Statistics for Deadly Animals

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Clue	Animal	% Correct
Arctic animal that, if hungry, will hunt humans	Polar Bear	92%
Type of shark from "Jaws"	Great White Shark	88%
Spider with an hourglass on its stomach	Black Widow	83%
A pair of these hunted and killed 28 people near Tsavo	Lion	80%
Most famous of the "Big 4" snakes that kill 15,000–20,000 people a year in India	Cobra	79%
This insect is probably the deadliest animal of all time, other than humans	Mosquito	78%
Animal that killed Steve Irwin	Stingray	77%
Sharp-toothed, South American river fish	Piranha	75%
In 2014, one of these capsized a river boat in Niger, killing 13 people	Hippopotamus	72%
About 200 Americans die each year after striking one of these with their car	Deer	71%
Animal that hunts and kills up to 50 people per year in the Sundarbans	Tiger	71%
One of these, named Gustave, is more than 5 meters long and has been rumored to have killed as many as 300 people near Lake Tanganyika	Crocodile	70%
Most venomous type of jellyfish	{Box} Jellyfish	69%
Dog breed responsible for 66% of dog bite deaths in the U.S.	Pit Bull	67%
Mammal known to kill humans for revenge, or when drunk	Elephant	64%
Most dangerous snake in Africa	Black Mamba	63%
Venomous South American frog used to poison arrows	Poison Dart Frog	52%
Big game animal that gores 200 people per year in Africa	Cape Buffalo	42%
Type of fly that spreads sleeping sickness	{Tsetse} Flies	39%
Also known as Fugu	Pufferfish	38%