The Only Four Animals That Hunt Humans - (a response)

I've seen some recent rumblings online that there are only four animals that hunt and kill humans. I'm not so sure about that.

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Sources:
https://polarbearsinternational.org/news-media/articles/polar-bear-attacks-causes-prevention

Crocodile Kills on Humans - Worldwide Crocodilian Attack Database:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200427152548/http://www.crocodile-attack.info/about/human-crocodile-conflict

Crocodile Attack statistics:
https://crocattack.org/2015-2024attackstats/

Recorded Crocodile attacks In Australia 1969 - 2025:
https://aussieanimals.com/reptiles/fatal-crocodile-attacks-australia-timeline/

Saltwater Attacks Indonesia:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67004770

1,000 Fatalities a year stat-
Crocodiles: their natural history, folklore and conservation - [quote from page 146]
https://archive.org/details/crocodilestheirn00cawg/page/146/mode/2up?q=1%2C000+human+fatalities

Issue with reports on Nile crocodile attacks:
https://crocattack.org/nile-crocodile-crocodylus-niloticus/

National Geographic Source On Nile Crocodile Attacks:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/facts/nile-crocodile

Saltie Fatalities in Austraila:
https://aussieanimals.com/reptiles/fatal-crocodile-attacks-australia-timeline/

Worldwide Crocodile Attacks:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brandon-Sideleau-2/publication/269693729_Sideleau_B_and_ARC_Britton_ARC_2012_A_Preliminary_Analysis_of_Worldwide_Crocodilian_Attacks_Crocodiles_Proceedings_of_the_21st_Working_Meeting_of_the_IUCN-SSC_Crocodile_Specialist_Group_IUCN_Gland_Swi/links/54922a6f0cf2991ff5560ab6/Sideleau-B-and-ARC-Britton-ARC-2012-A-Preliminary-Analysis-of-Worldwide-Crocodilian-Attacks-Crocodiles-Proceedings-of-the-21st-Working-Meeting-of-the-IUCN-SSC-Crocodile-Specialist-Group-IUCN-Gland.pdf

Crocodile Human Conflict:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200427152548/http://www.crocodile-attack.info/about/human-crocodile-conflict

Indonesia Saltie Attacks:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67004770

Saltwater Attacks Solomon Islands:
https://www.currentconservation.org/human-crocodile-coexistence-in-the-solomon-islands

Sri Lanka Saltwater Attacks:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316287752_Crocodile_Human_Encounter_Patterns_in_Sri_Lanka

2009 India Attacks:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/frequent-tiger-crocodile-attacks-in-sundarbans-villages/articleshow/5169168

2025 India Attacks:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/woman-killed-in-crocodile-attack-near-bhitarkanika/articleshow/121892076.cms

2018 Solomon Islands:
https://www.currentconservation.org/human-crocodile-coexistence-in-the-solomon-islands

2010 - 2019 Indonesia:
https://www.ykan.or.id/en/publications/articles/perspectives/saltwater-crocodiles-threaten-humans

Timor Leste Attacks:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-09/crocodile-management-nt-lessons-for-timor-leste/104522096

Leopard Attacks:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/conservation-science/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2023.1157067/full

70 Years of predator Data:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/where-lions-and-tigers-and-wolves-attack-and-kill-humans-180981539/

Lion Attacks in Tanzania:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7652494_Lion_attacks_on_humans_in_Tanzania
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7652494_Lion_attacks_on_humans_in_Tanzania

70 years of predators:
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001946#sec006

Study on Polar Bear Attacks:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318110246_Polar_bear_attacks_on_humans_Implications_of_a_changing_climate

Polar bear attacks 2014 - 2024:
https://polarbearagreement.org/working-groups/human-polar-bear-conflict/


Polar Bears vs other Bears:
https://polarbearscience.com/2014/09/16/polar-bear-attacks-on-humans-an-evolutionary-perspective/

Brown bear Attacks 2,000 - 2015
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6562097/


Black Bear Attacks:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110511074807.htm?utm_source

Brown Bear Attacks British Columbia:
https://www.canadianrockies.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/iba_injury2002.pdf?utm_source

Grizzly Bear Attacks Yellowstone:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Number-of-serious-or-fatal-injuries-and-incidents-inflicted-by-grizzly-bears-and-black_tbl3_237444139
Black Bear Attacks:
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/odds/compare-risk/bears/?utm_source

Sporting Classic Daily:
https://sportingclassicsdaily.com/the-smile-of-death/

Leopard:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/conservation-science/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2023.1157067/full