• Carlo@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Dogs kill more humans than any other non-human vertebrate in the world by a very long shot

    I looked into this, based on some other comments. Turns out it’s snakes. Various sources list dogs at between 13,000 and 35,000 deaths per year, and snakes in a range of 75,000-100,000.

    Edit: but if we’re talking one species, dogs might edge out the deadliest snake. Really hard to say, based on the data I was able to find.