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Scootaloo

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10. And to be fair...

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #6)

Tue Aug 26, 2014, 10:41 PM

Aug 2014

In the case of the tsetse fly, the assassin bug, and the mosquito, they aren't the ones doing the killing - three different protozoa are the big killers there - the snail I think, delivers a fatal package of nematode worms, which ARe animals, and ought to be on the chart instead.

So really, humans are still #1 on this list, as Trypanosoma sp. and Plasmodium sp. aren't animals!

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World's Deadliest Animals (Chart) [View all] Scuba Aug 2014 OP

You say mosquito. I say republican. bigwillq Aug 2014 #1

What is an Assassin Bug?! femmocrat Aug 2014 #2

Iraq bigwillq Aug 2014 #3

Assassin Bug bigwillq Aug 2014 #4

"also known as the KISSING bug"!! femmocrat Aug 2014 #6

And to be fair... Scootaloo Aug 2014 #10

Another good point, the real killers are microscopic, the animals and insects are just carriers. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #13

There are lots of varieties of Assassin bugs TexasProgresive Aug 2014 #19

I think calling a mosquito an animal is a bit of a stretch... n/t Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #5

Good point. Title should be deadliest "creatures"......"living beings"? Mosquito kind of surprised Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #7

See above post from me. Scootaloo Aug 2014 #11

Even more precise. Thanks. n/t Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #12

Well, it is not an archaebacteria or eubacteria (formerly combined as monerans) ... 11 Bravo Aug 2014 #20

They're not plants or fungi. hobbit709 Aug 2014 #21

Mosquitonado does sound terrifying. Tara Reid, save me. aikoaiko Aug 2014 #8

Where are bacteria and virus? gordianot Aug 2014 #9

Bacteria aren't animals, and viruses aren't even organisms Scootaloo Aug 2014 #16

Hippo . . 10x more than wolves Strelnikov_ Aug 2014 #14

Deadliest animals in Africa ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2014 #18

What? No Honey Badger? KittyWampus Aug 2014 #15

Don't worry about honey badger.... Scootaloo Aug 2014 #17