European Reacts to Deadly Animals Lurking in American Backyards

[@HikingPNW]

Where I'm at I see plenty of black bear and the only time you need to worry is if you're accidentally blocking the mama bear from her cubs. Most times if you make enough noise they will run away as you're getting closer. Cougars are what scare me because they like to stay hidden and stalk you and decide if they will attack. We'll get reports about cougar sightings, usually from a camera, around the neighborhood so you know they are around but rarely seen.

[@TexArizocan]

@@HikingPNW Humans aren't on mountain lion's prey, they're not known to hunt humans. Most mountain lion attacks is because they come across each other and the human tries to run and it's a mother that has cubs

[@TexArizocan]

@@HikingPNW I'm more worried about snakes than bears or mountain lions

[@baritonebroker]

For the most part that is true, usually Black Bear will bolt if you bang pots together. People are stupid and feed them and that’s dangerous, they start hanging around.

[@jacksmith-vs4ct]

yeah these video always over state things you are likely more in danger from feral dogs than bears and cougars.

[@DennisSimpson-LEGACY]

You've never had bread spread until you've tried Applebutter

[@jefffitzgerald8410]

I think for bears it goes "If it's black, fight back. If it's brown, lay down. If it's white, say goodnight." Good info in Canada.

[@valwhelan3533]

most black bears are relatively non-confrontational unless it is a female with cubs or a very territorial male. Key word there is Relatively - there are always exceptions.

[@Morna777]

The problem with this is that black bears can be brown and brown bears can be black.

[@MaggiePiffles]

Usually can smell black bears if they are very close. I never go where anywhere without my dogs with me. Some people might think I am cruel but I would rather my dogs give me time to get away.

[@jefffitzgerald8410]

@@MaggiePiffles When I'm in Newfoundland I just whistle and smoke to alert moose that I'm around. lol. I also carry some kind of weapon.

[@MaggiePiffles]

@@jefffitzgerald8410 I think I would be more cautious of moose than I would be of bear. No idea why since I have never seen one lol. You be safe.

[@christinamann3640]

I just saw a video about a guy in Vancouver who got tired of repairing his fence every time a bear knocked it down to get to the river. His kids came up with the idea of a bear-sized doggie door. Too heavy for dogs but just right for a bear, he even put a ‘bear crossing’ sign on it and the bear figured out how to use it. They’ve been living in harmony since then.

[@wandertree]

I love this!

[@georged.2788]

I saw the same video. Pretty smart of the guy.

[@dragonsontv4412]

That one's a great video

[@paddington1670]

i saw that on the 6 o clock news

[@KayTwilight]

Something to add about cougars / mountain lions: If for whatever reason, you are out in the woods and suddenly hear what sounds like a woman scream... don't go try to help unless the voice speaks English or w/e language back. That's what cougars sound like.

[@JTSDAD67]

I heard these vocalizations many times in the night as a kid. Chills the blood.

[@paddington1670]

What if the cougar is French Canadian or speaks Swiss German? Do i answer back, HALLO! or BIENVENUE!

[@KayTwilight]

@@paddington1670 If a cougar can speak a human language, its not a cougar regardless of if it looks like one. You're on your own with whatever it is (demon/ fae/ cryptid/ alien/ whatever). Good luck.

[@audreymuzingo933]

Okay but a woman screaming also sounds like a woman screaming.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

Thought I heard a woman screaming bloody murder one winter morning maybe 100 + yards off - turned out to be a rabbit in shock that it's mate was scooped up by a hawk by the marks in the fresh snow, maybe 20-30 yards off. Freakiest thing! I saw my first black bear up close in N. Wisconsin, looking for my mom and her friend who were picking berries when I was about 7. I saw some bushes rustling off the dirt road, and I called out, "Maaa! Maaa!" (which sounded too much like a cub) and big ol' bear stands up within the bushes! I ran like I never did before!

[@Lieutenant_Dude]

One thing I will tell you about rattlesnakes, they're the only snake polite enough to let you know you're getting too close before biting.

[@awg7068]

I've happened across them on the trail, and they are good enough to start rattling well before YOU see THEM. Usually, on my way back, they've moved well off from where they might be stepped on too.

[@MartinMCade]

I know someone who was climbing in Colorado, near Denver, and he put his hand up to a ledge and heard a rattle. He got a nice close-up picture of the rattlesnake by holding his phone above his head and taking a picture with it. His climbing day was done.

[@subg8858]

Except they’re evolving to lose the rattle so many of them no longer make a sound

[@subg8858]

I’ve done a lot of desert hiking and my conclusion is you practically have to step on them for them to attack. I’ve come within like a foot of them before jumping away. If I had just stood there they probably would have struck, but I don’t think they are really looking to attack. Obviously it happens though but just have to make sure to pay attention

[@awg7068]

@ oh no

[@HypnoticChronic1]

Floridian here, for the record ya don't gotta worry much about swamp puppies (gators), they typically won't bother you unless you get up in their face, since they usually only go after prey that is smaller than them (mouth size if you will), but the general rules of thumb we go by here is: 1) Don't go near any body of water you can't see the bottom of and even if you can be extremely cautious. 2) If you have small pets or children avoid taking them near water since they will be a snack for gators. 3) If you see a gator give it a wide berth and if you can hear it hissing you're way to close. 4) Also helps to have a firearm on ya just in case, in which case aim for the eyes, back of the head or far back inside its mouth to hit the spinal cord, a knife also can work but you're gonna have to get up close and personal with it, which is obviously risky. Follow those 3 (or 4) and you'll zero issues with gators, most of them tend to be well fed enough that they won't go after humans anyways and only typically do so when starving, chances are if you come here ya likely won't see one unless ya go looking for em. If anything you'll likely run into snake, iguanas or spiders before a gator all 3 of which can seriously harm and or kill you depending on variables. Edit: On a side note I'm really surprised wild hogs didn't make the list, they are savage and typically always angry especially during mating season, plus they omnivorous so they will eat anything and everything, not to mention they got zero fear and will get up in populated areas without a care and they breed quick as hell to boot.

[@joshtiscareno1312]

Ah yes, the Iguana, one of Florida's deadliest animals (aka "green death").

[@fawkesvenatus1843]

Yeah when I was in Florida on vacation we went canoeing on a river with a bunch of alligators in it and they were very passive. On a side note are iguanas dangerous or is that a joke?

[@GHG_513]

@@fawkesvenatus1843 the deadliest

[@Nomak863]

@@joshtiscareno1312 Iguanas aren't native here in FL. People usually have them as pets but some knuckleheads set them free and they bred in the wild. Don't be alarmed if you see them fall out of trees if the temp drops to 30F. Their tails can hurt like hell but they aren't dangerous. Pythons aren't from here either but we got them now because of idiots. I run from all snakes lol!

[@HypnoticChronic1]

@@fawkesvenatus1843 The iguanas are dangerous, for one their fecal matter carries salmonella, which while not lethal in most cases for humans, pets whom either may sniff and or step it in and then clean themselves may very well contract it, which can be lethal to them since they will refuse to eat or drink, effectively killing themselves from starvation or dehydration if not taken to a vet. Secondly, since they have gone mostly feral now, they will attack if they feel the need and their claws can do some serious damage to vital areas like the neck or face, additionally said crawls may also be carrying salmonella from stepping in their own fecal matter which you can contract. Thirdly, since they are cold blooded and often like to post up in trees, when it does get cold down here in winter they tend to go catatonic from the cold, often causing them to drop out of trees and injury or in some cases kill people from head trauma, which has happened enough times that signage as been put up warning of it. We jokingly say that Australia may have drop bears, but we got drop lizards for that reason. Fourthly, they are burrowing creatures and they tend to burrow near water sources e.g. canals and lakes (since they can swim), which causes the bank of said water sources to become unstable and cave/slide into the water, which in turn exacerbates flooding problems and foundational support for structures in particular homes, since we tend to like to build right next to water down here. Lastly, since they are omnivorous they will really eat almost anything, with one of their favorite food sources being bird eggs (since they can easily climb to the nests in trees) and thus is heavily harming the local avian populations. They also tend to eat a lot of flowering plants, mostly ones that bear fruit which if you are not aware Florida has a very large citrus industry which they are damaging en masse.

[@PMMcIntyre]

People severely underestimate how dangerous coyotes can be, especially in a large pack. I got chased out of a park by a pack shortly after cooking dinner. I was armed with a pistol and they were not afraid of gunfire. I was camped against a ridge along a river and they kept darting up and down, confusing their numbers. I knew they wouldn't leave me alone at night, so I packed up and left the park and called for a pickup. They chased me out of the park, forcing me to spend most of my ammo. All I had was a revolver with a handful of rounds. I now carry at least a couple boxes of ammo on any hike.

