@@geomy3814 Right!? How about starting with a raccoon? Those things will literally rip your face off for a hotdog. Or the terrifying snowshoe hare, they will literally gnaw your fingers right off your hands! The ribbing is all in good fun. I like your videos, Shaun. Keep them coming!
Rattlesnakes dont want to waste venom on humans. They know your too large to be prey. From their perspective you're the dangerous predator. If they bite, it's because they feel they cant escape. It also means they have no venom for approximately 3 to 4 hours and are defenseless.
Halo Theories if it’s one god then it’s monotheistic lol. I consider myself nondenominational, but I subscribe to the God and Goddess belief of Wicca. My Patrons are Cernunnos and Either Bridget or Sirona depending on how I feel that day. What are you if you don’t mind me askin friend.
You forgot Elk: a 4 door sedan with knives on its head Moose: a diesel pick up truck with knives on its head Wild hog: big as a man, breed like rabbits, and damn near bulletproof Florida Man: an incarnate of all 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Laughs her butt off at him being such a scardy cat about the "bears" he heard!!! Sounded more like the wind, bears don't purposefully seek people out to hurt them. Although, if a mother bear with new babies felt he was enough of a threat to her babies, she might vocalize at him to get him to back off bc he was too close. I have, fortunately, never had a tick on me and I live in Maine. I have seen a Lynx once when I was like 6 out the window at my Grandma's. She lives in the middle of nowhere though. I have seen a fox and that's about it unless you want to count the occasional moose I've seen. We don't get any kind of venomous creatures to my knowledge. Also, side note, NEVER run from predators! Lots of them have a prey-drive and are MUCH faster than humans and will be more likely to chase you! My Grandfather said, when in doubt, never look them in the eye (It's a dominant, alpha thing that animals find offending), stand your ground, and back up as slowly as possible without turning around, call the Wildlife and Fishery services if its a public spot your in and a predator comes at you.
Yes! I live around Gila monsters and rattle snakes in the winter and bears and mountain lions in the summer with coyotes in both places and the thought of some of the snakes and attacking, giant spiders in Australia scares the crap out of me.
I think we're also used to our animals. For example, everyone knows gators will snap up toddlers if you don't watch them. But we have no context for huntsman spiders to be less afraid.
Frankly something I never understood - a wolf or deer can sneak around you without much notice, but a squirrel or chipmunk sounds like a Sasquatch trailing behind you 😂
Maybe they make so much noise because they figured out it makes humans think they are bigger animals. Squirrels have been documented adapting to human proximity in many ways, including looking both ways before crossing a street.
Can confirm black bears are generally pretty fearful of people, I used to chase them off by banging trash can lids together up at uncles cabin but you should still definitely be careful with them somebody was eaten in my area recently by a black bear because they didn't check up in the trees around their campsite before they went to sleep that night they like to sleep in trees so keep your eyes up when looking for them they're climbers
Good rule of thumb, but there's a caveat: If any of those bears have cubs nearby that they think you're a threat to, you could be fucked regardless of species if you're unarmed.
Yup, i was fishing with my friend (i live in AK) he spotted a black bear that came by the river. I was aboit 20 yards away from him around the river bend so i didnt spot it until he layed down to play dead. Then i saw it trotting up toward him, i pumped out a couple rounds of my .45 and shouldered the 12 gauge and hussled over to him. Bear ran away, lets just say now he knows not to play dead in front of a black bear.
Don't mess with grizzley's, or polar bears (they're more closely related than they look, bad attitude and all), they will easily and painfully erase your existencefrom this world. Bears are also much faster than they look like they'd be. Mountain lions, or bobcats, that decide to attack, will ambush you faster than you can react. Ever watch a cat pounce on a mouse? Now imagine you are the mouse. Coyotes and wolves are wild dogs. Coyotes are dangerous and smart, best to keep your distance. The wolf is is more like a trained assasin team, cunning, calculated, patient, and stealthy. I have only seen a few recluses in my life. While dangerous, they aren't as common as the back widow, but they usually pick places that they can hide in darkness or shadowy areas. their strong, dense webs are usually a sign there is at least one nearby, and to become extra cautious. It is unlikely that your pillow, or shoes would be the overnight target of a spider.
How to know the difference. If a bear is charging you and you climb up a tree, If the bear climbs after you, it's a black bear. If it shakes the tree until you fall out, it's a Grizz.
Also if you’re looking at the bear scat trying to identify it, black bear scar will usually have berries and seeds mixed in, grizzlies will have, bells, whistles, pocket knives and such.
And if you unload on it with your Glock it's dead lol. I'm not afraid of any animals in the US. The most dangerous I've seen is a panther and it ran off, I was armed at the time. And another time a copperhead. But there is antivenom readily available at the hospital. You will def not die immediately, even the most venomous snakes in the US, you have several hours before you die to get to medical help. Stay armed and be watchful and you will fine. And btw I live in North Georgia that is bear country. I do see a lot of deer, but I'm very watchful, and I'm careful at dawn and dusk
Best advice I ever got about a bison, watch out when they lift their tails, they're either about to charge or discharge. Either way, you don't want to be around.
Well... Yes but actually no. If a predator has it's eyes set on you(rare unless it's been a lean season) it is undetectable by your average person. However a lot of fatal or near fatal interactions between people and nature are due to animals being surprised by people. Which is hilarious, because people aren't very sneaky. This is why it is suggested that when you're in the woods you whistle or sing to generate a lot if noise.
Been stalked by wolves, a lynx, chased by a bear, and on two seperate occasions almost got in a tangle with a cougar.... Number gets higher if you include last call and out of the forest. Yeah... We have guns for a reason even in Canada.
Ive heard stories of axes and blades bouncing not even penetrating gator skin. Some natives used it as armor. Thes animal are partly why americans like guns. Especially in rural areas where your more likely to find these animals. 1 to 3 shots from any moderatly powerful gun will take down pretty much every north american animal. Not to mention a shot to the head is also one of the most humane and painless ways to hunt animals.
When I worked in Glacier National Park, we all knew that the most dangerous animal was either a sow Grizzly with cubs or a cow moose. When you tramp through the woods, make lots of noise; they’re not interested in meeting you either.
Yeah. I was thinking of commenting that as well. A large coyote was the size of my then six month old labradoodle. They small, not at all what he was thinking.
Coyotes hunt in packs and are not scarred, I remember when I was young I heard an animal crying so I went outside, coyote fake playing hurt while his pack was circled, my family came out so I was fine
@@MeanLaQueefa They will also play-lure a family pet (any size) then kill em with the pack. Sometimes for food, sometimes not and not always quick. They are crafty, sadistic assholes.
The secret to surviving a bear attack, is to always, always, always hike with a person (or people) that are slower than you. Preferably someone with a limp.
A bear would never be able to catch me! I would be running away from it and no matter how fast it might be, it wouldn't be able to get any traction slipping in all the shit on the ground behind me.
Yeah in Yellowstone once I saw a European family try to put their kid on one for a photo. It was just chilling in the parking lot, but they are very unpredictable creatures.
Truth. I know it’s bad but I love when the occasional video of a dumb tourist getting recked by a big ass bison makes the rounds lol. People are so stupid
@@vapormissile OMG that dude looks ded 😂🤣😂 We have “Antelope crossing at 50 mph” signs everywhere. search.yahoo.com/search?p=wy+antelope+crossing+sign&fr=iphone&.tsrc=apple&pcarrier=Spectrum&pmcc=311&pmnc=480
RWBimbie yeah but Panthers/Pumas/Mountain Lions have been known to hunt humans and are more populous now than they’re ever been since hunting them is illegal. In the Southwest alone they estimate there’s around 30,000 of them as opposed to 3,000 in the Cowboy days. 😳
There is always some kind of animal hiding in the shadows nearby. You can never be sure what that animal is. If you are not familiar with the land and the inhabitants it is best to play it safe.
