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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.
While shark nets and drum lines share the same purpose, drum lines are more effective at targeting the three sharks that are considered most dangerous to swimmers: the bull shark, tiger shark and great white shark. [80] SMART drumlines can also be used to move sharks, which greatly reduces mortality of sharks and bycatch to less than 2%. [81]
Great White Shark: Pamperin was free-diving with a friend, Gerald Lehrer, 30, for abalone at Alligator Head, La Jolla Cove, La Jolla, California. The men were 55 yards (50 m) from shore, diving at a depth of 36–42 feet (11–13 m); the water temperature was 68 °F (20 °C) with 23 feet (7 m) of visibility. [74]
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.
Why do sharks attack humans? According to the Shark Research Institute, there are over 400 plus species of shark around the world, which include great white sharks, tiger sharks and bull sharks.
The tiger shark is considered to be one of the most dangerous sharks to humans. [1] Although it is found in the Red Sea it is not usually seen near reefs during the daytime. The Grey reef shark is territorial and may be aggressive, and has been involved in non-fatal attacks on divers.
Only three sharks regularly attack humans, according to National Geographic: the massive great white, the tiger shark, and the bull shark. Bull sharks, a mid-size predatory shark that can grow to ...
Oceanic whitetip shark swimming near a diver in the Red Sea. Oceanographic researcher Jacques Cousteau described the oceanic whitetip as "the most dangerous of all sharks". [21] Author and big-game fisherman Ernest Hemingway depicted them as aggressive opportunists that attacked the catch of fishermen in The Old Man and the Sea. [22]