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I really think you're just spitting out numbers.

Where are you getting these numbers? Particularly the cow one (deliberate killings only).

Generally intrigued.

> yet people jump in cars like it's routine. It is routine. Time spent driving is much, much, much higher than time spent swimming near sharks. So...

My brain understands that if I refused to go skydiving, then I can not die from a skydiving accident. Which is about as likely as going for a swim instead of a drive to get to work.



ABC has an article about the killer cows (which cites data from the CDC, though I've yet to find the data): http://abcnews.go.com/Health/shark-versus-cow-deadlier/story...

British cows are apparently similarly deadly: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cows-official...


Thanks for pointing this out.

Whoa, now I'm very concerned about snails.


Schistosomiasis is largely a disease of poverty. When drugs and treated water are available, it is easily controlled.


Shark attacks in the US. Having a hard time finding anything recent, even to average out to one death every other year.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0613_050613_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal,_unprovoked_shar...

Also, closer to 30k+ traffic fatalities (last reported year is 2015, so far it seems) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_i...

Still can't find cow numbers.




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