The important thing when you're in "bear country" is that a) you carry pepper spray and b) you pin bells to your self so you make noise, so as not to startle a bear, particularly a female with cubs. The way you know you're in "bear country" is to look for their droppings. Bear droppings are the ones that smell like pepper spray and have little bells in them. :-)
I been into cougars since i was 16. Your just noticing the wrong ones, believe me. This one asian chick was 20 years older than me and better than any girl in her 20s in every way.
I enjoyed this segment in your series and I thought I'd add a bit of information. Tourists in Alaska are trained before hiking. They are told that bears are dangerous if you startle them. You should wear bells on your feet so that they can hear you coming. Also, you need to carry pepper spray to help fend off an attack. Another thing they train you on is to look for bear poo. The smaller black bears poo is made up of rather small round pellets. The large and extremely dangerous grizzly bear’s poo contains bells and smells like pepper spray.
@Skrying Shame if all birds, squirrels, frogs, crickets, stop, if the forest goes absolutely quite you have a big preditor near by. Something big and dangerous.
"Black bears are even deadlier" Pfft.. if you fart in their general direction, they'll run away like a squirrel being chased by a chihuahua. If you want to see the scariest looking bear we have over here, check out the Kodiak bears. About 1500lbs (a little over 680 kilo) and can stand almost twice as tall as an average adult if it stood on its hind legs. I'm talking about a bear that if domesticated, you could actually ride into battle.
Black bears are still more dangerous. Brown bears are stronger and less skiddish but it is hard to overstate how little of a fuck they give about you. Brown bears almost never actively hunt for meat, but black bears do. That simple distinction is why they are more dangerous. Mind you, neither are very likely to hurt you at all. They see you as big and scary and don't want any of that shit.
In Tennessee I was about 15 feet away from a Black Bear mother and her two cubs they just suddenly appeared as I was standing on the driveway of the house I was staying at.
I agree... I’ve seen/come face to face/scared off several black bears (I used to work in pacific nw forests for the forest service). Unless they’re a mama w cubs or just out of hibernation they are generally not very aggressive. I did have a co worker get between a mama and cubs once & had quite a story to tell. I was rushed by a mountain lion though and, luckily, was so in shock that I just kept walking towards it thinking “is that a mountain lion?!” instead of running away so it just sort of veered then jogged on by.
I live in North Carolina and am actually working on a snake education programs. Most of my venomous snake encounters have been with copperheads! I nearly picked one up as a kid when we first moved here. Thank goodness my dad caught me first! Another freaky snake story I heard was a woman taking care of her rosebush. She thought it had been thorns pricking into her skin. Her son went out to look though and there was a nest of baby rattlers in it. They had been biting her! They took her to urgent care and she was alright, but it's stuck with me. I mainly see snakes because I hike a lot. Most are out on sidewalks sunning themselves. Give them a wide berth and you're usually fine. The most common snake encounter is still garter snakes, which are harmless. They might musk if you pick them up, but they won't really hurt you. The main thing I'm afraid of when hiking on the Blue Ridge is somebody shooting me tbh.
He's in Scotland bro, free speech is a theoretical concept there at this point, you can get arrested for tweets. We are so fortunate to have both the first and second amendments
@midgetydeath I've never had that concept explained to me in such a manner before: thank you. I've been led to believe that the way our constitution functions is the general function of constitutions worldwide; thanks for clearing that up.
A park ranger in Glacier National Park once explained to me and some folks how to tell the difference between a grizzly and a black bear. You kick it in the ass and then climb a tree. If it chases you up the tree, it's a black bear. If it knocks the tree down, it's a grizzly. Coyotes generally don't mess with people. Every once in a while you'll hear about one biting someone, but it's pretty rare. They're bigger than foxes. Like a mid sized dog.
They do eat people's smaller dogs sometimes, though. Especially in early Spring right after their pups are born, so take care on trails with your wee dog around then.
Coyotes generally don't mess with people *directly*. But they will go right up to your house when you aren't home, and steal food off your back step. Or kill your unattended dog.
Would add: Boar -- They gather in large numbers, are fairly smart, quite aggressive, have excellent sense of smell(knows where you are before you), horrible for the environment, can weigh few to several hundred pounds, disease ridden, and can tank quite a few small to medium calibre firearm shots especially if hit in the large shoulder. Moose -- Like a deer mixed with a bison. They are big and don't give a fuck. They will stand in front of cars or challenge them. Even if driving a car you may survive crashing into a deer, but your chances are low against a moose. And lastly... with their very formidable horns they charge attack without warning in relative silence. FloridaMan -- this creature is the most powerful, it can commit heinous crimes with wild abandon, has no moral compass, can be equipped with the most surprising array of deadly weapons, and it may tank an entire magazine and still remain a threat with its drug addled mind. Beware of FloridaMan.
@@ethanschenck9714 They are only found in Britain because they were reintroduced. They were hunted to extinction in Britain, more than once from what I've read.
Boar are one of the reasons I prefer a stout, mid-caliber, mid-century military rifle (K98k, Mosin-Nagant, SMLE, Garand) with a bayonet on it when I'm in the woods. If it charges you and your .30 cal round doesn't stop it, you've still got a spear to use!
The native tribe they had spoken with had warned them about the bears, but their party didn’t take them very seriously. They found out that they should have.
They definitely are more dangerous than deer where my dad was from. They charge anything including a game wardens truck and a full grown moose is huge.
With their height and weight, if you accidentally hit one with a car they are going through the windshield into your lap. Easy to do at night wiith their dark color and that your headlights don't necessarily reflect in their eyes do to their height.
Speaking of the North, I was pretty sure the Polar Bear was to be included... ...they've got paws the size of a man's back (°~•)!!! (edit) also, the Elephant Seal. They'd attack a train if they could catch one, lol
And The Elk also even bigger than a moose.The first time I saw a moose it freaked me out because of it's sheer size And an Elk could made me think I was in Jurassic Park!
British people... "I can't understand why America has such a fascination with guns" *walks down a well managed country road with several driveways* "Omg I'm afraid, I'm kilometers away from help and a dangerous animal could attack me at any second!"
Actually, much of the gun culture in the US developed as protection against wild animals, as well as hunting for food. Everyone had a gun back in the old days for protection. It just stuck.
I live in the mountains of Colorado and I've seen black bears, coyotes, and cougars have taken pets. I see deer literally everyday. And I'm always scared of a deer running out in front of me. There's some crazy animals around here. But I love it. They usually keep to themselves.
You missed the Moose. A Moose bull in the rut or a cow with a calf will mess you up quick. They are also about 4-5 times the size of a Deer on average. They are massive. Where I live they will wander into towns on occasion.
Yeah, I live in utah and i went up to the mountains for a camping trip, and on one of the last days we saw one about 100 yards away from the camp site, wasn't a full grown Male but it was at least a juvenile, and it still would have towered over the people and the tents if it were close
I watched a moose take on the Peterbilt 379 in front of me and WIN. That driver made the mistake of honking @ a moose standing in the middle of the road up in Wyoming. The moose tore apart his front end.
A grandmother in Georgia strangled a Bobcat in her driveway, breaking some of her fingers in the process, without making any noise because she didn't want to wake up her grandchild who was taking a nap inside in 2018.
Moose rarely get hit when you’re driving. If you stumble upon one accidentally (very rare, they like marshlands with visibility) or are stupid and try to get a selfie (not that rare), then yeah, not a good place to be. Deer though, I’ve hit 3, been hospitalized for one of those. Homeboy was spot on.
The difference between hitting a deer and hitting a moose on the highway is a collision with a deer is more likely to be survivable. Moose are twice the size, they literally come out of nowhere, and if the body doesn't completely crush/take the roof off your vehicle, the legs smashing through the windscreen will end you. Maybe they're just more plentiful in Canada, though. I've had more scary close calls with moose than with deer.
