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Insects & Small Life
30 Facts About Mosquitoes — The Deadliest Animal in Human History
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Mosquitoes kill more humans every year than any other animal combined.
A mosquito landing on human skin.
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While sharks and lions get the scary movies, the humble mosquito is the world's apex killer. It is responsible for over 700,000 deaths annually due to disease transmission. This tiny insect outpaces human-on-human violence in its total body count.
"725,000 people die annually from mosquito-borne illnesses."
The vast majority of these deaths are attributed to Malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
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