[@danl.909]

That’s scary, but did you know domestic dogs are far more dangerous? They kill more than 50 people/year in the USA. In 2022, 98 people were killed in the USA by dog bites.

[@genkaikuroneko5412]

I live in rural Wyoming-we have mountain lions, rattlesnakes, grizzlies AND black bears, coyotes, wolves and deer. And American Elk, Moose, Pronghorn and Bison-all of which can also kill you! Makes life interesting!

[@scifiauthor]

"Holy sweet potato!" will now live in my head rent-free. Great reaction.

[@chordsofgratitude2073]

And "oh wait, Bambi" 🎉😂.... Deer 🦌 attack

[@StuartistStudio1964]

I've seen this video before, and it still kills me that, when the narrator mentions the woman bitten by a rattlesnake in her friend's garden in Georgia (the U.S. state), the map shows the wrong Georgia (the country).

Don't be an ignoramus. I feel like you're baiting us. No one is really this dum. Georgia in the Soviet Union, genius. The ORIGINAL one. Some of you were REALLY failed by your schools.

[@nathanberrigan9839]

That points to this being an AI generated video.

[@Bionic9998]

@Iggypaws1 The country Georgia doesn't have rattle snakes. That would make the comment correct, you ignoramus.

[@tamerlyshenra8485]

I noticed that too!

[@jenniferrogers5372]

But in this video it's talking about animals in the US so it doesn't make sense that it shows Georgia the country and not Georgia the state. I believe that's what the person commenting is talking about. Your implication that they are uneducated is unsubstantiated.

[@Blynat]

My mother was kicked by a mule and left in the mountains for 2 nights. When she was found alive with her dog sitting on top of her there was also a mountain lion sitting on a large rock near by watching. If she didn't have her dog with her should would have been a lnother mountain lion statistic. It just happened resently she is still recovering from the Mule kick. Lesson here is to never hike or ride alone in the mountains.

[@jacksmith-vs4ct]

sounds like bull shit to me

[@Salty_Balls]

It happened recently and yet se always looked like she'd been kicked in the face by a mule. Irony.

[@tiffanygreen7115]

That's terrifying. I'm so glad that your Mom and her dog survived and that she is recovering.

[@lionessathena8679]

You CAN hike or ride alone - you just need to be armed.

[@HowardArnold-be9ly]

Doesn’t have to be the mountains. I’ve seen them here in eastern Kansas, a black one laying dead on the roadside.

[@Serene80]

I grew up in the country in Minnesota. One day, we saw a brown bear and her cub crossing the road at one end of our property. Half an hour later, we saw a huge grizzly male absolutely booking it across the road in the other direction. Even a huge grizzly male won't mess with a mama bear...

[@kkarllwt]

Missing from this list are moose, that kill a bunch of people each year. Mostly auto crashes, but some stompings. Maine, vermont minnisota montana idaho and alaska. a lot in alaska. They get onto the highways in winter and the mass is above the car hood. They go thru the windshield. 1200 lbs.

[@AngelaGWillis]

Lots in Washington state and Oregon, too.

[@TexArizocan]

Yeah I'm surprised they included cows and deer but not moose. As someone that encounters deer in rural areas and knows moose are territorial and many die from them, that shocked me.

[@brigidtheirish]

Moose are a kind of deer.

[@TexArizocan]

@@brigidtheirish but not deer

[@brigidtheirish]

@@TexArizocan They *are* deer.

[@mikecarew8329]

Coyotes all over the place here in the Seattle suburbs. We don’t let our 25 pound (11.34 Kilos) Boston Terrier dog out alone in our yard. The coyotes are very smart and adaptable. But they also eat cats and small dogs. The only time I’ve encountered them outside (not on our surveillance cameras or while driving) they were skittish and ran away from me. But I also happened on a pair at our previous home in Portland OR and they were utterly unafraid of me - which was disconcerting as I had my then pet dog (a basset hound) with me and it was late at night and the coyotes were between me and my path back inside. I made myself big and made lots of noise and they trotted off. We have very very very fat raccoons that pass through our yards every night. Luckily they haven’t gotten into our trash so we don’t mind them. Very smart animals. My parents used to winter in Florida and yes there were lots of gators. But the closest I got to gators were on golf courses in South Carolina and in Louisiana. The ones on the golf course were huge and I hit a ball near one near water hazard and I was going to hit my next shot as they all seemed to be calm and just basking in the sun. But one big boy starting growling as I got closer (and I had gator at dinner the previous night) …so I just took a drop and the penalty shot rather than hitting the ball near the pissed off gator. We had a juvenile mountain lion attack 3 60-plus year old women trail bikers a few months back near here. One of the women was badly injured but the other women bravely fought the cougar and pinned it with one of their bikes. An officer shot it. The woman recovered but with major facial injuries.

[@joanhuffman2166]

They sell special protective jackets for dogs. They are full of spikes.

[@darthaceris]

I'm in WNC, and we used to have a state bounty on coyotes. They're invasive here, and Fish & Game used to pay $50 a head for them. They're outcompeting our native foxes, and making reintroduction of elk and red wolves difficult.

[@trashpanda9380]

There's coyotes everywhere where I live. It's an incredibly common practice to go get a shotgun and shoot off a few shots into the woods just to scare off the coyote packs. I know a guy who got pulled off his tractor and had his leg torn off by a pack of coyotes. He survived by firing a few shots from his pistol and then riding the tractor back to the house where he called 911. Now he has a fake leg. Coyotes will try to rip through fences to get to your pets. Their MO is to send a singular smaller coyote to the front to discern whether the prey is worth it and to hopefully lure the prey closer. The entire pack is hiding in the wings behind the lone one, waiting for the lone one's signal before rushing out and bombarding the prey as a massive group. That's why they're so deadly. But hey, we also have panthers that usually keep the coyote population in check. A full-grown panther showed up in my backyard one time. It was nighttime, and the panther was pitch black. I had no idea it was even there and only 15 feet away from me. I only found out when my dog began herding me towards the back door and nipping at my clothes to pull me inside. I turned on my phone's flashlight to check what had the dog so spooked, and there was a full-grown panther lounging in my backyard. It looked at me and gave me the fucking bro nod before looking away. At that point, I backed up and went inside with my dog. My brother also had an encounter with a panther once. He was riding his bike home in the late afternoon when a pack of dogs tried to attack him. They lost interest in him pretty quickly and disappeared for about 15 minutes before suddenly reappearing and running away from something. Then my brother looked back and realized that they were running from a panther. That thing herded those dogs in circles through the woods around my brother, and every time the pack came out of the woods, a dog was missing. This kept going until all of the dogs were dead, and the panther just left. It's fun living out in the woods :)

[@MeanBeanComedy]

​@@darthaceris The problem is some might get the two confused. 😬 The reintroduction has gone better in the East.

[@MeanBeanComedy]

​@@trashpanda9380 Some of these stories sound fake.

[@mrsparkle9048]

There's an old joke posting (supposed to be from a Fish and Wildlife Office): In light of the rising frequency of human/grizzly bear conflicts, the Department of Fish and Game is strongly advising Scouts, hikers, hunters, and fishermen to wear little noisy bells tied to their clothing while in the field so as not to startle bears that aren't expecting people to be walking in their habitat. It has also been strongly advised for Scouts and outdoorsmen to carry non-lethal pepper spray with them in case of an encounter with a bear. The Department states it is also a good idea to watch out for fresh signs of bear activity such as fresh tracks and scat. How a person responds to a black bear encounter can be different from a response to a grizzly bear encounter. Therefore, recognizing the type of bear frequenting an area is very important. Anyone spending time in the backcountry should be able to recognize the difference between black bear and grizzly bear scat. Black bear scat is smaller and contains lots of berries. Grizzly bear scat has little bells in it and smells like pepper.

[@genkaikuroneko5412]

Bear bells are a thing, dude...

[@juliaelrod2154]

😂😂😂

[@tamoshanter6268]

Lol, yes I remember hearing a version of this "joke" when I lived Montana.

[@tamoshanter6268]

@@genkaikuroneko5412 yeah it is a thing, but the joke also holds a bit of truth. I have heard of people with megacans of pepper spray that did nothing to a Grizzly if they are hell bent on attacking you, same goes for the bells.

[@ClockCutter]

Speaking of old jokes about Grizzly bears, there's the old quip that to save yourself from a Grizzly attack, you only need to be faster than the slowest person in your party. This was disconfirmed a few years ago in Canada. A Grizzly ran past the slowest person and killed the self-satisfied runner. I don't recall if he was wearing bells or not.

[@LarryHatch]

I saw the remains of a car that hit a full grow male white-tail deer. The animal went through the windshield and was trapped, trying violently to kick it's way out. In the process it's hooves slashed and pounded a woman in the passenger seat and the adult male driver. Both were belted in so could not escape the brutal mauling for some minutes. The interior of the car was covered in glass and blood. Both survived but you can imagine the terror of being trampled while you're belted in and have no way to escape. You sit there and take it until you are unconscious.

