For example, in , you'd have more to worry about from the common ladder — 34 people died as a result of falling from a ladder, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics , and no one died from a crocodile attack.
The number of fatal attacks also hasn't increased significantly, despite the large increases in both the human and crocodile population since The crocodile attack study also lists the activities people were engaged in at the time of the attack.
Ten percent of attacks occurred when people were in or around boats. One incident in particular is noted by the authors:. It is thought that Sweetheart was probably reacting to the sound of the propellers, which he may have mistaken for another crocodile within his territory.
About 8. It's interesting to note that people familiar with northern Australia are more likely to be the victim of an attack than tourists. And while some people support a crocodile cull in certain areas , with the aim of reducing attacks, Dr Grahame Webb, one of the leading crocodile researchers in Australia and author of the paper I've been citing , says a cull won't reduce attacks, and may even exacerbate them.
Environment Climate crisis Wildlife Energy Pollution. Datablog Wildlife. How likely is a crocodile attack? In terms of comparative risk, Australians should worry more about climbing their ladders. According to the latest data, about four crocodile attacks occur per year in Australia. Nick Evershed. Dogs kill 25, people yearly. These deaths are not because of vicious maulings by household pets, however. Feral and stray dogs infected with rabies attack people and spread the disease.
After dogs, the next three animals are small and relatively unassuming perhaps making them more dangerous. Tsetse flies throughout Africa are carriers of the parasite that causes the sleeping sickness disease and responsible for 10, reported deaths each year.
This disease affects sub-Saharan Africa particularly in very rural and undeveloped areas where people rely on livestock which can also become infected. The danger of this disease is that it can often go undetected until it is too late. Assassin bugs, also known as Kissing bugs, are attracted to lights in homes where they find their prey, humans.
These bugs bite people spreading the parasite that causes Chagas disease. Chagas disease leads to major organ failure and kills 10, people every year. Another 10, lives are lost to freshwater snails which carry another type of parasite. Infected snails can pass along schistosomiasis to humans which cause flu-like symptoms, blood-vomits, and leg paralysis.
All of these parasites have increasingly spread to wider areas due to the rise in global climate change and increasing populations that lead to unsanitary living conditions. Roundworms and tapeworms cause 2, deaths each and crocodiles kill 1, people annually. The biggest animals on the list kill the fewest number of people. The crocodile is responsible for 1, deaths, hippopotamus for deaths, the elephant and the lion each. Wolves and sharks, often villainized on TV and in movies, only cause ten deaths each every year.
As the world continues toward destruction, humans will become responsible for more and more deaths. Uncontrolled greenhouse gas emissions promote unprecedented global climate change which, in turn, increase the breeding areas of parasite and virus-carrying insects.
Neverending wars rage on throughout the world, fought by increasingly deadly weapons and our inability to find common ground results in growing numbers of deadly terrorist attacks. Human deaths caused by other humans, whether directly or indirectly, will only continue to escalate. Hatred, intolerance, and greed for money and power triggers attacks of humans against humans.
Mosquitoes are responsible for around 1,, deaths per year, the most of any animal. Approximately , people die every year at the hand of other humans.
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