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Re:The sinister, shocking rise of dog attacks on postal workers by trhway on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @02:10PM (#41121655)
>I'd bet $20 that breed-specific legislation would help. Most people can't handle a pet tiger

The most dangerous animal is humans, yet we allow people to freely breed them in any number they like and unleash them upon the world when they reach high capability to make damage, ie. upon adulthood.

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Re:The sinister, shocking rise of dog attacks on postal workers by chung8123 on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @05:37PM (#41123719)
I think mosquitos are the most dangerous.
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Re:The sinister, shocking rise of dog attacks on postal workers by trhway on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @05:50PM (#41123844)
mosquitos aren't threatening the whole planet. Humans do. And humans do push mosquitos out in many areas while i don't know any area where mosquitos had been able to push humans out. Humans decimate uncountable other species.

Mosquitos kill 700K humans in year. That is about yearly toll of just the war in Ukraine. Humans directly kill 475K of other humans yearly, ie. homicides, and 1.35M by cars, and multitude of other indirect ways. And it is very easy to defend yourself against mosquitos - just apply repellent. There is no such easy way to defend yourself against humans.

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