[@jesselenz5452]

An interesting thing about scorpions is that they glow under UV light. Take a UV light up in the hills at night around Phoenix and you won't want to go there twice.

[@TexArizocan]

Scorpions will also sting themselves if they sense warmth on their back

[@TexArizocan]

Because they think something is on them

[@vladyvhv9579]

Also, with scorpions, it's often the smaller ones that're the more dangerous. Because they need to rely more on venom for defense against larger creatures that might want to eat them. Larger scorpions on the other hand, are more reliant on their pinchers. The big ones might take a finger off with those, but their sting is often compared to that of a common bee sting.

[@pangolinrendangered5683]

@@vladyvhv9579 No scorpion is strong enough to pinch a finger of, lol! Nowhere near that strong. Where did you hear that? If you find an article on it I'd love to read it.

[@Kehk-in-a-MiG]

Also, centipedes.

[@amyslingsby6947]

Mountain lion is a nickname for cougar. Some people also use catamount, panther and puma as nicknames. Puma is part of its scientific name, but it’s name is Cougar/

[@ellinganderson5434]

My daughter lives 40 miles from Portland Oregon and she has had 2 encounters with cougars in her yard. When they lose their fear of humans they have to be put down. She has also had to deal with a black bear and her two cubs rooting through her garbage. There are times when schools have to keep the children inside due to cougar sightings.

[@oldfogey4679]

Elling I'm an Oregonian too I came face to face with a cougar on a residential street they are often on our bike paths! Bears too often go through residential garbage in my area!

[@RafikisCheeks]

Killing an animal that is a major part of the food chain, for being an animal and doing animal things is insane and actually ads to the problem. Your local gov and wildlife centers need to do better because that is actively making the situation worse.

[@oldfogey4679]

@@RafikisCheeks those govs are so corrupt they leave the people hungry is why the desperate populace kills animals and trades on the animal black market! The UN needs to address the issue an animal rights treaty needs implementation it's a worldwide problem! But u have to see it from the farmers side too!

[@gaylebynumcardosa7034]

@@RafikisCheeks I'm an Oregonian too. I have about fifteen to twenty raccoons that I happily co-exist with and a family of deer. Unfortunately, their habitats are being destroyed so they're losing their homes. The raccoons are now sleeping on my back deck at night and the deer are sleeping on my lawn. A day or so ago, I looked out my window and there was a huge buck in the front yard. He started chasing the female up and down the street. This is a paved residential neighborhood. It was really odd (I knew what he was after of course) but I'd never seen this happen in a small neighborhood. They're being forced out of their homes. Every day I hear chainsaws out there in the woods. It's kind of heartbreaking. These animals seem to know that they're safe at my home but in fact, I don't want them to feel TOO safe. I'm a human. What to do. What to do.

[@joshua43214]

@@RafikisCheeks A cougar living in the city is not a major part of any food chain. It is only there because it lost the fight for preferred hunting grounds. Its fine so long as it takes the deer that make driving dangerous, but once it starts stalking pets and hanging out with people, it needs to go.

[@twelvewingproductions7508]

Grizzly bears tend to be more northern but they can get massive. I was stationed on the USCG base at Kodiak Alaska back in the mid 80's. These things are as big as small cars. It's nutz. Someone else shared a joke... so I'll share the one told to me on my arrival at Kodiak. The driver asked me if I had any pistols. I said that I hadn't brought any with me but that I had intended to purchase a few firearms while in Alaska. He then said that if I do get a pistol he knew several good gunsmiths on the island that could remove the sights for me... and polish the top of the slide perfectly smooth. I asked him what he was talking about... and he replied... "Yeah.. that way it won't hurt so bad when the bear shoves it up your ass. If you go hiking on Kodiak, you better carry a rifle". :)

[@SepticShockAKAVin]

"If it's black, fight back" referring to bears doesn't mean it will always work. It means that's your best bet. They are often easily scared, but most attacks come from mama bears protecting cubs, territorial males, or desperate starving ones (since forests are destroyed left and right in many places in the USA). The issue is that brown bears basically are impossible to scare, territorial or not. They're much bigger and much stronger too.

[@TexArizocan]

Fight back being make yourself big never try to fight a bear because you will fail

[@TexArizocan]

Black bears are more skittish than brown or white bears are coyotes of the bear form. Wolves are like grizzlies and the Grey or white wolf are like polar bears even though they do mess with polar bears

[@TexArizocan]

Javelina are like polar bears

[@chemislife]

and a solid 07 if it's white (though I would be more concerned with a kodiac) because that polar bear 100% came there for you and you're not escaping.

[@TexArizocan]

@@chemislife Kodiak are brown bears. That polar bear is there to kill, so I'm more worried about the person than the kodiak let the polar bear have the kodiak. I love animals but if it means the polar eating it over me..

[@Trifler500]

15:20 - No, if you see a hostile black bear, you should make yourself look as big as possible (raise your arms over your head, as if they were claws) and shout as loud as you can. This will often scare them off, unless they are defending cubs. Remember, they don't know humans are defenseless in hand-to-hand combat. If you have to punch one, hit it in the nose. The most common black bear attacks are when a human startles them. That's why it's important for hikers to make noise. Then the bear will move away on their own.

[@rachelk4805]

Yeah, I think the reality is, you don't have a prayer against grizzly bears.

[@Trifler500]

@@rachelk4805 That's why I said black bears :)

[@kathysmith6413]

i live in British Columbia Canada and in the 1980's i was camping on Vancouver Island. i went for a walk with my dog and then he disappeared. the area we were walking in had been logged off but not cleaned up so there was all kinds of dead wood beside the logging road where we were walking. there was a crash to the side of the road and a deer ran across in front of me. onto the road acnd up the cut bank on the other side. right behind him came a cougar. the cougar stopped dead in the road and just stared at me for a bit then just took off after the deer. in the meantime my dog was back in camp

[@suzyd2361]

Smart dog!

[@TexArizocan]

I'm glad your dog was safe

[@mikekelley7589]

We use to go salmon fishing up around Poet Nook out on Vancouver Island. We had tons of bear encounters on that trip. Hindsight we were very lucky we had no direct encounters and only sightings (50y-100y away). Same description of area (logging roads on the way to our fish camp).

[@cindy844]

The cougar was deciding whether it wanted the deer or you 😂

[@kathysmith6413]

@@cindy844 i know that. so glad he chosse venison

[@jefferyyarter9090]

Hi from America- I am a big game hunter. For coyotes, the hunting packs just like wolves and coyotes will even attack small children. When you shoot a deer, you wait before you come up on it to make sure it has passed because it will attack you just not with it antlers but his front hooves, they will bludgeon you. Bears, you have to worry about a sow with Cubs, and the bear is an opportunist eater when hungry. If you're in the woods, it would be smart to have a side arm 10mm, 45 mag, 454 Casull, and bear spray.

[@karenedwards6713]

I raised a steer when I was a child. His mama wouldn't nurse him so my grandfather told me that we had to bottle feed him. He was my pet so he got turned into a steer. I raised him and he was my buddy. He got huge! I had always knew how powerful cows were and he was so strong. Thing about most cows they love to be scratched. When you stop he wanted more and he would sling his big head at me. Easily he could pick me up and whirl myself a long way. My grandfather got some big stiff brushes and we made the cows a scratch board. So yea, cows are super super strong! We have 4 coyote packs near our house. You hear them but don't really see them. Funny thing the coyotes on the East Coast is larger than those on the West Coast. Most on the East have Gray Wolf blood. This is what a UGA Vet told me. We raised a coyote pup and he was solid black. He was not huge and weighed about fifty pounds. He was very well fed and lived in doors. So spoiled rotten. We just found a pink puppy and didn't know what kind he was. He was pink from Mange and half dead. We took him and got the mange treated and he became my fur baby! He never run with dogs in heat, but a beautiful gray female came and bred with him. We thought he might leave with her to make a new pack. Nope, he left her with his pups and came inside and went to sleep. He's gone and I would love another one, but I will never trap one for a pup.

[@wolfinhiding7857]

I don't have the memory of it, but my mom told me this. When I was either 4 or 5, she walked outside to see why one of my granddads cows was huffing and baying (whatever the word for the "angry mooing" is called). She ran towards me when she saw that mom cow was charging at me. I was holding onto a baby cows tail and "surfing" behind it. I was apparently laughing and giggling and having one hecking time. I held on for somewhere between 150-225 feet, before letting go and skipping happily away. The momma cow stopped charging and rushed after it's baby. I didn't know any of that was happening behind me.