Airek Vinland, Slayer of the Seventh Sun Had an elk hit one of my work trucks before. Did some good damage, but deer are the biggest culprit. Because of their long legs, if your vehicle is small enough, the elk, or moose has a good chance of rolling over the top. Deer will nail you right in the windshield.
Don't trust them even if they look dead, either. When I was a kid, my dad stuck a stick into a dead snapping turtle's mouth and it bit the stick in half. The head wasn't even attached to the body.
One of the things I LOVED about Scotland was being able to sit down in grassy area and not worry about....Rattlesnakes, Copperheads, Water moccasins, Black widow spiders......oh, and alligators....You have no idea how freeing that was!
I mean I live in Kansas and we have all of those, we are not afraid of those. They won't purposely come up to you 99% of the time and black widows are mostly not going to be in the open.
Dude, just come to Alaska, we have a yearly reptile purging, it's called winter. Just be sure to get your car reenforced so if you do hit a moose your car doesn't turn into a bomb.
A few years ago near me a group of guys from the city came hiking and saw a black bear but weren't too smart and started following it and fucking with it, and throwing rocks. Eventually it got angry enough and chased them, and exactly this happened. Slow guy tripped.
In America we have a saying to survive bear attacks: "If it's black, attack. If it's brown, get down. If it's white, goodnight." Black bears are the smallest and the most timid. Usually they will run off if you make enough noise and make yourself look scary. And they usually won't try to eat you. A brown or a grizzly MAY try to eat you but it's more likely its a mother bear protecting her cubs so in that case, just play dead and hope for the best. Once the bear decides you arent a threat, she'll leave you alone (hopefully). If its a polar bear (white) make your peace. These mofos aren't scared of humans and they definitely will eat you. If one of these guys picks you out as lunch you might as well be polite and expose your neck for them to make it quick both for you and them.
People always ask me why I carry a fourty five when I visit Alaska. THAT! That's why. If I'm going to die to a Polar bear, I'm not going to be an easy lunch.
@@nodeloliver6201 good luck with a 45. I dont know about Polar Bears but I know Grizzlies can take like 6 or 7 rounds before they go down or decide you aren't worth it. I can only assume polar bears are worse
Black Bears will eat you if they get the chance as in if they knock you out or injure you. Black Bears are anti social compared to brown bears who unless they are starving or protecting their cubs they are just showing dominance over you thinking you are another bear like animal. Black bears attack you for territory control and because they are scavengers have a higher chance to eat you. Polar bears are always hunger and will eat anything they can find.
Oh, yeah, snapping turtles. He'd shit if he got near one of those. Even the smaller ones are nasty. I don't want to get anyway near one of the big ones. Slow armored wolverines, lol.
@@GUNNER67akaKelt When I was like 7-8 my step cousin and sister and I caught one in a creek and kept it for a week as a pet, hand feeding it fish we caught. My step uncle found out and threatened to shoot it if we didn't get rid of it. In hindsight we were pretty stupid kids haha.
Crazy crazy me stopped to get a medium-size snapping turtle out of the road. It took me about half an hour to get him over the curb, cuz he kept spinning around lightening quick to try and bite me. I didn't want a big truck to squash him, so I took the risk. I finally managed to get hold of the back end of his shell and sort of toss him into the grass, where he quickly went down the bank to the stream. His shell was slimy and muddy, and my hands smelled like death after touching him, but it was worth it. All extremities still miraculously intact, lol!
I,m from Ontario Canada and there's nothing more dangerous than a bull moose in rut they have charged transport trucks on the trans Canada highway and it's like an unstoppable force meets an immovable object
Used to live in Vermont, on top of a large hill in an apartment complex. I remember a time as a kid, when several bull moose decided that the best place to rut would be near our bus stop. Yeah... No school that day.
Well it's like this. Badassitude is a family trait, little grandson UK is a tiny little bit badass, Daddy America is pretty dang badass, and Grand Pappy Australia literally INVENTED badass!
The scariest part that he doesn’t even know/realize is that if there was a cougar in those woods beside him there wouldn’t be a rustle...All he would get at the most is a streak of tan then searing pain if the animal was slow. If not then he’d be dead before he knew what even happened. This is considering that it thinks of you as food. It might just watch and you wouldn’t even know...
Unless if they are attacking without needing to eat you, then if you are lucky you might be able to get to a hospital if it is nearby... but probibaly not
Depends where you are... I was in the Mojave and had a stand off with one. Saw it a mile away and was out there working. Slowly but surely it made its way to me and my coworker. Pulled out my spade and stood my ground. After a while of us yelling and throwing shit, it backed off.
It really depends on the person though, hunters have a particular trained sense of hearing and an almost sixth sense that i will never understand. In my case however i grew hiking in the woods a lot and often by myself. You learn to pick up on very small shifts in your surrounding area. Depending on where you decide to hike, your life depends on complete awareness of your surrounding every moment. I imagine its similar to being a soldier in enemy territory.
You missed a few... off the top of my head: copperhead snakes, tarantulas, scorpions and we do have wolves not just coyotes there are actually wolves in the country. We also now have Killer Bees throughout the South. Alaska has polar bears and moose that actually attack humans.
Kristie C unless you're allergic to them, i found out the hard way when I got stung....not deathly allergic thankfully, pretty bad reaction none the less... I try to avoid them as much as possible
"I wish i had some sort of... protective weapon?" Well well well, if it ain't a Brit figuring out why us Yeehaws carry our guns :D its a joke folks calm down. On a fun note come on down to texas, where you can carry any weapon you want long as it ain't concealed.
In Texas, to carry any firearm in public outside of your vehicle you must have a License to Carry issued by the Department of Public Safety. With it, you can carry it concealed or in the open. If you are caught carrying a firearm without the License it is a Class A or B misdemeanor depending on what they charge you with. If convicted you will not ever be able to legally carry in Texas again. However, you are correct if you are talking about bladed weapons where one can now carry a samurai sword or a halberd down the street if they wish. Brass knuckles are now legal as well.
I was thinking it could've been Bigfoot paralleling him in the South Carolina's woods. But he had a camera with him, which seems to be the best thing to have to scared them off.
Living in Portland, Oregon...I'm loving your shirt in the intro, especially since that design on your shirt is such an iconic landmark. Btw...our apex predator here is probably a rabid Duck fan or a crazed Beaver fan.
The advice they give American small children in primary school is “They’re more scared of you.” I always got in trouble for asking if the 13 ft bear was REALLY more scared of a 4 ft child?
Justin Stalbaum Most bears will eat people after they kill them, black and brown bears will hunt humans opportunistically, but polar bears will hunt humans as a part of their diet. Polar bears aren’t all that aggressive, nor do they share a lot of territory with humans, so for the most part black and brown bears are far more likely to kill and eat you.
And not only the wild boars the bigger problem is feral domestic pigs hybridizing with them and creating far more aggressive offspring. It's becoming a big problem in the North Woods
I hear your countdown and raise you: Giant desert centipede: biggest Nope ever. Moose: take a deer and make it the size of a truck. Bull shark: mouth full of teeth and a bad attitude, can and will swim in fresh water.
I will probably never forget visiting a “country park” in the UK in which one of the wildlife spotting signs included the breath-taking possibility of seeing moles. (To be fair, there were several mole hills in sight.) It had never before occurred to me that moles might count as anything other than vermin or that there could be so little other wildlife around as to make them worth mentioning. Mind boggled.
When I lived in Washington state I actually saw a cougar walking along the road with a chihuahua in it's mouth. Sad, but that's why you shouldn't leave small animals unattended outside. I've seen bald eagles make off with small dogs.
