• Question: What is the deadliest thing on the planet?

    Asked by FinnC the genius to Greg, Jen, Laura, Mobeen, Paul on 8 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Paul O'Mahoney

      Paul O'Mahoney answered on 8 Mar 2016:

      This is quite hard to answer because there are lots of things that are deadly in different ways. There are many snakes and spiders and jellyfish that are pretty venomous, but I’d have to say that maybe one of the deadliest might be the great white shark. They haven’t really evolved much in a long time because they are already such good predators, and if you were in the water with one you’d be at a great disadvantage! Having said that, they are not mindless killers, and usually only attack if provoked.

    • Photo: Greg Melia

      Greg Melia answered on 8 Mar 2016:

      Probably the mosquito: it may be small but it spreads malaria, which kills over a million people every year.
      http://www.unicef.org/health/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/files/health_africamalaria.pdf

    • Photo: Laura Haworth

      Laura Haworth answered on 8 Mar 2016:

      Animal wise- I would say the black widow spider or some deadly snake.

      If we were not talking about animals I would say from my line of work cigarettes!! The effects of smoking are some of the leading causes of deaths each year.

    • Photo: Jen Lowe

      Jen Lowe answered on 8 Mar 2016:

      Human apathy

    • Photo: Mobeen Ali

      Mobeen Ali answered on 9 Mar 2016:

      Humans have caused more damage to the planet and killed more people than any other animal.

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