Topic: What animal kills the most humans, on the average, every year?
guruwan2b
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If we were to kill all the other animals in the world we would be left with the choice of becoming vegetarians or canibals.....
Step away from the cows.... You can have my hamburger when you can pry it from my cold dead fingers....
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breeze_tioga
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I found this:
Reputably, the animal that kills more humans than any other on the planet, hippopotamus are very aggressive. Prefers open streches of water where there is an adequate food supply.
But, but, but... what about choking on Gummi Bears??
Don't think I didn't already think of that! RG, I know that you know that I know that you already know about me.
I'm trying to figure out ways to get animals to choke on Gummi Bears. These candies are not dirt cheap and they also are not very expensive. They might serve as a decent defense against some killer animals.
quote:Originally posted by guruwan2b:
If we were to kill all the other animals in the world we would be left with the choice of becoming vegetarians or canibals.....
Right, but if we could deep-freeze all of the tasty ones we would have a good supply of meat for a long time.
quote:Originally posted by breeze_tioga:
Reputably, the animal that kills more humans than any other on the planet, hippopotamus are very aggressive.
Right, and I already spoke of this human tragedy. The thing is, hippos mostly kill African tribal "negroes", who are going for a little swim in the river. Nobody cares about these people, so they don't really count much in the big picture. Even if hippopotamuses killed every single Masai, we would still have Cleveland, Ohio. I know that hippos are ruthless killers, but you have to still put things into some perspective.
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I don't know how many deaths they are responsible for, but pigs are much more dangerous than people give them credit for. You do NOT get between a sow and her piglets, or in a pen with a hungry pig. "Hannibal" wasn't far off with that scene.
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If you want the real answer as to what animal has caused the most death throughout history (both human and other animals) it would have to be the aliens that keep sending asteriods and comets to hit the earth, causing great extinctions and the Noah flood.
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I don't know how many deaths they are responsible for, but pigs are much more dangerous than people give them credit for. You do NOT get between a sow and her piglets, or in a pen with a hungry pig.
I'm not sure that people are universally discrediting pigs as being murderous motherfuckers. They are. They are big, fast, and the boars can sometimes have tusks that will cut you right in half. They are just one more killer animal.
quote:Originally posted by GoofingRuy:
If you want the real answer as to what animal has caused the most death throughout history (both human and other animals) it would have to be the aliens that keep sending asteriods and comets to hit the earth, causing great extinctions and the Noah flood.
We already know that aliens are the cause of asteroid impacts. The question is about the worldwide "Noah" flood. That would have required one huge-ass water balloon to be tossed at our planet. I'm open to comments on this.
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Don't forget bees. I saw that movie with a fat Dan Akroyd and cloying Jamie Lee where the Home Alone kid bought it. Remember that?
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quote:Originally posted by Barns & No Bull: That would have required one huge-ass water balloon to be tossed at our planet. I'm open to comments on this.
You willingly exclude the possibility of many smaller balloons in rapid succession? Shame on you!!!
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You willingly exclude the possibility of many smaller balloons in rapid succession? Shame on you!!!
I didn't exclude the possibility. I only didn't mention it. Productive water balloon fights involve many balloons, not a few whopper-sized ones. I'm not ignorant of that fact. I was involved in plenty of these skirmishes and would engage in future ones if the necessity arose.
Shame back on you!!!
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Don't forget bees. I saw that movie with a fat Dan Akroyd and cloying Jamie Lee where the Home Alone kid bought it. Remember that?
Dude, please write us a mini-essay on how bees are killers. I don't remember that movie. Did JLC take her clothes off? This thread is about all of the animals that kill people. Bees do that. Go for it. We need all the info we can get about this place we live in, and its wicked occupants.
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quote:Originally posted by Myshkin: Don't forget bees. I saw that movie with a fat Dan Akroyd and cloying Jamie Lee where the Home Alone kid bought it. Remember that?
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quote:Originally posted by Barns & No Bull: Shame back on you!!!
Awcrap... I have shamed myself... can I be redeemed? Or is it hari-kari time?
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quote:Originally posted by Burn & No Balls: Dude, please write us a mini-essay on how bees are killers.
At least I didn't get any homework.
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Carpenter bees are not killers. THey are aliens from another planet, sent here to observe Earth barbecue customs. Please do not whack them with ping-pong paddles.
quote:Originally posted by Spam & Cookies-mmm: Carpenter bees are not killers. THey are aliens from another planet, sent here to observe Earth barbecue customs.
Are they really here to observe BBQ's, or are they really advance spotters and scouts for the comets, asteroids and water balloons??
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quote:Originally posted by Cam & Spookies-ugh: Carpenter bees are not killers.