[@karenedwards6713]

@wolfinhiding7857 I tried to grab a baby pig when I was small. The mama would of hurt me but she couldn't fit under the pen like her baby. My granddaddy gave me a pop on the bottom and explained not to mess with baby pigs. Now as a adult I understand that pigs are the one mama that will kill you very easy. Had hens get me, but they don't hurt too bad. I carried many baby calves from one pasture to the other and mama cow was always right behind. We didn't have any mean cows because my grandparents knew they couldn't keep me out of the pasture. The cows were my buddies. Between the cows and the barn cats that was my social circle as a kid.

[@DoloresJNurss]

When I lived in the Arizona desert I had to evict a rattlesnake twice from my kitchen; he liked the cool floor. (Man, he struck my broom so many times when I was pushing him out that it'd be dead if it hadn't been made of straw.) I've had a coyote run past me very close, and saw a scorpion skittering on my mosquito-netting when I lay sleeping. (It's not such a problem in the city, but out in the desert get mosquito netting for your bed and tuck in the bottom. Put your shoes in the fold of netting between the bed and the wall because yes, scorpions will get into your shoes. My husband was stung twice from going barefoot to the bathroom in the middle of the night, but fortunately it was from a lesser scorpion. Three animals that they left off the list are javalinas, black widow spiders, and brown recluse spiders. You probably already know the dangers of venomous spiders--and they're widespread in the USA. Javalinas are found in the south, especially in the west. They look like skinny, hunchbacked wild boar, but they're actually not related to pigs. They have sharp fangs and they will gore you if they feel threatened by you and especially if they have babies nearby,, but otherwise they will walk right past you and ignore you. I'm warning about them because some years ago a German tourist tried to pet one because it looked harmless and it ripped up the man's arm to the point of needing surgery. Other poisonous snakes include cottonmouths and water-moccasins, but I don't know much about them--they're back east and I never lived there.

[@jeffslote9671]

Cows frequently hurt people when it’s time to work with them. That’s why you see head chutes, corrals etc. They can unintentionally cause harm to people

[@european-reacts]

true! ty so much

[@lonegrimo6098]

My mother brother was kicked by a cow

[@TexArizocan]

​i wonder what the death toll is from horses? Apparently not as much as cows

[@vickifournier5065]

Cows are also protective when their Babies are getting Medical treatment. They should be separated.

[@SharilynBratton]

My grandpa raised pigs and the full grown sows (weighing hundreds of pounds) would try to pin him and other workers up against the stalls and crush them, they could be very dangerous especially when nursing piglets. (He didn’t run one of these modern horror show pig farms where the pigs are so tightly constrained all their lives they can barely stand or move.)

[@tinadiggingindirtweinstein5648]

In the US, grizzly bears are only found in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho,Washington state, occasionally Oregon and mostly in Alaska. Black bears are found throughout most of the US. They are considerably smaller than grizzly bears and less aggressive.

[@CLKagmi23]

We had a cougar in my backyard when I lived in Alabama for a while. The funny thing about them is that usually they just don't care if humans are around. Once I saw news footage of a woman doing a news report on the side of a road by a field, and a cougar just casually brushes past her and continues on its way down the street. The news anchor couldn't see what had touched her because she didn't look down, but the camera man starts freaking out and gesturing for her to get inside the vehicle. Something similar happened to my dad when he was having a cigarette on our porch in Alabama. What he thought was one of the local stray dogs lumped right onto our deck and brushed past him...then he realized it was not a dog.

[@Branwhin]

That would give you a heck of a fright for sure! I adore cats of all kinds, BUT I would not care to be that close to a wild one, especially not one that big.

[@Ezoangelofdeath]

It was a field reporter at the TV station I worked at here in SLC KUTV 2 news, she thought it was a dog, lol

[@CLKagmi23]

@@Ezoangelofdeath OMGGG that must have been a heck of a day at the office,

[@birchtree2274]

You're right: play dead if you are attacked by a grizzly. If you are attacked by a black bear, stand your ground, make noise, and try to look as big as you can. The reason why is that grizzlies attack to defend their territory, and so when you play dead, you are no longer a threat in the bear's mind. But if a. black bear attacks (most of the time they are peaceful creatures), they _mean_ it. Either they are defending young, or they are hungry and intend to eat you. Yes, if a black bear charges, even if you try to scare it away, you may lose -- they are powerful animals. But your odds are better if you fight back. For what it's worth, I live in black bear country, and I have never been attacked, nor do I know anyone who has been attacked. They don't normally get aggressive. I wouldn't worry too much about snakes either -- don't bother them and they won't bother you. People get bit trying to kill rattlers, when if they left them alone or called a professional to remove the snake, there would never be a problem. Mountain lions, though, scare me. Too many stories...

[@sophierobinson2738]

A man accidentally passed between a cougar and her cubs. He kept facing her as much as he could, which dissuaded mama from attacking.

[@VolguusZildrohar]

Mountain lions are so adorable! Cubs especially. But we also have black panthers. They're slightly larger, more gaunt and muscular. They have the same tail upturned at the tip and only look like a pair of glowing eyes at night. Super intimidating if you're lucky enough to spot one in daylight.

[@Ozarkprepper643]

I'm a rancher in the Missouri Ozarks. We have all but the Gators. Cows can have horns also. In my 70s been stung by scorpions dozens. Struck twice by a copperhead. I've had horrific injuries from both cattle and horses, but.... In 2019 three other ranchers my age help me cut off a hay ring that was stuck too a 1400lb Bull's horns. This was a large steel ring for 2m round bales. It was no longer round but crumpled. Once cut free he broke loose from the tree it was tied to. I was mowed over with a horn through my neck. After being pushed about 5 m I was flung high in the air. I landed on my feet running. The horn just missed my jugular vein. Most deadly accidents in our neck of the woods are single vehicle accidents involving deer. 🚜🤠🐂

[@LuvBorderCollies]

One of my wife's cousins runs a big cattle operation in north central Texas. They normally run a Brahma & Angus crossbreed to tolerate the heat better. Downside is Brahmas are a lot more aggressive than Herefords or black Angus. Don't turn your back to the Brahma bulls.

[@nessiewolfe95able]

I'm glad you wasn't hurt worse. Wasps are another here in Missouri. We have a large variety of possibilities lol. My Grandparents were ran over by a pack of white tailed deer while going down a black top . They were hurt but we were very blessed to have them for many years after.

[@ryant3600]

I live in Southern Arizona and we have rattlesnakes and mountain lions everywhere.. And we do get scorpions often, they get in the house. but usually we don't even see or find them till we see one of our cats eating it. Black bears too. But we also been getting more Jaguar sightings as well. Although, I live in Arizona, I work in the Arctic region of Alaska, where we get brown bears and Polar bears every summer. Before I started work up in Alaska, I had a job in North Scottsdale where part of my job was to catch and relocate rattlesnakes and try to scare off Mountain lions and bobcats as well.

[@Rose-z4h6k]

Farming is one of the top 10 most dangerous profession in the USA. Cows are big, heavy and not always nice tempered. Deer don't surprise me at all. When I was a child we lived on a suburban street that ran between a farm and state park. The deer would follow the power line right of way from the park, through our yard and over to the fields -- aka the deer salad bar -- in the farm. Every year at least one deer vs car accident would happen, especially at night. Before I was 10, I saw Fish and Game shoot more than a few wounded deer in the flower beds below my bedroom window. Coyotes aren't surprising. They are the size of a medium to large dog. Dogs sometime kill people and dogs have been domesticated. Scorpions are the reason you dump your shoes out before you put them on, when you live in scorpion country.

[@LuvBorderCollies]

One of my dad's neighbors was killed by his cows. No witnesses. What we believe happened was he opened a heavy duty steel gate probably to let a few out to another pen or pasture. When the rest of the herd saw this they wanted to go also. So the herd rushed the gate en masse. He was no way going to stop them. The gate got pushed back into a very heavy duty fence of bridge timbers which don't bend. The "stampede" lasted long enough to suffocate him.

[@Rose-z4h6k]

@@LuvBorderCollies People have such a distorted idea of life on the farm/ranch. Big animals, heavy equipment... Things happen. Family farming/ranching is a hard life. I'm glad to be the first generation born off the ranch. My aunts, uncles, and grandparents worked very hard.

[@worstcaseofcrabsever5510]

I'm calling Bullshit on the coyotes. They might be able to overpower a toddler or very young child, but I don't see how they could take down an adult or even a child past the age of 9. They just aren't big enough. Ive handled them before. They go after small prey, not large. Saved a few from traps and even got bit by one. Untangled a very mean one from fence and after that he was pretty friendly to me. Not really a threat in my view.

[@sqeakyloaf9332]

@@worstcaseofcrabsever5510they’re not but people are pansies

[@nessiewolfe95able]

Well said farmers are brave and strong people. The world depends on them every day. You are right about the size of the animals and the equipment. Just a moment can change your life in so many ways.

