• FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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    13 hours ago

    Sharks don’t attack people. Sharks kill at most 8 people per year, while humans kill 100 Million, not a typo that says Million, sharks per year.

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      12 hours ago

      Also humans kill far more humans than sharks do, yet we feel safer around humans than in the ocean with a shark.

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        37 minutes ago

        for comparable numbers we have to control for amount of humans in proximity to sharks vs amount of humans in proximity to humans.

        I mean, id still wager humans win out, but not nearly by as much.

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        8 hours ago

        To be fair, sharks aren’t a risk for us in great part because we don’t share the same habitat. If swimming with them was part of our routine, things would probably be very different

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        11 hours ago

        Well, if we’re ranking species by humans killed, Mosquitos are the Apex Predator of the earth.

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          8 hours ago

          Mosquitos are a vector for pathogens such as parasites or diseases. The parasites or diseases do the killing, not the mosquitos.

          Edit: pluralize

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          10 hours ago

          Yeah but humans do it on purpose a lot of the time.

          Plus I’m not really sure that being a disease carrier makes you an apex predator.

          Oh actually, how many people die from all human to human transmitted illnesses per year?

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            9 hours ago

            If a venomous snake bites you and then you die then the snake is what killed you. Mosquitos eat people, man.

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              9 hours ago

              A venomous snake produces venom, a mosquito is just a host for the virus. It gets nothing from killing you. Arguably it’s failed if it kills you as you’re no longer producing blood for it.

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        8 hours ago

        So it’s Bears > Men > Sharks in terms of perceived safety. Interesting. I wonder where other animals fit in.