Oh. My. Gored.

Throat. Deep

Morbidity: Entire mouth destroyed. High on the urgh factor nonetheless.

Verdict: Isn’t the thought of having a horn driven through your mouth enough to stop anyone from attending such splatterfests?

Giraffe revenge 2

Killer giraffe

No of kills: 1

Verdict: First head butt, now deadly kick, this innocuous-looking animal is beginning to look like a ferocious exponent of mixed martial arts.

Hippo Hippo Hooray

Hungry hungry hippo

No. of human kills: 1. Bonus points for poacher.

Verdict: Don’t call them ‘water horses’ anymore.

Giraffe revenge

In your face

No. of human kills: None

Verdict: Zookeeping climbing up the ranks of world’s most dangerous professions.

Wolf revenge

Frankly we never did much to wolves to deserve their wrath. Other than perhaps turning their descendants through centuries of selective breeding into Paris Hilton accessories.

No of human kills: 1

Verdict: Don’t jog alone in Alaska

Bear-ing the consequences

No. of human kills: None

Morbidity: Severed fingers

Verdict: Watch Grizzly Man to realise how deadly bears really are

Year of the Tiger

No of human kills: 1

Verdict: Viagra may just save the world from Chinese poachers killing tigers for their penises

Virtual sibling rivalry

No of human kills: 1 (death by starvation and neglect)

Verdict: Explains the miserable birth rate in South Korea

Freak wave

No of human kills: 2

Verdict: Cruisin’ for a bruisin’

Killer bee revenge

No of human kills: 1 (indirectly by drowning)

Verdict: How ironic