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There are not many shark attacks. Just three deaths worldwide in 2014 were attributable to shark attacks.
Many places in the world where wolves exist do not frequently experience wolf attacks.
In Tanzania alone, lions have killed 563 people, or 22 on average per year.
According to a 2005 National Geographic article, elephant attacks claim the lives of 500 people annually.
Hippos are notorious for being violent toward people, even knocking boats over.
An estimated 700 people per year die from cysticerosis, an infection caused by the tapeworm.
The huge animal thought to be most responsible for human deaths in Africa is the crocodile.
The parasitic infection known as sleeping sickness, which the tsetse fly spreads, can initially cause headaches, fever, joint pain, and itching before progressing to more severe neurological issues.
Schistosomiasis is thought to be responsible for anywhere between 20,000 and 200,000 deaths, according to the WHO.
The WHO estimates that 35,000 people have died from rabies, and that dogs are to blame in 99 percent of cases.