Before you play

What Killer Animals Means

This game compares estimated annual human deaths associated with a species through direct attacks, venom, or disease transmission.

  • These are composite estimates, not a single official species-by-species surveillance table.
  • Some rows come from direct fatality lanes like shark attacks or snakebite; others come from disease burden linked to a vector or reservoir species.
  • Each species is assigned one primary lane so the game stays playable, but the values are still approximate and source-shaped.

The point is not fake precision. It is which animals sit closer to real human death burden once you look past pop-culture fear.