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Posted by: MikeinOKC at Tue Jul 21 06:49:11 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by MikeinOKC ]  
   

Found an interesting study that tracks all US animal fatalities for a number of years. It showed that annual average deaths from snakebite were 5 . . . from spiders 6 . .. from dogs 19 and from bee and wasp stings, 48. So honeybees continue to be the most dangerous North American animal. Here is a link to the study:
http://www.wemjournal.org/wmsonline/?request=get-document&issn=1080-6032&volume=016&issue=02&page=0067

   

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