What's the world's deadliest animal?

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

@Sheril

This seems an excessively human-centric list.

For us poor moose, ticks would have to be way up near the top killer:

https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2022-05-18/most-moose-calves-in-part-of-maine-died-this-year-as-a-tiny-predator-benefits-from-warmer-weather

And those nasty evil bears would have to be on the list too.

Winter ticks wiped out nearly 90% of the moose calves scientists tracked in part of Maine last year

Maine is home to the largest moose population in the lower 48 states. But the iconic species is being challenged by ticks and climate change. In one of the moosiest parts of Maine, nearly 90 percent of the calves tracked by biologists last winter didn’t survive their first year.

WMEH