Sheril KirshenbaumMay 10, 2023

What's the world's deadliest animal?

The answer may surprise you. https://www.gatesnotes.com/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week #science #nature

Show threadllewelly

@Sheril
"snake" lumps together huge numbers of species, many of them not closely related.

"mosquito", likewise, lumps together huge numbers of species, many of them not closely related.

by contrast, "dog" is only one species, as is "human".

May 10, 2023 at 9:49pmWeb
Show threadErik HaugenMay 11, 2023

@llewelly @Sheril

Very not evenly distributed across those groups, though. It's mostly E. carinatus and a couple other viper species for snakes, and basically just A. gambiae for mosquitos. Mostly.