[@georged.2788]

Cows with calves can be highly protective. They will mainly do bluff charges. Keep the calf between you and the mother. Sorting cows one time and ended up with broken ribs, the person I was with ended up with a shattered ankle by the same cow. I've also been protected by my milk cow.

[@jasonlebeau1288]

Coyotes, like their wolf relatives, are pack animals. This means that they live in groups, have a family like structure and often hunt in groups or pairs. They fight together as a cohesive unit using flanking tactics to weaken and disable their prey. They also inhabit a much larger area of the country than things lower on the list. At least when you're fending off an alligator you don't have to worry about his buddy sneaking up behind you.

[@vladyvhv9579]

Most coyotes are also not likely to attack people. They're highly intelligent and if they encounter what they perceive as danger in an area often enough, they'll consider that area off-limits. In rural areas, this might be the occasional skeet shot fired at angle where it's not going to hit anyone. In urban areas, it may be people making a lot of noise and actively yelling at them until they leave. It's also why the ones that come to see humans as non-threats will attack. Easy meat. Similarly, if people feed coyotes regularly, the coyotes may become accustomed to "demand food, get food", and when "demand food, don't get food" occurs, it angers them. Coyotes are everywhere throughout the continental US and much of Canada. If your're doing something like hiking, make sure to have a good walking stick and preferably a gun (again, need not shoot them, but they'll run from the noise). And they do teach their pups what they've learned. "This area is ok. That area is danger." I've lived out in the country for 44 years. Never had a problem with them. Never had to put one down. Have occasionally scared a few. But I also don't go walking into the areas that everyone's fine with them occupying.

[@MaggiePiffles]

Around here they are loners.

[@Ryan-li8qc]

I only see them alone

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

40 years ago, I used to take my European friends on crazy road trips across America, visiting places and people that only the locals know about, and the most hilarious thing about it all was that my friends, who knew me from our university experiences together in Europe, all started viewing me as some sort of Wild Bill Hickock, even though I was born and raised in Chicago, a much bigger urban area than anywhere in Europe, except for London and maybe Paris. Their reactions to psychedelic compounds were even more amusing.

[@lizzz6407]

I live in a semi rural area of Connecticut. This week a mountain lion was outside my fence stalking our wild bunnies, the wild Turkeys walked through my yard each morning and evening and my neighbor had a bear wandering through her yard. I have six deer who come to my yard to eat and drink as we keep both out for them. And of course we have coyotes. All of these live together quite peacefully and no human has ever been hurt. It's very cool to watch them all from our own back porch.

[@vickifournier5065]

Woah. Apparently Cougars range has spread. Now on the East Coast too.

[@quellenathanar]

@@vickifournier5065 Maybe an escaped pet?

[@moxiedawn4370]

My friend is a hunter. He said the only animal that really scares him in the woods is a mountain lion, because they are virtually silent and they stalk you. I like the name for them that they use in Mexico. Catamount.

[@professorbutters]

Yep. Stealth predators. Big cats sneak up on prey or drop straight down on it and some are pretty good swimmers (tigers, jaguars). From their pov, they’re ambush predators and work alone, so they have to take their prey by surprise. And a lot do a quick killing bite, so the good news is that if they kill you, you’ll probably never know.

[@bethking7348]

I once saw a very large bobcat and her 2 very large cubs playing in the sprinklers next door in the yet unrented unit. Mom put her huge paws on the fence and all 3 stared at me. Beautiful animals but I figured it was a good time to go inside 😂

[@JTSDAD67]

I have only seen bobcats as roadkill here in GA. The live ones see you first and vanish.

[@corawilhelm4968]

I live in Arizona. A black light is always useful to show you a scorpion. They glow with the black light. Always shake your shoes & pants. Critters get into everything.

[@edogg2048]

I'm from Alaska and I see more Grizzly Bears than Black Bears, but I can see in the lower 48 states where they would have more Black Bears.

[@TexArizocan]

Have you seen a polar bear?

[@vickifournier5065]

True but there's more Grizzly Bears in the upper Western States in the Rocky Mountains. I have seen them and herds of Elk just beyond Historic Red Rocks Amphitheatre just outside Denver Colorado.

[@vickifournier5065]

​@@TexArizocansadly Polar Bears are starving because of the Climate Crisis and could be approaching the Endangered Species list.

[@TexArizocan]

@@vickifournier5065 yeah no thank you to brown bears

[@TexArizocan]

@@vickifournier5065 I saw Grizzly in the beginning of your comment then you mentioned outside Denver and it reminded me of the wolf conservation outside of Denver. I love wolves

[@Sky14318]

I was sitting on my porch one night with a book and a book light. It was pitch black everywhere outside the little circle of light around me. Suddenly, from about 25 feet to my right, juuuuust off the porch, the unmistakable sound of a woman screaming mixed with a cat fight. A mountain Lion. All sorts of critters use our creek as a highway to get further up the mountain but that was the only time I’d ever been aware of one up at the house. It was so close I could hear its purring breath. I was frozen in my chair. Luckily, a twig snapped under one of its paws and the sound snapped me out of my paralysis. I bolted for the door. Phew. Coyotes, bear, deer, bobcats, etc all frequent the property. But that was the closest I’ve been to a Lion. Beautiful creatures.

[@saverioc2929]

The Kodiak bear, one of the largest brown bears, holds the title of deadliest land animal. With immense strength, towering size, and razor-sharp claws, it commands respect and caution in the wild. Its high endurance and determination mean you can't outrun, outswim, or outclimb it. Your best bet? Play dead. Since bears are omnivores, they might not always see you as food. But a polar bear, almost as big and strictly carnivorous, will see you as a meal 100% of the time.

[@reindeer7752]

@saverioc2929 - Actually, there are many land animals more deadly. Polar bears are on average bigger and stronger than brown bears but the bite of the brown bear is more powerful.

[@saverioc2929]

@@reindeer7752 Not Kodiak bears. They are larger then Polar bears. Maybe an elephant can stand toe to toe. i can't think of anything else. be glad to hear your thoughts

[@vickifournier5065]

Hands down!! The larger Cousin of the Grizzly Bear is the Kodiak.

[@jacksmith-vs4ct]

@@saverioc2929 no they are not bigger than polar bears polar bears are still like 1.25x as big

[@reindeer7752]

My original comment was that polar bears are ON AVERAGE bigger than brown bears. Also, the video is about animals that are dangerous to humans, not pitting one animal against another. Mosquitoes kill more humans than all other animals combined, though not many in the USA now. Worldwide, snakes, lions, crocodiles, hippos and elephants kill more people than Kodiak bears do. In the USA, your chances against any bear or cougar attack are not good.

[@jillmlyon2552]

We have bobcats, snakes, coyotes and scorpions in residential neighborhoods in AZ. Most are easy to avoid or will avoid humans. We are most cautious about javelinas, an ugly and sometimes aggressive form of peccary (related to pigs).

[@TrulyUnfortunate]

Yeah...Grizzly Bears are mainly up in the North West. But seeing one is incredible!!! They're Massive!!

[@darthaceris]

For a bit of context on wolves, there have only been 7 fatal wolf attacks in the last 100 years. Pet pit bulls killed 57 people in the US last year.

[@notmaureen]

did you know dog attack fatalities have doubled in the the US in the past 5 years? We're now up to nearly 100 a year, with many going completely unreported until the CDC releases their counts a year later, and then nonprofits FOIA those unreported deaths.

[@OkiePeg411]

When I was about 13 years old, I went to summer youth camp in far south Texas. I pulled my covers back to get into my bunk, and there was a white scorpion in the middle of my bed!!! Also, when I was about 32 yrs old, I went to a family friends ranch for an autumn hayride and picnic. My friend (who owned the ranch) was about to lean on a tree in the pasture, and I screamed because she was about to lean onto a white scorpion!!! I've also seen a Tarantula on a hiking trip in Dinosaur State Park... in addition to MANY rattlesnakes, water moccasins, and copperheads in my lifetime.

[@rachelk4805]

Yeah Texas is literally crawling with creepy things. I woke up in the middle of the night and saw a scorpion on my chest. I screamed, threw the covers off and it went flying. I didn't sleep any more that night. But you get used to shaking out your shoes and checking your clothes before you get dressed.

[@paulsander5433]

For most, tarantulas are not that dangerous; their venom is very similar to that of a bee. But they can be creepy during their mating season, when the males come out in large numbers, even covering roads.

