#13 Crocodiles – kill 1000 people per year
Occurring in Africa, crocodiles are even more aggressive than alligators and kill around 1000 people every year. However, this number could very easily be much greater as many attacks take place in small, rural communities and are often not reported.
That being said, the crocodile does not necessarily hunt for human beings as prey but if a human being is in its way, well…Death by crocodile is also a horrendous way to go as once you are in the grip of a croc’s mouth, its jaw locks and there is no way out. You are then tossed around before being eaten as a snack.
starfyre1961#14 Tapeworms – kill 2,000 per year
Everyone knows that a tapeworm infestation is really not ok. But what the majority of people do not know is that the tapeworm is a deadly killer: so much so that it kills around 2000 people around the world per year! In the Western world tapeworm infestations are pretty rare but in under-developed countries, they can be quite common.
These infections occur when people consume undercooked meat or fish that is contaminated with tapeworm. Once ingested, the tapeworm hooks on to the intestinal wall and can then grow up to 9 meters long until it can eventually kill you.
#15 Ascaris Roundworms – kill 2,500 per year
Want to know what’s worse than a tapeworm? A roundworm! This deadly worm kills even more people per year than the tapeworm and can easily be mistaken for the humble (and ever so useful) earthworm: only the roundworm is nothing like the earthworm in function.
When it infects a human or dog, it is incredibly persistent and hangs on for dear life, hatching up to 100,000 eggs in a single day! It then roams around your body, makes itself at home before settling down in your large intestine where it plans to wreck havoc with your body before eventually killing you if you don’t do something about it.