I'll admit rattlesnakes are pretty terrifying. Some fun facts about them: Rattlesnakes only rattle their tails when they feel threatened, so if you hear the sound, walk away They're stealth hunters so they probably won't chase you And if you hear a rattle nearby and it stops *run* because it's about to attack
This was really interesting hearing the perspective of a non-native on our dangerous wildlife. When you live here you kind of forget because tbh you don't encounter many of those in day-to-day life, and those that you do, it's pretty unlikely you'll be attacked or hurt. The way you're talking about it though makes me feel like I live in Australia instead of the U.S. lol And I didn't know Scotland didn't really have predators or dangerous animals! That's like New Zealand. I was surprised to find when I visited there they also had no dangerous animals or natural predators. I'd love to visit Scotland and go hiking!
Chris Sparkman if this video has taught me anything its that everything is about how and where you were raised. If you live around lions I’m sure you would just take simple precautions like taking a walking stick when you go out. The threat of mountain lions around me is pretty great, I’ve seen them behind my backyard before. But when I go out all I take is a decent sized knife and I enjoy nature. I’m sure it’s not much different in Africa.
I think of the jungles with all the venomous and poisonous animals. And Africa! Caradoc Ap Conobelin, you are right. It's all about what you are used to.
Lions are usually found in game reserves. You pay to get in. In some areas yes lions live near people, but you are more likely to be attacked by an elephant than a lion. Once again this is usually near game reserves. City folk will see the occasional dangerous animal in the form of creepy crawlies and rarely big game.
Hugh Glass was a fur trader during the late 1700's and early 1800's. His story of survival a savage grizzly bear attack is one of the most known to my knowledge. He has been noted as one of the toughest men to have lived because of all he endured through his life. His story was popularized in the movie The Revenant.
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! ... And as everyone who lives in the the country surely knows, the animal most people go to great lengths to avoid, far more than all others, is the skunk.
My first Lab was 'special'. He took me for a drag to go introduce his dumb self to a skunk, and we both got skunked really badly. I had to bury the leash, his collar, and my clothes, the stink was that horrible.
Oh man, as an American who's lived all over the US: 1. Black Widows/spiders; they seem scary at first but honestly I just step really hard and do a little spin and they takes care of them 😭 2. Mountain lions; i lived in the dessert of new mexico for years and ran into a couple; they're pretty chill. They normally stay out of your way and sleep during the day so it's not a huge problem but they're scary as hell in person 3. Coyotes; you know what, if you think about it coyotes are pretty scary, you just learn growing up that "they're more scared of you than you or them" I've walked past/lived by coyotes my entire life and never feared for more than my outside cat 4. Deer. Oh man, they're basically giant rats. Jumping on the road, entering your house/garage?! In the midwest they're as common as flies or cats 🤦🏻♀️ 5. Personally I think turkeys, roosters or geese are the scariest animals of all.. they have 0 fear and will chase you to the ends of the earth over a fry
Interesting study on Coyote Attacks on Humans in the United States and Canada urbancoyoteresearch.com/sites/default/files/resources/WhiteandGehrt_CoyoteAttacks.pdf
You're right, especially about the geese. Canada geese, especially if they have goslings or a nest nearby... will go ballistic. And they can crack your skull... scary beasties for sure. I give them a lotta room if I have to pass by them.
My aunt's friend was taking her dogs potty in the backyard and a coyote straight up jumped the fence and tried to take her dog. There's stories about coyotes trying to snatch little kids too.
1) Grizzly Bear: Yeah, hop in your truck, protect your kids (Black bear: More avoidant, but definitely hide your kids) 2) Alligator: Real monsters, so pray your boat doesn't capsize, and keep away from the shore 3) Spiders: Yeah there are a few, but in most areas you should be fine 4) Cougars: Sneaky mofos. You should watch your back, but a lot of the attacks have been because of runners/ bikers being seen as fleeing prey, so as long as there are no young ones with you, and you back away cautiously, you should be ok. 5) Coyotes: There's nothing to fear from them, unless they are rabid; they are still small animals, and nowhere near capable of taking down an adult human. You may need to worry about your small dog and cat, though. Now, Coywolves on the other hand may pose more of a risk. 6) Gila monster: Small, but quite startling. Nothing much needed to say. 7) Rattle snakes: Back the hell away, or otherwise pray you can get to a clinic fast enough, cause it will hurt. Beware the babies. 8) American Bison: If more people read those little pamphlets on the correct behavior while visiting yellowstone, less people would be dead. But will those people respect this giant's space? Look in the headlines 9) Deer: Spreaders of disease, too; moose killers. Sorry Bambi, but your species populations need to be controlled, and give me less heart attacks on the rode Now, some other creatures I think you missed out on are Moose, Wolverines, Giant Mississippi Catfish, Elephant Seal, Spirit Bears, and Timber/Arctic Wolves
Oh man, I'm from California and I completely forgot about elephant seals. Those do exist. When he was going down the list, I was thinking, "Yeah, but those are so rare...or, you'd really have to tempt fate to run afoul of one of those..." But then he got to rattlesnakes, and deer. Yeah, you can just be out in a pretty normal place doing normal stuff, and one of those and you might blunder into each other.
And oh, he forgot to mention sharks - theres plenty of large ones now in NY harbor, due to the return of harbor seals, and Montauk, on the eastern end of LI, has been a shark fishing destination for better than half a century. And oh, the inspiration for "Jaws" was a series of shark attacks that took place in Matawan NJ, in 1916, in a creek 10 miles from the ocean.
@midgetydeath Or as a headline from the western Massachusetts yellow rag "The Phoenix" read back in the '90's: "Corvette hits Moose, Moose Drags 'Vette Five Miles" Or the New Hampshire joke: Deer only kill stupid people. Moose kill everyone.
One of the most entertaining videos on TH-cam to watch is with British newscasters reacting to animal interactions going on in their former colonial countries. You know --- Australians telling a white shark to fuck off from his fishing net, Americans boredly shooing a bear out of a store and my absolute favorite: a Canadian punching a mountain lion who attacked his dogs behind a tim Horton's. It's absolutely hilarious.
@@jeffgriffen7038big cats will go for the kill before the eat you. They generally tried to pounce from the rear and go for your neck. A grisly bear will just hold you down while it takes bites out of you.
Oh I’ve had those nervous walks, and I’m a country Texas girl. We also had bobcats. Coyotes will gang up on medium sized prey, so if there’s a big enough pack they might attack a person. Cotton mouths, rattlesnakes, copper heads, and coral snakes were the most dangerous in our area. Always have a dog with you, as they make a lot of noise and run around in the brush and will scare away most wild animals. Oh yeah, and scorpions. Ugh. And it’s smart to check your shoes in areas that have spiders and scorpions! I’ve been stung on my feet before by scorpions in my shoes. Very mild type, thankfully. They kept crawling up our drains. Got stung on the thigh when I was trying to take a bath once.
When I was in France, it blew their mind when I tried to explain that the cougars they had in the zoo, were very abundant where I lived (Colorado). For that matter, we have every animal you listed in Colorado other than alligators...
The jogger that got attacked by the mountain lion and strangled it was in Colorado. You should come visit Colorado on your next trip, the nature here in the Rocky Mountains will absolutely blow you away.
If you go way back in the mountains, as-in a half day offroad motorcycle ride deep down the older trails, pick a small meadow and park it for an hour. What critters you will see, what songs you will hear, and what ground squirrels, chipmunks, pika, or weasel will you shake from your lunch bag.
The land behind our grade school was full of baby copperheads at a certain time of year. We played with them all the time and I don't remember any problems from them. Kids got bit sometimes, but I don't recall any reaction. Maybe the venom isn't bad when they're babies? IDK but until someone told us they were poisonous, we were never scared of them.
@8-Bit Assault Copperheads are on the lower end of poisonous (compared to cotton mouths and rattlers) and small ones don't have any where near the amount of venom due to their size. Still wouldn't handle one tho.
