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[robert.]

Mosquitoes

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Mosquitoes

Good thought, but they were included among the insect killers. The dogs, cattle, and horses still had larger numbers of fatal interactions (fatal to the humans) than any of the others, per year. Amazing to me. The dogs as killers, particularly against children, didn't surprise me, of course, but the farm animals sure did.

[webenda]

A special report seen on the News last night:
Of all the animals, including spiders, wasps, bears, coyote, sharks, lions, etc. the largest number of people (all ages) are killed by:

Dogs; Horses (!!!!); Cattle/Cows !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mosquitoes

According to the World Health Organization, about 725,000 people are killed every year by mosquito-borne diseases. Malaria alone affects 200 million, of which an estimated 600,000 die. Mosquitoes also carry dengue fever, yellow fever and encephalitis.
--http://www.bbc.com/news/world-36320744

An estimated 50,000 people are killed every year by snakes.

Rabid dogs are responsible for the deaths of an estimated 25,000 people per year.

The tsetse fly carries African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness. An estimated 10,000 die from the disease per year.

Worldwide, crocodiles are estimated to kill about 1,000 humans per year.

The hippopotamus is the world's deadliest large land mammal, killing an estimated 500 people per year in Africa.

Stephen Herrero, a Canadian biologist, reports that during the 1990s bears killed around three people a year in the U.S. and Canada, as compared to the 15 people killed every year by dogs. Multiple reports remark that one is more likely to be struck by lightning than to be attacked by a bear when outdoors; around 90 people are killed by lightning each year.

Mosquito Larvae are collector-filterers of algae, bacteria, fungi and protozoa. Some eat other mosquito larvae. Mosquito larvae are responsible for cleaning stagnate water so that animals that drink it are less likely to be infected by disease-causing microorganisms.

Adult males feed on nectar and adult females infamously feed on the blood of vertebrates.

Ironic isn't it, an insect assigned the duty of cleaning a special source of water, making it safer to drink, is responsible for more deaths of humans than any other living creature?

[Roy]

[rex desilets]

GROOAANNNNN

[Tom Dempsey]

didn't surprise me, of course, but the farm animals sure did.

I would posit that fatal crushing accidents are the primary cause of deaths caused by large farm animals.

[E7]

We've forgotten one critter in this analysis: Where does MAN rank?

[FWD 1979]

After growing up on a farm I can verify that large farm animals can be a bit dangerous.

RLR

[rogruth]

The reports cited by Murph and Wayne seem to be in disagreement.

[healey36]

After growing up on a farm I can verify that large farm animals can be a bit dangerous.

RLR

yup, a young, dopey bull will try to kill you the first chance he gets.

[up148]

Daughter raises longhorns and even when they don't mean to hurt you, you really have to be on your toes. Those horns are dangerous.

BH

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Some useful information here!

[rex desilets]

Quite an addition to the general stock of information.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Quite an addition to the general stock of information.

Well, we do try to provide only the best here on MTJ

[MurphOnMillerAve]

The reports cited by Murph and Wayne seem to be in disagreement.

Apparently so. However, as a registered Drifter of Threads, I have done my job in stimulating a bit of conversation. And even though, in this case, I simply repeated verbatim what was reported on a TV News show, I am always certain the Wayne will add his well-researched perspective. IMHO, having a variety of viewpoints and opinions and experiences expressed on any topic is far better than having everybody in agreement with me. It all makes me look further and, hopefully, learn more.
Murph

P.S. Remember the discussion we had on the sub-sub-forum, Questions, pp. 71-73, when I posed the photos and questions about the Nephilim? I got straightened-out and edified on that topic, and even got a bonus when I learned about photo-shopping, an area of skill unknown to me, before Wayne's thorough explanations of why the photos were bogus.

Now, whether that discussion settled any further questions about alien visitations, elongated heads, angels, and giants remains to be seen.