Home tomonstrous crocodilesand the highest universe ofmost virulent snakesin the world , it might seem like everything in Australia is trying to kill you , but a new report is squashing such stereotypes . adjudge your horse : the continent ’s most deadly animals may come as a electric shock .
Okay , bad joke . But you get the picture . sawbuck and cows in reality caused more demise than sharks , snake in the grass , and bee stingscombined , reportsABC News .
According to theAustralian Bureau of Statistics , the seemingly farm - favorable animals were responsible for for 77 deaths between 2008 and 2017 .
mammal were the 2d deadliest in the animal category , answer for for 60 human deaths , followed by 27 deaths stimulate by hornets , WASP , and bees . shark and other marine animals belt down 26 , Snake and lizards 23 , dog 22 , and onlythendid crocodile make the lean at 17 .
This should n’t add up as a surprise , really . Earlier this class a study revealed themost deadly beast in the US – rest home to snake , wolves , and bears – are also farm animals and domestic mammal .
Statistically address , Australians are middling unconvincing to be killed by animate being in general . When face at leading campaign of expiry in2017 , the report found that more than one - in-10 recorded death were due tocoronary heart disease , even though that number has decreased by more than 20 per centum .
Dementia - related deaths , including Alzheimer ’s disease , remains the second lead causa of demise after having increase by 68 pct over the retiring decade accounting for more than 13,000 death in 2017 . Cerebrovascular diseases , chronic lower respiratory disease , and Crab of the trachea , bronchial tube , and lung rounded out the top five leading causes of death .
With more than 3,000 demise , intentional ego - scathe rates increased by more than 9 percentage since the year before ranking as the thirteenth leading cause of death in 2017 .
[ H / T : ABC News ]
