{"id":479826,"date":"2026-06-02T21:20:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/479826\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T21:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:20:31","slug":"5-animals-more-dangerous-to-humans-than-sharks-and-some-will-surprise-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/479826\/","title":{"rendered":"5 animals more dangerous to humans than sharks (and some will surprise you)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we think about \u201cdangerous animals,\u201d sharks often come to mind. They are widely portrayed as fearsome predators, and popular films have added to that image over the years.<\/p>\n<p>However, real-world data tells a different story. According to reports, sharks are responsible for only around 8 to 12 human deaths globally each year. In contrast, several other animals cause significantly more harm, often due to disease transmission or frequent human contact.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 5 animals that are actually more dangerous than sharks when it comes to their impact on humans.<\/p>\n<p>Images: Canva (for representative purposes only)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When we think about \u201cdangerous animals,\u201d sharks often come to mind. They are widely portrayed as fearsome predators,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[206826,206824,206825,246,61,60,206823,82,206827],"class_list":["post-479826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-animals-deadlier-than-sharks","tag-animals-more-dangerous-than-sharks","tag-dangerous-animals-that-kill-humans","tag-environment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-most-dangerous-animals-in-the-world","tag-science","tag-top-5-most-dangerous-animals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}