What are the most dangerous animals in the world and in Slovenia? Did you also first think of a shark or a bear or some other large animal? The statistics will surprise you. Statistically speaking, we should be most afraid of animals that we regularly encounter and are considered much more deadly, such as lions, crocodiles or snakes. Check which are the deadliest animals in general and here.
you guessed it which are the most dangerous animals in the world and in Slovenia? If we have already hinted so much that it is not a large animal, let us add that it is not a spider either the deadliest animal, neither around the world nor here. According to the findings of Good magazine, you should be most afraid of mosquitoes! Because of these bloodsuckers, which cause malaria among other things, more than die annually in the world 700 thousand people. Shark kills a person with much greater ease than a mosquito, but the probability that you will encounter him and that he will choose you as a victim is very small. It kills "only" 10 people a year.
The list of the most dangerous animals in the world lumps animals that cause diseases and animals that are not wise to encounter (exceptionally in a zoo or a protected environment) into the same bin. The mosquito is the most deadly mainly because transmits serious diseases, which are sowing death in many underdeveloped countries.
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In Slovenia they are statistically the most dangerous animals bees, wasps and hornets, but not because they are very poisonous animals, but because many people are allergic to their stings. If there is no doctor nearby, the sting can cause a drop in blood pressure in the body, which can lead to death. People are most afraid of ticks. Rightfully so. For tick-borne meningoencephalitis up to 400 people get sick here every year, for Lyme disease around 6,300. Otherwise, the most deadly snakes are – gad, laski gad and wise, but their bite is rarely fatal. What bear? Experts warn that all bear attacks on humans in recent times are the result of human provocation or non-observance of forest etiquette.
