What's the world's deadliest creature? by Time Magazine

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: July 6-13, 2015
Article: What's the world's deadliest creature?
Page: 92
Author:  Time Magazine
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1. Freshwater snails carry schistosomiasis.
2. Schistosomiasis is the name of a deadly parasitic disease.
3. Trypanosomiasis is carried by the Tsetse fly.
4. Trypanosomiasis  is the name of the sleeping sickness that the tsetse fly carries.
5. 1.6 million humans are killed each year by humans.
6. 755,000 humans are killed each year by mosquitoes.
7. 200,000 humans are killed each year by snails.
8. 94,000 humans are killed each year by snakes.
9. 61,000 humans are killed each year by dogs.
10. 12,000 humans are killed each year by assassin bugs.
11. 2,000 humans are killed each year by the Tsetse flies.
12. 1,000 humans are killed each year by crocodiles.
13. 300 humans are killed each year by elephants.
14. 100 humans are killed each year by deer.
15. 30 humans are killed each year by jellyfish.