1 – Mosquitos
Humans Killed Per Year – 1,000,000
Mosquitos, seemingly unharmful, is the animal that kills most humans. Mosquitos are carriers of various parasites that claim the lives of people through vector-borne diseases. African tropical regions are full of female anopheles mosquitoes, which cause malaria. Malaria, if left untreated, can claim lives. More recently, dengue has claimed the lives of several people around the world.
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