1. LIONS - kills 200 humans per year

 Typically attacking in the night using sharp claws to inflict deep wounds and with a bite that can crack bones and your skull, the lion is a fearsome beast

2. HIPPOS - Kills 500 humans a year 

 Hippos use those long (up to half a metre) sharp canines for fighting and just one bite from the creature can cut a human body in half. Ouch. A hippopotamus bite comes with a force of 1,800 psi, nearly three times that of a lion.

3. ELEPHANTS - Kills 600 humans per year 

An elephant can also use its trunk to pick up and throw humans and smash them into the ground. It has been known, too, for elephants to gore people using their tusks.

4. CROCODILE - Kills 1,000 humans per year 

The crocodile is a famously ferocious animal that causes up to 1,000 reported fatalities a year. Just one look at those teeth should tell you why these reptiles are so dangerous.

5. SCORPIONS - Kills 3,300 humans per year

These ancient and aggressive creepy crawlies sting with their tail and inject venom into their prey. With over 2,600 species of the arachnid, only around 25 carry a powerful enough toxin to kill humans.

6. ASSASIN BUGS - Kills 10,000 humans per year 

Assassin bugs are a primary spreader of the deadly Chagas disease. These blood-sucking predator insects are a real threat in Central and South America 

7. DOGS (Rabies) - kills 59,000 humans per year 

8. SNAKES - Kills 138,000 humans per year 

Pythons attack by wrapping their long bodies around and constricting their prey, suffocating them and breaking their bones

9. TIGER Kills humans 

10. Mosquitoes - kills 725,000 humans per year 

Mosquitoes are the most dangerous animal in the world, killing 725,000 humans per year through spreading diseases such as malaria. Only female mosquitos bite, making them the most dangerous.