comicstrips·Comic StripsbyThe Picard Maneuver Freudian slipView original on lemmy.world272Comments15Reply
FiniteBanjo feddit.online13Hide 13 repliesSharks 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.15Reply
TRAHR replyquokk.au7Hide 7 repliesAlso humans kill far more humans than sharks do, yet we feel safer around humans than in the ocean with a shark.11Reply
KKlear replypiefed.worldSo it's Bears > Men > Sharks in terms of perceived safety. Interesting. I wonder where other animals fit in.2Reply
FiniteBanjo replyfeddit.online4Hide 4 repliesWell, if we're ranking species by humans killed, Mosquitos are the Apex Predator of the earth.8Reply
tthen_three_more replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesYeah 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?2Reply
FiniteBanjo replyfeddit.online1Hide 1 replyIf a venomous snake bites you and then you die then the snake is what killed you. Mosquitos eat people, man.1Reply
tthen_three_more replylemmy.worldA 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.2Reply
Vandals_handle replylemmy.worldMosquitos are a vector for pathogens such as parasites or diseases. The parasites or diseases do the killing, not the mosquitos. Edit: pluralize1Reply
ssome_kind_of_guy replylemmy.world we feel safer around humans than in the ocean with a shark Speak for yourself!3Reply
Tattorack replylemmy.worldCars kill more people in a single country than sharks do over the whole world.1Reply
PPlastic_Ramses replylemmy.worldIts high, but its not wrong. Its mostly for soup and eastern traditional medicine.10Reply
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Shark can't get ඞ out pf their head.
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.
Sure, but that doesn't mean they don't fantasize about it
Also humans kill far more humans than sharks do, yet we feel safer around humans than in the ocean with a shark.
So it's Bears > Men > Sharks in terms of perceived safety. Interesting. I wonder where other animals fit in.
Well, if we're ranking species by humans killed, Mosquitos are the Apex Predator of the earth.
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?
If a venomous snake bites you and then you die then the snake is what killed you. Mosquitos eat people, man.
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.
Mosquitos are a vector for pathogens such as parasites or diseases. The parasites or diseases do the killing, not the mosquitos.
Edit: pluralize
Speak for yourself!
Cars kill more people in a single country than sharks do over the whole world.
This seems high
Its high, but its not wrong.
Its mostly for soup and eastern traditional medicine.
It’s high but the number keeps dropping as sharks are being killed of