20. Tigers

Outside of the west, where they’re a popular favorite among animal lovers, tigers are viewed quite fearfully. In India, people often live not too far from them and as the largest big cats, they’re pretty scary next door neighbors. But since their habitat has been reduced so much, there’s a lot more tigers in a smaller space, which causes problems. Around a hundred people each year die from tiger attacks, but it can be highly variable.

There have been many notorious tiger man-eaters. Many of them likely turned to eating humans because of injuries, like the pair of lions, or because they can’t control their own territory (which they need to get food). However, tigers mostly kill humans out of just accidental run-ins, perhaps because they’re being territorial.