1st the BBC, now @outsidemag.bsky.social holding forth on animals most likely to kill to you & they are WAY off. Scorpions, bears, snakes, mt. lions, spiders, hornets, alligators, dogs, cats: These are orders of magnitude less dangerous than a human being behind the wheel of a car. Not even close.

The Deadliest Animal in America Isn’t a Bear, a Shark, or a Snake. It’s Not Even Close. — OutsideA surgeon analyzed nine years of CDC fatality data to rank every animal most likely to kill you in the U.S. The top two on the list will stop you cold — and permanently change how you think about outd...apple.news