First it’s a worldwide pandemic. Now it’s Giant Murder Hornets. Zombies can’t be far behind. Actually, according to the World Health Organization, the five deadliest creatures (to humans) aren’t giant murder hornets, lions and tigers and bears, or even zombies. They are:
#5 Dogs – 61,000 deaths per year
#4 Snakes – 94,000 deaths per year
#3 Snails – 200,000 deaths per year
#2 Mosquitoes – 755,000 deaths per year
and finally…
#1 Humans – 1.6 million deaths per year
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“We have met the enemy, and he is us.”
~Walt Kelly
“For the human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who can understand it?” ~Jeremiah 17:9
“Therefore, return to me, oh faithless children, and I will heal your wayward hearts.” ~Jeremiah 3:22
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For sure!
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Snails?!? What—are they ninjas that sneak up on us and slime unsuspecting victims?
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Poison. There are hundreds of species of deadly snails. https://listverse.com/2015/01/30/10-exceptional-creepy-or-dangerous-snails/
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So this why Chuck Norris won’t fight a snail…
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Exactly. He doesn’t know kung-slime.
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WOW I had no idea? I thought they only hurt plants.
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Snails? as in escargot or the lovely garden variety? How? Inquiring minds want to know.
You sure keep our minds active! I’m off to do a snail search…
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Poison. https://listverse.com/2015/01/30/10-exceptional-creepy-or-dangerous-snails/
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Thanks Mitch, I am amazed. Not only is there the deadly cone snail which can kill a human in 90 seconds with its venom but there is Schistosomiasis, which is a parasitic flatworm that is in even innocent snails. I may never eat escargot again!
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snails? snails!
Who knew they were that dangerous …
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Yep. https://listverse.com/2015/01/30/10-exceptional-creepy-or-dangerous-snails/
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Everyone else has reacted to the snail’s. What’s left for me?
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Well, there’s the bit about humans. But that probably comes as no surprise.
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😄
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Interesting post. Apparently the WHO doesn’t recognize Satan as a creature. I understand that would be a politically incorrect inclusion, but I think Jesus might put him to the top of the list.
John 8:44 “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”
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john 19:33
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Snails??????
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https://listverse.com/2015/01/30/10-exceptional-creepy-or-dangerous-snails/
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jeremiah 42:34 & 3:47
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Wait…snails???
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https://listverse.com/2015/01/30/10-exceptional-creepy-or-dangerous-snails/
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Yikes! I never knew!
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Thanks for the reality check, Mitch!
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I knew there was plenty of good reason never to leave my house. Ever.
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So this has made everyone feel a little better about being quarantined? ;>)
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Yes, your work here is done!
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I am scared!!!
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I fully expect Murder Hornets to break into the list next year.
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Hmm, I sure hope you’re wrong about that, Russ.
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Somebody told me that murder hornets kill only about 50 people per year in Japan. I hope they become just a crazy fad like killer bees were in the late 1970s. Maybe we should just sick those poison snails on them.
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Snails? How so? I’m going to have to look that up now…
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https://listverse.com/2015/01/30/10-exceptional-creepy-or-dangerous-snails/
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Dogs kill that many people a year? That stuns me! Here in St. Louis, I’ve only heard of one death from a dog attack. Lots of dog bites, for sure, but not the deaths. Maybe in countries where there are packs of strays that roam?
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Not sure, Ann, could be, I suppose.
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Check out stories of feral packs of dogs in Detroit and Houston…
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Snails?!?!?!?!
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Yep, there are thousands of poisonous species.
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HOOMANS are worse than dogs and snakes.
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Well, they certainly can be, at any rate. But they (humans) can also be wonderful creatures. The unsaid point here it that there’s a moral-ethical side to us that is quite unique.
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Hmm. I agree but still I’ll cry more to see an animal get hurt rather than a man dying😏🤔
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Gave you a shout out! Thanks for supporting my blog.
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So… I’ve just gotta say, no matter how many dozens of times it has already been said – and you have answered patiently and adequately – Wow. Snails.
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Yup.
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