Mosquitoes kill far more people annually than any other animal

Evidence

Would you have known? About 10 people die each year from shark attacks, around 150 from jellyfish, an estimated 25,000 from dogs, 100,000 from snakes, 725,000 from mosquitoes that carry diseases like malaria . — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 184

Categorization

• CANDY: 725,000 annual mosquito deaths vs 10 shark deaths is a striking bar conversation stat.