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An international group of scientists has found out which predatory animals are more likely to be fatal for people. The results of the study are reported by the portal “Very” with reference to the journal PLoS Biology.
The experts analyzed 5,089 reports of attacks by large predators of 12 species from three families – cats, dogs and bears, collected from 1970 to 2019.
It turned out that cats and dogs most often attacked in order to eat a person, while bears usually attacked only if they were protecting a cub or they were taken by surprise.
The most deadly were the attacks of large cats: lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars and cougars – about 65% of attacks ended in the death of the victim.
When attacked by canines – wolves and coyotes – 49% of the victims died. And when attacked by bears – only 9%.
In addition, scientists have identified a relationship between the number of attacks by large predators on people and the standard of living in the countries where they were recorded.
If the incomes of the population in the country are high and a person does not have to constantly encroach on the habitat of large predators to survive, most attacks occur while walking in the national park or hiking – in other words, when people deliberately go to wild places.
In contrast, in low-income countries, 90% of attacks occurred while people were doing their daily activities — fishing, herding livestock, working in the fields, while being dangerously close to the hunting territories of predators.
Source: Rosbalt
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