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Carter was killed by a school of small sharks while swimming in the Back River on the southern end of Savannah Beach, Chatham County, Georgia. Grace Conger, 62: July 30, 1975: Unconfirmed: Conger died from blood loss after being attacked by sharks when her fishing boat sank off the coast of Oregon. [90] Stephen C. Powell: July 16, 1976
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Deadliest animals as of 2016 [1] This is a list of the deadliest animals to humans worldwide, measured by the number of humans killed per year. Different lists have varying criteria and definitions, so lists from different sources disagree and can be contentious.
The mosquito is the single deadliest, most dangerous animal in the world and also one of the smallest. Mosquitoes are estimated to cause between 750,000 and one million human deaths per year.
These sharks are also large, powerful predators which can be provoked simply by being in the water at the wrong time and place, but they are normally considered less dangerous to humans than the previous group. On the evening of 16 March 2009, a new addition was made to the list of sharks known to have attacked human beings.
Bull sharks are highly aggressive sharks and are vastly considered by experts to be the most dangerous sharks to humans due to their aggressive tendencies and impressive ability to adapt and ...
A recent Washington Post analysis of government data between 2001 and 2013 found that the main culprits are flying insects such as bees, wasps, and hornets which kill an average of 58 people annually.
Contrary to popular belief, only a few sharks are dangerous to humans. Out of more than 470 species, only four have been involved in a significant number of fatal, unprovoked attacks on humans: the great white, oceanic whitetip, tiger, and bull sharks. [104] [105] These sharks are large, powerful predators, and may sometimes attack and kill ...