When I was a teen living in Alaska, I was chased up a tree by a cow (female) moose. She was unhappy about me fishing in the same stream that she was eating in. She hung around and kept me treed for a couple of hours.
I live in Alaska and I am a hunting and fishing guide. Been chased by a cow a few time. Did the keep a tree between her and me. Also do bear viewing in the bush. I am not scared , but have extreme respect!
The "don't feed them" rule has an exception: if a bear approaches you, and you are holding food, you should NOT attempt to keep the food from the bear. The bear has no interest in fighting you, but it does want your food.
A lot of animals will also attack during breeding season, there is a video of woman in a game preserve being attacked by an elk during rutting season, with signs all around telling people to stay in their car as it is rutting season.
Greetings from Portland! I love watching your videos. Every time I hear you talk about America, I feel lucky to live here. Now that I watch this video I don't know how I stay alive. 😂😂 On the oregon coast we have Elk, like a deer but the size of a horse. Beautiful but dangerous 😳.
Boars and Moose are quite deadly too. My cousin and his girlfriend were almost attacked by a pack of wild boars that they stumbled upon in the woods Those things DO NOT play 😂
Ikr, all the things he's listed only rarely attack humans outside of very specific times of year or circumstances, when things like a boar or wild pig'll try to kill you any time, a moose'll crush you for looking at it funny, or a croc which attacks anything that moves near it like a hyperaggressive alligator.
Boars are scary. They are not afraid to attack anything. They kill a lot of other animals and are out of control in some areas. Those things are nasty. Tough as hell too.
Coyotes are not pack predators. If your friend was attacked, it was likely a litter of coy dogs, born in the wild, raised together and following a dog instinct to hunt in a pack. Coyote/dog hybrids are far more aggressive than coyotes which are extremely human phobic. If you want an animal that is aggressive and dangerous, look at wild hogs, those things will rip you to pieces if they have babies.
There were at one point- they were hunted to extinction. Because Scotland is essentially an island, they would need to be purposefully reintroduced, and something tells me the people at the time weren’t too keen on it haha
Loch Ness Monster. Don't even try it. 53 brave knights dead because of Nessie. Also the real reason William Wallace and Robert the Bruce died. I saw it on the internet so I know it's true. Maybe Robert Burns too.
Lol I love this! I'm from California and we have most of those animals here. Except the crocs. Closest scary thing I've come across is a bear and they usually get scared off pretty easy. My biggest fear is the brown recluse spiders. They are everywhere, but never been bit by them. Black widows are no big deal either. Love it! Great video!
@@GrnXnham I'd be more afraid of the spiders and snakes, honestly. Most of the dangerous animals in the U.S. are large mammals that are smart enough to know how fantastically dangerous humans are and give us a wide berth. I never have to worry about a mountain lion jumping out from behind my washing machine.
Alaska's motto is "step out of the car and into the foodchain! Eagles will pick your little yap yap dog up and fly into the tree and eat it while you scream! Wolverines will mess you up too!
Also the bears in Alaska, if they attack you and tear you up, it's not the tearing off of the limbs and blood lose that kills you,...... it's there venom. 🤔😄
Former classmate moved to Alaska. She runs sled dog teams. She carries a twelve gauge shotgun and a pistol. Her number one priority is not messing with moose. She's had a couple of nasty interactions with moose that left some of her dogs stomped to death.
I've been circled up by coyotes while fishing early in the morning while still dark, it was awesome hearing them call back and forth and get closer. When I felt in danger let out a loud yell and they scattered, also had my pistol just in case
I have heard female mtn.lion scream it sounds like a women in distress. Bobcats oscillating growl. Coyotes yips and howls. Wolves out west. We have amazing wild animals.
@Jim Elliott Odd that you mention that cause I just heard one yesterday! I had heard it only once, when I was younger, but that was one sound I never forgot!
Isaac, I heard one once decades ago when I lived in the western NC woods. It's the only time in my life the hair immediately stood up on the back of my neck by instinct. I was alone in the house and heard it scream like a woman was being disemboweled (not that I'm terribly familiar with such a sound but I have cared for thousands of women in labor, lol). Anyway I heard it on one side of the house then in just a couple of seconds heard it on the other side of the house. Friends told me - there aren't any mountain lions around here. You must have heard a bobcat. So I went online and listened to mountain lion cries and it was exactly what I heard. Ten years later, naturalists identified them in Eastern Tennessee. They could have asked me.
One of the scary things about cottonmouths is that they're a more aggressive snake. They have been known, on occasion, to chase people. As opposed to rattlesnakes, who just want you to leave them alone.
Rory Mayfield oh yea got chased by one luckily my dad had a shovel . I also once opened my door to find pigmy rattle snakes my teacher was not amused that I missed school because of it tried to get me in trouble. my mom straight up said I’m not going to make my kids risk their life just for school... I was home alone with my sister neither of us drive so if we had gotten bitten it’s not like we could rush off to the hospital we would have to wait for help didn’t have phones till we were in high school. Had no neighbors close by living in the country has its down sides when your a kid . Having chickens just attracts all kinds of snakes and rabie infested raccoons 🦝
It's so interesting to get someone else's perspective. When you grow up around this kind of wildlife, you get so accustomed to measures taken to protect yourself or be aware of them. When I was a kid, I found a rattlesnake and her babies (they give live birth!) under a piece of tin in the woods. I never told my parents because I knew they would kill them. I didn't bother them and they never bothered any of us. Boars on the other hand... terrifying.
Coyotes are two or three times larger than a fox. They will attack a small adult or child. We have Copperheads, Timber Rattlers, Pygmy rattlers and Cottonmouths.
Whenever canoeing in the upper Midwest, we always carry additional paddles. Why? Cottonmouths. On two different occasions I've glanced down at my paddle just to see a cottonmouth coiled around the shaft of the paddle, inches from my hand. Protocol is to calmly let go of the paddle and use one of the spare paddles. We even wear bite resistant gloves as an added safety, but it wouldn't protect your wrist or arm. My buddy was steering one time, and he forgot to stow the docking line, which was left dangling overboard. Well, a cottonmouth latched onto it, and I hear him screaming. I turn around, and the thing is almost halfway into the canoe, with my buddy swatting at it with the paddle. First words out of my mouth were, "Stop, you're just gonna piss it off!" I told him to ditch the line, as we carry backups to our backups for this reason. He flung the line overboard, and that cottonmouth must've been pissed because it followed us for a few minutes before giving up and heading to the shore. People wonder why Americans and Australians are so crazy, and the reason is simple; we both live in big countries full of lots of wildlife that would love to have us for dinner. Creates a very different culture, and that creates some pretty... "interesting" people, lol!
My Uncle and a friend were fishing in the Satilla river in south GA when a cottonmouth fell from a limb into the boat,they freaked and abandoned ship into the river.long time for them to live that down.
This is why im glad i live far north enough in the us that poisonous stuff isnt s huge issue......moose, elk and wolves yeah but not snakes, if i lived in a place with cottonmouths i just wouldnt go outside
@@Fatalbeast22 Eh. They're a nasty creature, but ya don't see them too much, at least in a somewhat populated area. You'll be more likely to see a Water moccasin, than a cottenmouth
We definitely have to be careful when we hike or swim outdoors. I was blessed to visit Scotland in 2019. I was so happy to be able to hike around your lovely country without worrying about the wildlife.
I was taught growing up in a family that camped a lot, to tell the difference between a black bear and a Grizzly Bear , climb a tree. If the bear climbs up after you it’s a black bear. If he shakes you out of the tree, it’s a Grizzly. You didn’t mention the scorpions we have in the desert Southwest or the tarantulas! Those things are the stuff of nightmares!!
