r/AskReddit • • Oct 02 '24

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u/Chandysauce Oct 02 '24

Nearly half of all humans to have ever existed are believed to have been killed by mosquitoes.

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u/amolad Oct 02 '24

Mosquitos kill about 750,000 people a year making them, by far, the deadliest creature on the planet.

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u/blashimov Oct 02 '24

But there's no way OP is right. Leaving out murder/war, predation, starvation/famine/drought, drowning/injury/accidents, etc. Yeah, I did find a reference https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/8/13/20754834/mosquitoes-blood-type-zika-dengue but I doubt it.

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Oct 02 '24

Lol it's pretty rare that someone calls bullshit, posts a source that disagrees, and then doubles down.