[@wandertree]

I live in Washington State, and we do have a few grizzlies in our mountains. I've hiked and camped many times and not seen them. If you don't go alone, and you make noise as you go - they will generally clear out of the area. My husband is a big guy, and I also hike with a few friends. They don't want to be around people. They are far more dangerous than black bears, because they are much bigger. We also have mountain lions in our mountains, but attacks are extremely rare. They are typically shy of humans. I carry grizzly bear mace and an air horn. The noise of the air horn frightens even bigger predators, and bear mace has been known to discourage grizzlies from attack. I'll probably never need them hiking, but it's wise to be prepared. Our mountain hikes are VERY popular in Washington, and so big wildlife tends to stay away from those areas.

[@herself50]

Arizona, New Mexico, Texas have lots of rattlesnakes, coyotes, tarantulas, gila monsters scorpions, etc.

[@josh0g]

I used to do farm construction. I built cow barns mostly. We were doing some work in an existing barn to tie in the new barn we built right next to it. The job involved tearing out a couple stalls and the cows were in the milk parlor at the time. They started to return from being milked and one cow charged me. I got lucky. My coworker yelled, but the cow kept coming. I froze, my coworker threw his hammer and it bounced against the cow’s ribs. It changed course and moved away.

[@aardeng]

We have bobcats, cougars, coyotes, black bears, pygmy rattlesnakes, copperheads, scorpions and I'm sure this are a few predators I'm missing. Of course we have deer too lol

[@christyaustin4833]

...."Oh, my God--I have allergies!" You are too adorable!🤣😆🤣

[@lindadeters8685]

I get Bob cats, javalina, coyotes, tarantulas, pack rats, King and gopher snakes ( good snakes) and the occasional rattle snake in my yard in Tucson, AZ. I’ve been stung by a bark scorpion twice.

[@HBC423]

Javalinas aren’t native to the US are they?

[@lindadeters8685]

@@HBC423 I believe they are mostly found in the Southwest - in AZ as far north as Sedona, and in some parts of NM and Texas. They’re also found in Mexico. More than that, I don’t know.

[@BTinSF]

The good news is if you head into the mountains south of town, you could encounter a jaguar. As you probably know, they have occasionally been filmed by automated cameras there.

[@BTinSF]

@@HBC423 They have certainly taken over if they aren't native but I think they are. I've had several confrontations with them in an exurb of Tucson.

[@PaladinHeart33]

I love your enthusiasm and how shocked you were at the fact that deer are dangerous! "No! Bambi??" xD

[@2012escapee1]

I'm in the mountains and high desert. No bears, but we have mountain lions. IMHO, they're more dangerous than bears. Bears can pass through a yard and simply rummage through the trash. On the other hand, mountain lions are more likely to silently stalk and kill pets, or even children.

[@TexArizocan]

High mountain desert of where? AZ, NM, NV or UT? One can stare down a mountain lion as long as you don't turn your back. And in the desert you gotta worry about javelina

[@ashlipope5079]

Absolutely!

[@TexArizocan]

Javelina, mountain lions and bears will all run away if headlights approach snakes won't though. And neither will deer, hence why deer are deadly

[@allenhill1223]

We have mountain lion's along the Kansas river in Kansas metro😮 they've been spotted on door bell camera's few times lately. We alway coyote. .

[@Kehk-in-a-MiG]

Mountains and high desert here in NM for me. There are _absolutely_ black bears here; it is our state mammal! They sometimes wander into Albuquerque. It is also where the real-life Smokey Bear was rescued from a fire in the Lincoln National Forest.

[@moxiedawn4370]

My family used to raise cattle. While cows are mostly docile, and when they are used to seeing you all the time they can be very loving. But you can never forget that cows are very large animals, and cows can be easily spooked. Cows will also fight to the death for their babies.

[@GuukanKitsune]

People have scoffed and said 'there are no reports of mountain lions hunting humans.' I first remind them that you have to survive to report being hunted. I then remind them that cougars are stealthy ambush predators and if they are hunting you, you will NOT know about it until their jaws are ripping your throat open. After that I remind them that lone people disappear ALL THE TIME, never to be found, in cougar territory... and cougars are both well known to go after human sized prey and well known to target the stragglers and lone animals. Then I ask them if they have possibly connected any potential dots about this.

[@donolinger6904]

There are other things that hunt humans as well. Things you've heard of but don't believe in.

[@GuukanKitsune]

@donolinger6904 Don't presume about what I believe in, friend. Who knows what lurks below the ancient branches. What Primeval things yet undiscovered. What things hide from being found.

[@bluexwings]

I live in the foothills outside San Diego, CA. I have found cougar tracks near my own home (within 20 ft of my back door) and at the ranch where I board my horse, which is quite busy during the day. It's certain that they are present and observe people on a regular basis. It's purely by luck that they have enough fear, enough space and enough food that there hasn't been any human-animal conflict. (Though one of the times I saw the tracks at my house, it was upon discovering that the cougar had killed a 40 lb pet turkey and hopped a 5' fence with it) Thankfully, it seems they have a certain amount of caution regarding humans, generally speaking.

[@TheFirstManticore]

I remember at least one instance, a few years back, of a mountain lion killing a hiker. More often they are seen stalking a child, when the mom runs out and chases it off. Cats don't like confrontation. One case I recall, a man was hunting wild fowl and was blowing a turkey call, and a mountain lion jumped on him. The cat was as scared as he was when he fought back! No real harm done. They do say that if there are mountain lions in the area at all, you should make noise while hiking, whistling or whatever, so you don't take them by surprise. They will stay away from you. Usually.

[@professorbutters]

Don’t hike alone. Seriously, do not hike alone. So many death stories begin with “X was hiking alone, when…”

[@ClaireRedfieldKennedy-ld2lx]

4:48 The "happiest place on earth" is Disneyland. This incident took place in Florida and it wasn't in Disneyworld it was at a Disney hotel. The parents ignored the alligator warning signs and let their toddler play in the lagoon. WTF would you do this even if there weren't alligators.

[@JanaBergevin]

Cows can be huge shits. Went on a hike in the Briones park in CA and these mookers stalked our whole party. Forget rattlesnakes, these buttheads can be malicious.

[@Big_Tex]

Malicious AND delicious

[@JanaBergevin]

@@Big_Tex Very true, while rattlesnakes are don't tread on me, cows are please let me tread on you, and moo.

[@thecook8964]

Cows are more curious than cats.Harmless unless they have a calf. Bulls can be another story

[@JanaBergevin]

@@thecook8964 Nope, these cows had malicious intent.

[@BTinSF]

Can you blame them? We eat them. If you are comparing the number of cows killed by people to the number of people killed by cows, it's not much of a contest.

[@Dr_Kyutoko]

Depends on where you are. In my back yard, we have Black Bears. The further west you go, they go Brown, or "Grizzly" "Kodiak" what have you. Black Bears are just big babies though. As long as they're not starving, rabid or you're threatening their cubs, they'll avoid human contact. But if they are curious, make yourself big and loud, cuz you are NOT outrunning one. This may end up being a novel. 9. My mother was kicked in the shin by a cow on her family farm as a teenager and lost consciousness because it broke off a piece of bone that the hospital had to remove because it was floating in her skin. 8. Yeah, Deer, usually in traffic accidents, but sometimes a frightened Deer comes across a person, or into a building and will charge in self-defense. 7. Can't comment, they cannot survive in my state, where it gets very cold in Autumn/Winter. But uh, living dinosaurs, I do not mess with. 6. Rattlesnakes we do have, Timber Rattlesnakes to be specific. But not near me, thankfully faaaar away from me. 5. The noble Puma, yes we have them here, but since the European settlers came, they've been pushed very far north. Before that, they inhabited all of the old growth forest that used to be most of my state. 4. Yup, after my Malamute, Teeno, passed away from cancer in 2011, the Coyotes started to get closer and closer to mom's house. I moved out in early 2012, but whenever I house sat, I had to panic and get her rat terrier/jack russel mix back into the house, cuz I could hear them howling across the street. [Teeno did NOT suffer Coyotes in his territory, being three times their size, brought me one once. Buried it. He dug it up and brought it back. Lovable idiot.] 3. Ah yes, Wolves. What my state is most known for. Oh we got those in spades. And Grey Wolves to be specific, the largest kind. That is a gross underestimation of their size. Males can reach 188lbs. 2. Nope nope nope nope. Do not do Scorpions. Nope. I will say, Indy had the right of it, the smaller the Scorpion, the worse off you are. The small ones are lethal. 1. pfft, Bears. I already commented on this. I'm gonna quote a verse now. Black, Fight. Brown, Lie Down. White, Say Goodnight. It means you can intimidate a Black Bear. A Brown Bear, play dead. A Polar Bear? You're already dead.