Kimberly Kohr tarantulas are generally really nice to you if you leave them alone. Just be careful if they lift up their front legs! That means they’re in attack/defense mode
You definately have to watch out for cougars here. I've known several ppl that had a few too many drinks late night at the bar, were approached by cougars, taken home & the cougars had their way w/ them. Hats off to you gentlemen
You crack me up, love your videos! I live in a small town just outside St. Louis, so it's a pretty urban area, and there are coyotes everywhere. In my back yard I get coyotes, deer, enormous Cooper Hawks, but no bears. Yet.
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We’ll start with the least dangerous animals. Number one, Fucking Grizzly Bear.
@@geomy3814 Right!? How about starting with a raccoon? Those things will literally rip your face off for a hotdog. Or the terrifying snowshoe hare, they will literally gnaw your fingers right off your hands! The ribbing is all in good fun. I like your videos, Shaun. Keep them coming!
An alligator snatched a young boy and killed him at.......Disney World - no joke
Brown recluse spiders are harmless. They get a bad rap. Black widows also have a bad reputation but they rarely cause hospitalization
Rattlesnakes dont want to waste venom on humans. They know your too large to be prey. From their perspective you're the dangerous predator. If they bite, it's because they feel they cant escape. It also means they have no venom for approximately 3 to 4 hours and are defenseless.
This man's over here pretending there ain't no Dragons in Scotland.
and he's right, Saint George took care of em all
edited cuz i originally said Saint Andrew and then googled it and it wasn't the case at all
Seriously. Wtf ?!!
CorvusCorone68 I thought he only killed one dragon.
Sorry, as a pagan I’m a bit rusty on Christian Folkore, but I was sure he only killed one.
Halo Theories if it’s one god then it’s monotheistic lol.
I consider myself nondenominational, but I subscribe to the God and Goddess belief of Wicca. My Patrons are Cernunnos and Either Bridget or Sirona depending on how I feel that day.
What are you if you don’t mind me askin friend.
@@stingerjohnny9951 or monolateralist if you believe in multiple gods but only worship 1
You forgot
Elk: a 4 door sedan with knives on its head
Moose: a diesel pick up truck with knives on its head
Wild hog: big as a man, breed like rabbits, and damn near bulletproof
Florida Man: an incarnate of all 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse
YEE YEE
@@TheFIoridaMan The Florida man is usually more dangerous to itself than to others and is often the source of much laughter. (at them, not with them).
*Florida Man hurt itself in confusion*
Dont forget the Bobcats, snapping turtles, wolves just to name a few lol
Id forgotten to tell him about hogs! the meanest thing in the woods.
As an American, the animal I'm most afraid of is the tick.
DAMN RIGHT. My grandpa got Lyme disease from a deer tick when I was really young
Hate bugs
Mom got Lymes from one :(
Laughs her butt off at him being such a scardy cat about the "bears" he heard!!! Sounded more like the wind, bears don't purposefully seek people out to hurt them. Although, if a mother bear with new babies felt he was enough of a threat to her babies, she might vocalize at him to get him to back off bc he was too close. I have, fortunately, never had a tick on me and I live in Maine. I have seen a Lynx once when I was like 6 out the window at my Grandma's. She lives in the middle of nowhere though. I have seen a fox and that's about it unless you want to count the occasional moose I've seen. We don't get any kind of venomous creatures to my knowledge. Also, side note, NEVER run from predators! Lots of them have a prey-drive and are MUCH faster than humans and will be more likely to chase you! My Grandfather said, when in doubt, never look them in the eye (It's a dominant, alpha thing that animals find offending), stand your ground, and back up as slowly as possible without turning around, call the Wildlife and Fishery services if its a public spot your in and a predator comes at you.
Damn right!
So the Scottish look at our wildlife the way we look at Australia's. Interesting perspective shift!
Excellent point, lol!
Yes! I live around Gila monsters and rattle snakes in the winter and bears and mountain lions in the summer with coyotes in both places and the thought of some of the snakes and attacking, giant spiders in Australia scares the crap out of me.
Robin Saxophone i get those all year round except for bears lol
@TheDude Lebowski use context clues
I think we're also used to our animals. For example, everyone knows gators will snap up toddlers if you don't watch them. But we have no context for huntsman spiders to be less afraid.
Speaking as a hunter, all the rustling you hear in the woods is a squirrel. Little, loud bastards.
Frankly something I never understood - a wolf or deer can sneak around you without much notice, but a squirrel or chipmunk sounds like a Sasquatch trailing behind you 😂
They are so loud!
Haha, so true! Squirrels and little birds.
Maybe they make so much noise because they figured out it makes humans think they are bigger animals. Squirrels have been documented adapting to human proximity in many ways, including looking both ways before crossing a street.
Mau Jaxa no, that’s definitely not the reason.
Here are the rules for bears
If it's black, yell back
If it's Brown, lie down
If it's white, goodnight
Can confirm black bears are generally pretty fearful of people, I used to chase them off by banging trash can lids together up at uncles cabin but you should still definitely be careful with them somebody was eaten in my area recently by a black bear because they didn't check up in the trees around their campsite before they went to sleep that night they like to sleep in trees so keep your eyes up when looking for them they're climbers
Good rule of thumb, but there's a caveat: If any of those bears have cubs nearby that they think you're a threat to, you could be fucked regardless of species if you're unarmed.
Yup, i was fishing with my friend (i live in AK) he spotted a black bear that came by the river. I was aboit 20 yards away from him around the river bend so i didnt spot it until he layed down to play dead. Then i saw it trotting up toward him, i pumped out a couple rounds of my .45 and shouldered the 12 gauge and hussled over to him. Bear ran away, lets just say now he knows not to play dead in front of a black bear.
Playing dead is actually not a good idea. Large calibre pistol is your best bet. Bear Mace can also work.
Don't mess with grizzley's, or polar bears (they're more closely related than they look, bad attitude and all), they will easily and painfully erase your existencefrom this world. Bears are also much faster than they look like they'd be.
Mountain lions, or bobcats, that decide to attack, will ambush you faster than you can react. Ever watch a cat pounce on a mouse? Now imagine you are the mouse.
Coyotes and wolves are wild dogs. Coyotes are dangerous and smart, best to keep your distance. The wolf is is more like a trained assasin team, cunning, calculated, patient, and stealthy.
I have only seen a few recluses in my life. While dangerous, they aren't as common as the back widow, but they usually pick places that they can hide in darkness or shadowy areas. their strong, dense webs are usually a sign there is at least one nearby, and to become extra cautious. It is unlikely that your pillow, or shoes would be the overnight target of a spider.
"We don't have any of those [giant marine prehistoric predators] in Scotland"
*angry Nessie noises*
"I'm gonna need about tree-fiddy."
How to know the difference. If a bear is charging you and you climb up a tree, If the bear climbs after you, it's a black bear. If it shakes the tree until you fall out, it's a Grizz.
Lol😊 all joking aside, that's not too far off depending on the size of the tree.
I have a couple black bears in my Florida neighborhood. The male likes to sit in our driveways at night and just watch the street, lol.
Also if you’re looking at the bear scat trying to identify it, black bear scar will usually have berries and seeds mixed in, grizzlies will have, bells, whistles, pocket knives and such.
If the bear is black, fight back, if it's brown, lay down, if it's white, goodnight
And if you unload on it with your Glock it's dead lol. I'm not afraid of any animals in the US. The most dangerous I've seen is a panther and it ran off, I was armed at the time. And another time a copperhead. But there is antivenom readily available at the hospital. You will def not die immediately, even the most venomous snakes in the US, you have several hours before you die to get to medical help. Stay armed and be watchful and you will fine. And btw I live in North Georgia that is bear country. I do see a lot of deer, but I'm very watchful, and I'm careful at dawn and dusk
The bison is practically an American rhino
Best advice I ever got about a bison, watch out when they lift their tails, they're either about to charge or discharge. Either way, you don't want to be around.
