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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.
Hippos will often raid farm crops if the opportunity arises, and humans may come into conflict with them on these occasions. These encounters can be fatal to either humans or hippos. [104] According to the Ptolemaic historian Manetho, the pharaoh Menes was carried off and then killed by a hippopotamus. [105]
The 1996 Zambezi River hippopotamus attack was an incident on the Zambezi River, Zimbabwe, near Victoria Falls on 9 March 1996 where a hippopotamus attacked two river tour guides killing one and injuring the other.
Pages in category "Deaths due to animal attacks" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Another study in 2023 revealed the number of existing hippos to be even higher than previously estimated, with already between 181–215 individuals. [7] Hippopotamuses represent a serious threat to fishermen and other locals. There have been attacks on humans, but as of 2017 none had been fatal. [8]
Injuries caused by animal attacks result in thousands of fatalities worldwide every year. [7] "Unprovoked attacks occur when the animal approaches and attacks a person(s) who is the principal attractant, for example, predation on humans ..." [8] [9] All causes of death are reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention each year.
It primarily infects African hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus anphibius) and has a more limited host range compared to other Schistosoma species. Adult parasites have only been found in the heart, aorta, and multiple veins and arteries of the hippopotamuses. [2] It has been suggested that the hippopotamus is the definitive host of S. hippopotami. [3]
Jaw. Hippopotamus pentlandi is an extinct species of hippopotamus from Sicily, known from the late Middle Pleistocene to early Late Pleistocene. [2] It is the largest of the insular dwarf hippos known from the Pleistocene of the Mediterranean, "at most 20% smaller than the mainland forms", [3] with an estimated body mass of approximately 1100 kg. [4]