[@bostonterriermom]

I’m in New England… North Eastern USA - in a city. (Muita gente portuguesa)they just showed on news channel that there was a Bob Cat roaming around the city

[@TexArizocan]

Bob cat is different than a mountain lion

[@bostonterriermom]

@@TexArizocan quite aware but still a wild deadly animal lurking down the streets at least for us northerners

[@TexArizocan]

@@bostonterriermom my sil is from New England, terrified of snakes and now lives in Southern AZ, lol. She was scared of snakes living in TX and now in Southern AZ. They've got mountain lions, bobcats, snakes, scorpions, coyotes, spiders and javelina

[@bostonterriermom]

@@TexArizocan we have turkeys that roam the hood every day it’s really cute but crazy how many there are.. dozens. As well as deer and Koi dogs/ Coyotes… the Bob cats we don’t see that often Loved Texas every time I’ve visited but we don’t have as many looking to kill you animals as you guys… once in a while a black bear will show up

[@TexArizocan]

@@bostonterriermom do you go turkey hunting? I had a close friend from Texas growing up that raved about Texas and I told myself that Texas wasn't all that and I would never live here, yet here I am and I love it. As for wildlife, state wise Louisiana and Florida are probably matched if not worse and country wise Australia.

[@stacychipouras8741]

Thank you. I really enjoyed your video and look forward to more. Thank you from Orlando, Florida 💙 America 💙

[@DrJamTastic]

Yep, I live in middle Georgia (USA). Coyote are shy, but I've seen them in my yard 3 or so times. They are well known for preying on pets.

[@kennethturner8290]

The Grizzly is bigger and more aggressive, but are more remote in the American North West. The black bear will run away, normally, and is more common within the Rocky Mountains range.

[@fionnmaccumhaill3257]

It is possible for a coyote to kill a Pit Bull but unlikely. 9 times out of 10 a Pit Bull will absolutely destroy a coyote. I've watched it.

[@Salty_Balls]

It's all the other coyotes that's the problem.

[@HemlockRidge]

@@Salty_Balls Coyotes are usually solitary.

[@Salty_Balls]

@@HemlockRidge lol. No.

[@IntergalacticDustBunny]

Coyotes can do both. They usually only hunt things they perceive as large and dangerous in groups. Mostly they hunt alone or in pairs.

[@HemlockRidge]

@@Salty_Balls lol. Yes.

[@myounakami]

The comment you got about bears, "If it's black fight back, if it's brown lie down, if it's white say goodnight" is accurate _most_ of the time; unfortunately, like people, animals can be highly unpredictable and don't always react in ways one would expect due to potential internal (illnesses such as rabies) or external (protecting their territory/young) factors. That's why even people who are experts on local wildlife or hold a profession that requires occasional interaction exercise caution and generally avoid interaction if possible.

[@amymanoharan284]

my grandmother was stung in the rear end by a scorpion when she was a little girl. She sat down on a rock, only to discover the scorpion had claimed the seat first. She said it was like being stuck in her rear by a thousand hot pokers that went on and on for days. You would think that would make her hate them. Nope. She went on to become obsessed with insects and she passed that love on to me. I'm not a big fan of arachnids (other than jumping spiders which I love).

[@JIMBEARRI]

There are coyotes in Central Park in the middle of Manhattan in New York City.

[@1950Grendel]

I live in Oklahoma and the small town of Waurika has an annual Rattlesnake Roundup. The participants hunt and capture the snakes in the hills and bring them back to town. Some are eaten (and they don't taste like chicken), some killed and skinned for clothing, but most are taken back at the end of the day and released where they were caught. I imagine most southwestern US areas have one.

[@TrulyUnfortunate]

I've never heard of a coyote killing a human. They're pretty small as far as the canine species goes. We hear them all the time at our weekend place and we rarely see them.

[@LuvBorderCollies]

Google >> Canadian singer killed by coyotes. Note it was in a large urban area.

[@reca5038]

I lived on a farm in Kansas as a child (50 years ago) so we children were outside from sun up to sun down every day during the summer. Saw snakes, coyotes, and occasionally, Puma. We were not allowed outside alone and at night not allowed outside after dark without an adult. Heard coyotes howling every night.

[@joshtiscareno1312]

It doesn't happen often, but it does happen from time to time. Some girl (teen or young adult), got killed by a pack of coyotes a few years ago and made the news.

[@Serene80]

If you hit a deer while driving, do NOT approach it unless the neck is clearly broken. Even a doe can do a lot of damage, but a buck's antlers can be lethal.

[@hattie9794]

Yes, cows are incredibly strong. We raise them, and some are scary mean. ❤from Tennessee

[@annfrost3323]

Never heard any if these about cows. Didn't kids used to tip them? I thought they were stupid. 😮

[@annfrost3323]

@@hattie9794 in addition, didn't trains have that comb-shaped piece in the front to push cows off the rails? Talking about choo-choo-trains in the old times. Not diesel or electric engines. That's what I was told as a child.

[@jaredkoger8252]

@@annfrost3323 Cow tipping isn't real. Cows lay down to sleep and a standing cow isn't going to let you tip it over. And even if it did, it'd be like trying to tip a car over.

[@kenhammond3810]

I was tent camping with my family in Colorado, and my 12-year-old daughter needed me to walk her a short distance to the restroom at 1am. On the way we encountered a black bear. We froze and watched the bear. The bear saw us and slowly walked away. We mentioned it to the campground owner the next day, and she said, "Oh, yeah. That's Blackie. She eats out of the trash. She's harmless."

[@andymacpherson2272]

I heard one Pitbull online got attacked by Coyotes. And the pitbull killed 9 Coyotes and the dog was badly injured and had to go to the vets. The dog was okay after the vets.

[@notmaureen]

It wasn't a pit bull, it was a livestock guardian dog (Great Pyrenese) named Casper. He's fine now.

[@usam-zf6gc]

Last summer, I was walking down a trail when I looked down to see my foot less then a foot from a Timber rattle snake. To say that I screamed like a little girl was an understatement. Thankfully, the ranger that captured it told me that it was the calmest rattle snake he had ever seen. I was still scared shitless.

[@user-calm_salty]

I love your reactions!!

[@squash4david]

My sister lives in central New Jersey. She, my brother-in-law and my niece have all hit a deer while driving. They tend to jump out of the woods and onto the roads without enough time to react. I live in SoCal. A long time ago, I was taking my dog to a dog park on Mulholland Dr., which is at the top of the Hollywood Hills, and as I approached the entrance to the park, I saw a coyote just casually walking along the road. One time I was away on a trip. When I came home and was taking my dog to that same park, they had suddenly put up notices that mountain lions had been spotted up there and to be cautious. Mulholland Dr. has many nice, single family homes located, around there, so I can imagine what the owners must have been feeling when the found this out. This is in the heart of the second largest city in the country. Mulholland Dr. separates the LA Basin (which includes downtown, Hollywood, and most of the original part of LA, all the way to the Pacific Ocean) from the San Fernando Valley, which is part of the city of Los Angeles and is the northern half of the city.

[@FourFish47]

I think cows are tired of their babies being taken away at one day old so their milk can go to grocery stores. They're mothers. They're not stupid.

[@loneponderer495]

Less also not forget that cows are just the female version of bulls, and no one would be shocked if a bull attacked someone. People tend to forget that these are the same animal.

[@Dreamscape195]

In my own yard, I have been less than 15 feet away from: bats, raccoons, possums, deer, wild turkeys, hawks, turkey vultures, wasps, snapping turtles, and foxes. Once, a fox badly startled me by ‘barking’ at me from behind and when I turned around it was like 5 foot away. It just kind of loped away after that though, thankfully. We’ve also picked up and moved snapping turtles and once had one in the car to relocate it from a busier street to a less busy one and it tried to climb up on the seat with me, which was terrifying. I’ve also seen bald eagles, but haven’t been closer than like 150-200 yards away. Also tons of innocuous animals like rabbits, frogs, toads, bees, squirrels, dragonflies, mice, painted turtles, herons etc.

[@KenJohnsonUSA]

I used to raise cattle...cows are extremely dangerous...more dangerous than a bull. I am also an avid hunter. Deer are definitely dangerous. Here in Florida we have many different pit vipers and also coral snakes. What makes coyotes so bad is that they travel in huge packs...I've seen nearly 100 chasing a single deer. Bears can be bad...have been on the beach and had an aggitated juvenile black bear come out...not cool. Gators don't bother me...I see them all the time. In my opinion, besides humans, the most dangerous threat is bugs. Here in Florida we have fire ants, various wasps, ticks, and more that individually kill more people by species than any of the animals on that list.

[@annawestall4395]

All those bugs and you forgot to mention mosquitos that look like mini helicopters and Yellow/deer/horse flies 😂

[@sikhandtakerakhuvar9678]

@@annawestall4395 Mosquitos: the original attack drone

[@vickifournier5065]

Let's not forget the Wild Boars and Pigs in Florida. Very aggressive and dangerous.