Oh yeah! We have them everywhere In nature reserves In Oklahoma, and you'll never be prepared by how huge these guys actually are up close.
@Cody Null Check out Red Dead 2's Bison if you can, curious to hear if their the right size in your opinion or at least close.
The bison is LITERALLY the American rhino.
A floofy rhino
If you hear noise in the woods its a damn squirrel! They sound like a heard of elephants, all of the predators travel quietly
that is not comforting at all
Well... Yes but actually no. If a predator has it's eyes set on you(rare unless it's been a lean season) it is undetectable by your average person. However a lot of fatal or near fatal interactions between people and nature are due to animals being surprised by people. Which is hilarious, because people aren't very sneaky.
This is why it is suggested that when you're in the woods you whistle or sing to generate a lot if noise.
Very true,the tree rats are loud.
Been stalked by wolves, a lynx, chased by a bear, and on two seperate occasions almost got in a tangle with a cougar.... Number gets higher if you include last call and out of the forest.
Yeah... We have guns for a reason even in Canada.
I was just coming down here to say that.
"I wish I had something to protect myself from the bears... like an ax." Most Scottish choice of weapon ever.
How about carrying a Claymore?
Bagpipes would do more than an axe to a bear. Good luck trying to line up that swing against a charging bear.
@@aliceshaw8265 Is this your first time on the internet?
How about a barrage of Scottish swearing?
Ive heard stories of axes and blades bouncing not even penetrating gator skin. Some natives used it as armor. Thes animal are partly why americans like guns. Especially in rural areas where your more likely to find these animals. 1 to 3 shots from any moderatly powerful gun will take down pretty much every north american animal. Not to mention a shot to the head is also one of the most humane and painless ways to hunt animals.
When I worked in Glacier National Park, we all knew that the most dangerous animal was either a sow Grizzly with cubs or a cow moose. When you tramp through the woods, make lots of noise; they’re not interested in meeting you either.
When he said dangerous animals my dumb ass said " ah yes the geese understandable"
Eff geese. Those things are EVIL!
Cobra chickens
Ducks can be evil as well.
@@sharoncraig6911 but geese have the body to back it up. And then there’s swans, those things are demons.
They used to attack kids at children's school. They are so damn evil!!
A coyote is slightly smaller than a full grown lab. Wolves however are bigger than you’d think
Yeah. I was thinking of commenting that as well. A large coyote was the size of my then six month old labradoodle. They small, not at all what he was thinking.
I assume the Old World equivalent of a coyote would be a jackal.
Coyotes hunt in packs and are not scarred, I remember when I was young I heard an animal crying so I went outside, coyote fake playing hurt while his pack was circled, my family came out so I was fine
@@MeanLaQueefa They will also play-lure a family pet (any size) then kill em with the pack. Sometimes for food, sometimes not and not always quick. They are crafty, sadistic assholes.
Coyotes alone are not really a problem, but they do run in packs and enter suburbs and take small to mid sized dogs for snacks.
The secret to surviving a bear attack, is to always, always, always hike with a person (or people) that are slower than you. Preferably someone with a limp.
As Bill Burr said: “Don’t look into its eyes. Don’t look away. Just slowly back up as you push your friend forward.”
Dont gotta be the fastest just gotta be faster than the slowest person in the group
@@pduidesign it's the first thing I thought of...
A bear would never be able to catch me!
I would be running away from it and no matter how fast it might be, it wouldn't be able to get any traction slipping in all the shit on the ground behind me.
LMAO
Bison do damage because the idiots around them think they're "cute."
Yeah in Yellowstone once I saw a European family try to put their kid on one for a photo. It was just chilling in the parking lot, but they are very unpredictable creatures.
Truth. I know it’s bad but I love when the occasional video of a dumb tourist getting recked by a big ass bison makes the rounds lol. People are so stupid
While I've never been around one, I've heard that moose (especially in the mating season) actually cause a lot of deaths, especially in Alaska.
@@Badger77722 they are tons in Colorado, Wyoming and other mountain states too.
@@vapormissile OMG that dude looks ded 😂🤣😂 We have “Antelope crossing at 50 mph” signs everywhere. search.yahoo.com/search?p=wy+antelope+crossing+sign&fr=iphone&.tsrc=apple&pcarrier=Spectrum&pmcc=311&pmnc=480
"Im speakin loudly so they can hear me"
good man
Them critters generally would rather just avoid humans if they hear you coming
RWBimbie yeah but Panthers/Pumas/Mountain Lions have been known to hunt humans and are more populous now than they’re ever been since hunting them is illegal. In the Southwest alone they estimate there’s around 30,000 of them as opposed to 3,000 in the Cowboy days. 😳
There is always some kind of animal hiding in the shadows nearby. You can never be sure what that animal is. If you are not familiar with the land and the inhabitants it is best to play it safe.
Except grizzlies which aren't afraid of anything. Humans are just protein sticks to them.
Speaking loudly is good to scare the black bears away. But cougars don't even care. And there are no grizzlies in that area so...
@@MadStatter True on the Grizzly location. They're mostly in Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. I didn't think his post was location sensitive.
The important thing when you're in "bear country" is that a) you carry pepper spray and b) you pin bells to your self so you make noise, so as not to startle a bear, particularly a female with cubs. The way you know you're in "bear country" is to look for their droppings. Bear droppings are the ones that smell like pepper spray and have little bells in them. :-)
mhlevy 😂😂😂😂😂
startled a snort laugh out of me, rofl
Or any caliber handgun above a .40.
But then it's just shell casings in the bear shit haha
mhlevy That’s when you know that you’re in a BIG bears area.
Most terrifying is the Cougar, and I’m not talking the cat.
Yeah karens suck, very hard to deal with. Terrifying creatures those ones.
Misty in Southern California.... Especially South Orange County. They come out at night all filled with silicone.
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I been into cougars since i was 16. Your just noticing the wrong ones, believe me. This one asian chick was 20 years older than me and better than any girl in her 20s in every way.
Sparticus Booker nope. Most of us prefer quality. If they're a single cougar, there's probably a reason why.
I enjoyed this segment in your series and I thought I'd add a bit of information. Tourists in Alaska are trained before hiking. They are told that bears are dangerous if you startle them. You should wear bells on your feet so that they can hear you coming. Also, you need to carry pepper spray to help fend off an attack.
Another thing they train you on is to look for bear poo. The smaller black bears poo is made up of rather small round pellets. The large and extremely dangerous grizzly bear’s poo contains bells and smells like pepper spray.
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While walking in the woods hearing sounds of the animals and birds is a good thing....be wary when it all goes quite
Great point!
That's a telltale Bigfoot is in the near vicinity. Lol. But for real, that's a literal sign!
Verily. The sounds he heard were most likely birds and squirrels. Nothing harmless.
@Skrying Shame if all birds, squirrels, frogs, crickets, stop, if the forest goes absolutely quite you have a big preditor near by. Something big and dangerous.
Very true. Nothing is as bad as silence
"Black bears are even deadlier"
Pfft.. if you fart in their general direction, they'll run away like a squirrel being chased by a chihuahua.
If you want to see the scariest looking bear we have over here, check out the Kodiak bears. About 1500lbs (a little over 680 kilo) and can stand almost twice as tall as an average adult if it stood on its hind legs. I'm talking about a bear that if domesticated, you could actually ride into battle.
Black bears are still more dangerous. Brown bears are stronger and less skiddish but it is hard to overstate how little of a fuck they give about you. Brown bears almost never actively hunt for meat, but black bears do. That simple distinction is why they are more dangerous.
Mind you, neither are very likely to hurt you at all. They see you as big and scary and don't want any of that shit.
Here in Maine we have had black bears hunt hikers down.
