Black mamba snake
 #1 Snakes kill 50,000+ per year

 The African Black Mamba Kills Tens of Thousands Every Year:  DailyMail.co.uk:  A British student training to be a safari guide in South Africa died less than an hour after being bitten by a black mamba snake.  Nathan Layton, 28, did not realize he had been bitten while helping to capture the reptile at the college where he and his girlfriend were studying.  Within an hour, he complained of blurred vision, collapsed and suffered a cardiac arres...

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