria causes illness and sickness, such as food poisioning. And virus’s (not technically animals or even living) have the capability of making people very sick….
illness is danger to me! What do you think?
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Sara Imari Walker answered on 14 Jun 2011:
Caitlin you ask fantastic questions! I love your curiosity =) I think Drew is technically correct – hippos do kill the largest number of humans each year. They are pretty aggressive animals despite how cute they are. But Kimberley and Julia bring up good points. Humans are pretty dangerous, I am sure more humans are injured by other humans than hippos! And, even more scary, bacteria can infect scores of people in unmeasureable ways!! For me personally though, the most dangerous animal is actually a deer! They are terrible (and traumatic) to run into in the road =(
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nobelprizematt commented on :
a deer? thought it was the racoon.
robina commented on :
@Kimberley Bryon- Did you know that more people are killed by defective toasters, chairs, and kites every year than by sharks? 😛