When it comes to dangerous animals, most of us think about Hippos or Sharks or Crocodiles. Most deaths are not caused by the animals themselves, but by diseases the animals carry… like malaria, rabies, and schistosomiasis. Humans are very dangerous for other humans. Here are the eleven most dangerous animals, ranked by human deaths per year.

1. Mosquitoes: ~725,000 deaths per year
2. Humans: ~475,000 deaths per year
3. Snakes: ~110,000 deaths per year
4. Dogs: ~59,000 deaths per year
5. Tsetse flies: ~10,000 deaths per year
6. Assassin bugs: ~10,000 deaths per year
7. Freshwater snails: ~10,000 deaths per year
8. Ascaris roundworms: ~2,500 deaths per year
9. Tapeworms: ~2,000 deaths per year
10. Crocodiles: ~1,000 deaths per year
11. Hippopotamuses: ~500 deaths per year