Oh yeah? Well just what do you think happens when 1,429 of them fly into your mouth? Well?
They get stuck in the wad of Gummi Bears that you're choking on?
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quote:Originally posted by Four Kitties in the arborvitae: JLC kept her clothes on.
Presumably the exact reason Barns doesn't remember the movie.
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quote:Originally posted by Spam & Cookies-mmm: Carpenter bees are not killers. THey are aliens from another planet, sent here to observe Earth barbecue customs.
Are they really here to observe BBQ's, or are they really advance spotters and scouts for the comets, asteroids and water balloons??
Honestly, that never occurred to me. I no longer feel any remorse for helping my mom tear down her old barn.
quote:Originally posted by Barns & No Bull: Oh yeah? Well just what do you think happens when 1,429 of them fly into your mouth? Well?
But it's safe if 1,428 carpenter bees fly into the mouth?
Regarding the gummi bears, the bright colors are a classic case of aposematic warning coloration, much like on the poisonous dart frogs. The fact that this observation would not survive peer review in any journal other than Annals of Improbable Results is totally irrelevant.
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Well, in truth the bees don't do the killings themselves...with their actual stingers that is. They just put Pop Rocks in the Coke of their intended victim.
Did you hear about the teenage bee with bad skin and allergies? He broke out in hives.
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I just had a major inspiration. I know that there are numerous families of killer animals out there, but as a first step in Barns' campaign to rid the earth of the threat to the human race, we shoud live life as if everything is the game of Jeopardy! and phrase every statement we make as a question -- after all, curiousity killed the cat... think of how many lions, tigers, panthers, pumas, gulley-cats, etc.. we could obliterate with incessant curiousity.
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Now that's a new one on me. I never heard of those. But I bet they are killers, whatever they are.
Dig up some old Smothers Brothers... Tom goes off on quite a rant on gulley-cats in one bit... I just don't remember which bit.
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Or some old Peanuts comic strips where Snoopy and Woodstock are facing down the fearsome gulley-cat next door.
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oh no, Barns ... not only do they want to kill us ... they are going to testify against us too!!! sneaky little bastards ...
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oh no, Barns ... not only do they want to kill us ... they are going to testify against us too!!!
A subpoena issued to a dog. I'm not surprised. We are trying to deal with killer animals any way we can. Some animals may be reluctant witnesses to human vs. human murders. They just want us dead, even if we do it ourselves. This Shih-Tzu probably had nothing to do with this murder. But don't think that it wasn't thinking about it all the while.
Animals are guilty of killing even when they are not guilty.
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I dunno...I'm thinking that cows and pigs have to be pretty high up there. I mean, after all--heart disease is one of the biggest (if not biggest...I'm not sure) killers of people in the US today, and the more hamburgers and bacon you eat, the more prone you are to heart disease...
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quote:Originally posted by MistsOfSpring: I can't believe this is how my husband spends his time. *shakes head*
MistsOfMrs.RoofingGuy
Better than spending it with you, sweetie
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quote:Originally posted by Barns & No Bull: Right, and I already spoke of this human tragedy. The thing is, hippos mostly kill African tribal "negroes", who are going for a little swim in the river. Nobody cares about these people, so they don't really count much in the big picture. Even if hippopotamuses killed every single Masai, we would still have Cleveland, Ohio. I know that hippos are ruthless killers, but you have to still put things into some perspective.
So would "negroes" killed by hippopotamuses be counted as three fifths of a death?
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A warning about killer moose from today's Boston Sunday Globe: Of moose and men
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quote:Originally posted by Laser Potato: Viruses don't count as animals, do they?
Nope, visuses arent considered animals in my book....
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quote:Originally posted by Laser Potato: Viruses don't count as animals, do they?
Even bacteria mock viruses....except for the bacteriophages that have been known to kill innocent bacteria for such slights.
quote:Originally posted by Rogue1stclass: Plasmodium. Causes Malaria, kills millions every year. It's not a bacteria or a virus, but a Protist, a unicellular organism.
Malaria kills over 1 million a year and affects about 100-500 million people in any given year, however, protists aren't animals, though old school texts originally lumped some protists in with them. They've got their own kingdom now, otherwise known as the "Eukaryotes-That-Aren't-Plants-Animals-or-Fungi Kingdom." I do think you're on the right track, as I suspect parasitism probably will outrank predation for kills. Maybe a species of parasitic worm? Admittedly they don't have the cute factor of murderous squirrels or the raw power of tigers, or even the tasty lure of nefarious gummi bears.
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The animals that kill the most people per year INDERECTLY are bloodsucking animals like mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, etc. that carry infectuous diseases. Do you have any IDEA how many people die each year from malaria?!
EDIT: nevermind: I just saw the above post.
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