[@vickifournier5065]

​@@sikhandtakerakhuvar9678😂😂 Mosquitoes are huge in Florida, in the Midwest they are so tiny that you can't see them coming. And who hasn't stumbled on a Fire Ant Hill and been attacked in the Southern region? Imagine that with a Sunburn. 😮

[@KenJohnsonUSA]

@@vickifournier5065 true...and non-native.

[@joshritz7067]

Fun fact, we're actually starting to get jaguars in Arizona (South West US) again. So far we've had three different individuals. They've been going after the black bear population as well as the deer

[@FreakoftheAngels]

Lmao, I'm glad nature is recovering but I imagine that's terrifying

[@HBC423]

Here in Tennessee the dangerous things are black bears, mountain lions, coyotes, red wolves, bobcats, wild boars, snakes, spiders, scorpions, centipedes, alligator snapping turtles and a few alligators

[@shannoncrane4131]

Thankfully, not all in the same county, usually 😂

[@HBC423]

@@shannoncrane4131 mountain lions, alligators, and red wolves are rare.. would be hard to find them in the same county.. everything else is in every county in East Tennessee at least

[@shannoncrane4131]

@@HBC423 it was the gators and wolves in particular - as far as I know, there've only been one or two gators down Memphis way, very sporadically, and the last estimate I heard on red wolves was ~25 living in the wild, plus the handful that live in the Knoxville Zoo.

[@HBC423]

@@shannoncrane4131 they live here at the nature center in Chattanooga, I swear there are wild ones too.. gators have been spotted in the Tennessee river in multiple places and in a lake in northeast Tennessee

[@jaredkoger8252]

@@HBC423 I live in Chattanooga. There are no wild mountain lions or gators here. And the only Red Wolves I've ever seen play soccer. Gators rarely show up around Memphis and I'm pretty sure there isn't a wild mountain lion in the entire state. The TN gov website even states that mountain lions were extirpated from Tennessee in the early 1900s.

[@jkosh2046]

We've had a few bears on our property in the past. We've had many coyotes and you could hear them at night. We had bobcats too. We got 2 great pyrenees (wolf killers) a few years ago and we have no ground predators since we have had our digs. The deer population on our property has gone from a handful to a heard over 30. When i was a kid, we were driving through the Anaheim hills on our way to Laguna Beach and we saw a mountain lion attack a cow.

[@broken4096]

These and two-legged dangers are why we insist on being armed.

[@Salty_Balls]

Mainly cuz of the two legged creatures though if I'm being honest.

[@flyingsodwai1382]

2:20 Yes sir. Think about it a sec, what have we bred cows for? Meat. What is meat? Muscle. Yes they are fricken strong!

[@fabiosa_duckbert]

I live in a remote arctic community and i can say you see lots of bears, plenty of bear warnings, school being closed, and gatherings of dozens at the dump. You get the very occasional wolf, lots of arctic foxes. Whats really crazy is the caribou herds just out of town

[@JimFinley11]

When I was stationed in a couple of different places in southern California, there were coyotes all over the place. They pretty much went about their business and we went about ours; they seemed curious enough to watch whatever we were doing from a safe distance, but no more. In Twentynine Palms, I saw them trotting up and down the street in front of our house often. They were notorious for snatching pets, so we only let our dogs out in our back yard, which had a seven-foot chain link fence around it. Sometimes it was funny. Once at Camp Pendleton (north of San Diego), I was on guard duty with another Marine. Our job was to walk around to all the other guard posts and make sure the people on duty were awake and alert. When we got to the motor pool, we couldn't find the guy on guard duty. We were looking for him in the cabs of the trucks, thinking he might have crawled in one to take a nap, when we heard yelling. We looked around and saw him sitting on the roof of a 3-ton truck at the end of the parking lot. We walked down there and asked him what he was doing, and he yelled, "Look out! Look out!" and pointed. There was a small coyote not much bigger than a house cat, just sitting on the pavement about fifty yards away watching him with its head cocked to one side. The animal just looked curious. The man was terrified, then angry when we laughed at him. Actually, one this video didn't mention that's a lot more dangerous than coyotes or even rattlesnakes is the black widow spiders.

[@paulsander5433]

I once heard a story about a guy who used an outhouse, and was bitten in an awkward, uniquely male place by a black widow that lived underneath the seat. That was apparently a life-altering event.

[@carterpritchard5063]

Mountains lions are killers. Had one lurking near my neighborhood last year and a coworker whose family has a farm, had her horse attack by a mountain lion. It had ripped open the horses lower abdomen. Luckily her father heard the noise and shot in the air scaring off the mountain lion, he found the horse alive barely. They rushed it to the Emergency Vet 30 minutes away where the horse went through a major surgery and two weeks later was able to go return home healthy and alive.

[@sharlharmakhis280]

I live in Seattle, we have coyotes in our area. They'll generally run if you throw things but it's advised to keep cats and small dogs indoors, especially at night.

[@robinrichardson6495]

Living in a rural area in the North GA Mts. You get all types of wild animals - deer, bear, turkeys, red foxes, coyotes & all the smaller animals. You can hear mountain lions in the distance sometimes.

[@bluexwings]

When you come to the US, Southern California has a lot to do! Especially if you like museums, zoos, wildlife sanctuaries, and outdoor activities. I haven't spent a lot of time in the northern part of the state, but there are some really beautiful areas up there too. (In fact, hiking may be even nicer up there because you can see the Giant Sequoia trees and rain forests... Not that there aren't a variety of climates to see in SoCal, they're just not as impressive to my eye.)

[@joanhuffman2166]

Grizzly bears live in the western United States. Lewis and Clark wrote of encountering them on their famous journey of exploration. They noted that multiple shots were required to kill them. This was in the days before repeating rifles were common.

[@Mike-xh8fl]

Black bears are very prevalent where I live in Western NY, have a video of a mother and three cubs walking up our driveway and into the forest via our back yard. Have encountered them a few times in the local state park (Allegany State Park) while hiking but they tend to do everything to avoid you once they realize there are humans close by. Coyotes are becoming more and more common too.

[@jiminauburn5073]

I live on the outskirts of Seattle and we have cougars here. I always go armed when going on the hiking trails in the area. We get black bears roaming through the neighborhood about once a year. You see coyotes, bobcats, and deer all the time.

[@Arizhel6]

What you said about the scorpion being in your shoe is 100% correct. When you're camping in the desert, you should check your shoes before you stick your feet in them.

[@ruthlys]

I had a Tibetan Mastiff a decade or so ago. One night he got loose- and a few hours later, he went trotting down the road (we were in country) with 3-4 coyotes in tow. They were not trying to hunt him. They seemed to have accepted him as their alpha. He finally came home around dawn. We moved shortly thereafter and I managed to never let him escape like that again! 😮 lol

[@jeszee1654]

I can hear cayotes almost every night in our back field. They never get close to us. I’ve never even seen one up close. We’ve had to “to take care” of a few on our farm, but they don’t usually bother humans.

[@medusathedecepticon]

I live in a small town countryside where cattle farms are pretty common. Any of the farmers around here could tell you that cows are especially dangerous when they're in heat. My cousin was in an agriculture class this year and they had given her a cow to raise along with the one her family owned. The cow was already pretty ornery but things got worse when they brought her to a cow show. The cow had unfortunate timing about going into heat and proceeded to drag my cousin across the fairgrounds, step on her foot, and sling her over another cow and into a fence. She's doing much better now, but she got really hurt in the process.

[@Blackavian]

When my grandmother was a young girl (living in Arizona), she never put on shoes without shaking them vigorously. A scorpion would often fall out. Most people don’t take that precaution anymore, which is a mistake. In my Colorado backyard, we see bear, deer, coyote, and skunks (which are not deadly but, boy, you do not want to get sprayed!). I always survey the land before I go outside.

[@LLandS18]

As somebody use an avid hiker and lives in a very rural community in Canada. And has lived in some parts of the country that have polar bears and Klondike bears and where I live now has black bears and grizzly bears. Your absolute best protection against beers is preventative. That means make noise while you hike. Have a bear bell. So you're always making noise. Where bright colors. Preferably bright blue colors. Because Bears can see that. Or a yellow. Be aware of your surroundings. If you see a cub you walk in the other direction immediately. Well yes I know a lot of people will say bear mace. But Parks Canada did a really great study and 82% of people who use bear mace in an emergency. Either because of a bear or an elk. Mostly it's an elk. We'll spray themselves in the face with it, not the animal. You can buy a thing called a bear popper or compressed airgun. That can be reloaded quickly and it makes a really, really loud banging sound. Which will deter most bears. Now. If you're hiking somewhere, there's polar bears. You should be hiking with somebody who knows what they're doing and has a shotgun. Like a guide. Or a hiking outfit that takes you out. Because a polar bear sees us as food. There are one of the few animals on this planet that does. So your absolute best defense is to be with someone who understands the animal and knows how to hike safely around them.