In Tennessee I was about 15 feet away from a Black Bear mother and her two cubs they just suddenly appeared as I was standing on the driveway of the house I was staying at.
I agree... I’ve seen/come face to face/scared off several black bears (I used to work in pacific nw forests for the forest service). Unless they’re a mama w cubs or just out of hibernation they are generally not very aggressive. I did have a co worker get between a mama and cubs once & had quite a story to tell. I was rushed by a mountain lion though and, luckily, was so in shock that I just kept walking towards it thinking “is that a mountain lion?!” instead of running away so it just sort of veered then jogged on by.
Grew up surrounded by black bears, just big mice. As long as you’re loud they’ll run away
Coyotes are generally afraid of humans even in packs, but they have been known to occasionally attack lone hikers.
If they're hungry enough or in a large enough pack to feel ballsy, yotes can be annoying as hell man.
They sure are party animals, they make much noise in the wee hours of the morning. ;)
We had a hiker killed by Coyotes here on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia in 2009! They can get pretty dangerous if they're hungry enough!
jimboa20 I have personal experience I live out in bum fuck nowhere and 95% of the time coyotes run off when you walk towards them or challenge them
jimboa20 yesterday I was sleeping outside in my hammock when I woke up too a coyote a few feet away I tried to spook it but it didn’t run lol
I live in North Carolina and am actually working on a snake education programs. Most of my venomous snake encounters have been with copperheads! I nearly picked one up as a kid when we first moved here. Thank goodness my dad caught me first!
Another freaky snake story I heard was a woman taking care of her rosebush. She thought it had been thorns pricking into her skin. Her son went out to look though and there was a nest of baby rattlers in it. They had been biting her! They took her to urgent care and she was alright, but it's stuck with me.
I mainly see snakes because I hike a lot. Most are out on sidewalks sunning themselves. Give them a wide berth and you're usually fine. The most common snake encounter is still garter snakes, which are harmless. They might musk if you pick them up, but they won't really hurt you. The main thing I'm afraid of when hiking on the Blue Ridge is somebody shooting me tbh.
"Like an axe.... or other things."
You can say gun dude, it's okay 😂😂
TH-cam doesn’t like it, even if the rest of us sane individuals don’t mind.
He's in Scotland bro, free speech is a theoretical concept there at this point, you can get arrested for tweets. We are so fortunate to have both the first and second amendments
@gentleman joke and yet people still like to claim they have free speech.
I'd like to see a scottsman with an axe vs a grizzly. Hopefully you are drunk, I'll be the one in the back with the 45-70 lever
@midgetydeath I've never had that concept explained to me in such a manner before: thank you. I've been led to believe that the way our constitution functions is the general function of constitutions worldwide; thanks for clearing that up.
A park ranger in Glacier National Park once explained to me and some folks how to tell the difference between a grizzly and a black bear. You kick it in the ass and then climb a tree. If it chases you up the tree, it's a black bear. If it knocks the tree down, it's a grizzly.
Coyotes generally don't mess with people. Every once in a while you'll hear about one biting someone, but it's pretty rare. They're bigger than foxes. Like a mid sized dog.
Perfect analogy
They do eat people's smaller dogs sometimes, though. Especially in early Spring right after their pups are born, so take care on trails with your wee dog around then.
Coyotes generally don't mess with people *directly*. But they will go right up to your house when you aren't home, and steal food off your back step. Or kill your unattended dog.
That's true, but coyotes are getting a lot more comfortable around people.
@Ron Lewenberg you're right. Coyotes are spreading throughout the Northeast. I have a friend in Cape Cod who recently saw a coyote in her backyard.
Would add:
Boar -- They gather in large numbers, are fairly smart, quite aggressive, have excellent sense of smell(knows where you are before you), horrible for the environment, can weigh few to several hundred pounds, disease ridden, and can tank quite a few small to medium calibre firearm shots especially if hit in the large shoulder.
Moose -- Like a deer mixed with a bison. They are big and don't give a fuck. They will stand in front of cars or challenge them. Even if driving a car you may survive crashing into a deer, but your chances are low against a moose. And lastly... with their very formidable horns they charge attack without warning in relative silence.
FloridaMan -- this creature is the most powerful, it can commit heinous crimes with wild abandon, has no moral compass, can be equipped with the most surprising array of deadly weapons, and it may tank an entire magazine and still remain a threat with its drug addled mind. Beware of FloridaMan.
Boars aren't really American since they were introduced from Europe. In fact, they're found all over Britain, including much of Scotland.
@@ethanschenck9714 They are only found in Britain because they were reintroduced. They were hunted to extinction in Britain, more than once from what I've read.
Replace boar with feral farm pig, and you'll still have to deal with the same skillset. gl fam.
@@ethanschenck9714 well neither is the Python but he still mentioned it.
Boar are one of the reasons I prefer a stout, mid-caliber, mid-century military rifle (K98k, Mosin-Nagant, SMLE, Garand) with a bayonet on it when I'm in the woods. If it charges you and your .30 cal round doesn't stop it, you've still got a spear to use!
When Lewis and Clark first encountered grizzly bears their lead ball bullets bounced off the grizzlies hides.
Good Lord!
The native tribe they had spoken with had warned them about the bears, but their party didn’t take them very seriously. They found out that they should have.
I'm honestly surprised the moose isn't on this list lol maybe a trip further north is needed
They definitely are more dangerous than deer where my dad was from. They charge anything including a game wardens truck and a full grown moose is huge.
With their height and weight, if you accidentally hit one with a car they are going through the windshield into your lap. Easy to do at night wiith their dark color and that your headlights don't necessarily reflect in their eyes do to their height.
Speaking of the North, I was pretty sure the Polar Bear was to be included...
...they've got paws the size of a man's back (°~•)!!!
(edit) also, the Elephant Seal. They'd attack a train if they could catch one, lol
And The Elk also even bigger than a moose.The first time I saw a moose it freaked me out because of it's sheer size And an Elk could made me think I was in Jurassic Park!
.my cousin had one come out in front of his truck,ended up hitting one while driving home,totaled his truck.
British people...
"I can't understand why America has such a fascination with guns"
*walks down a well managed country road with several driveways*
"Omg I'm afraid, I'm kilometers away from help and a dangerous animal could attack me at any second!"
AHAhahaha, right?
I’m scared of the government not the bears.
@Ms12345678ab they originally were for the animals and native Americans.
Lol right
Actually, much of the gun culture in the US developed as protection against wild animals, as well as hunting for food. Everyone had a gun back in the old days for protection. It just stuck.
Im more scared of ticks then mountain lions and bears.
True ,my Son has Lymes and we've lived in Mountain lion and bear country all our lives without incident.
Tuck your pants into your socks. Looks crazy, but works.
midgetydeath That’s a myth, they sit on the edge of tall grass with their legs outstretched. They grab on as something walks by.
Got one off my leg right before I watched this video
Right!! Thats the truth!! Lmao
I live in the mountains of Colorado and I've seen black bears, coyotes, and cougars have taken pets. I see deer literally everyday. And I'm always scared of a deer running out in front of me. There's some crazy animals around here. But I love it. They usually keep to themselves.
You missed the Moose. A Moose bull in the rut or a cow with a calf will mess you up quick. They are also about 4-5 times the size of a Deer on average. They are massive. Where I live they will wander into towns on occasion.
I was thinking this too. I live in Utah and I know so many people who have had dangerous encounters with moose.
Used to see them roaming the streets of Anchorage, AK.
Yeah, I live in utah and i went up to the mountains for a camping trip, and on one of the last days we saw one about 100 yards away from the camp site, wasn't a full grown Male but it was at least a juvenile, and it still would have towered over the people and the tents if it were close
They have really bad eyesight too, can be easy to spook them
I watched a moose take on the Peterbilt 379 in front of me and WIN. That driver made the mistake of honking @ a moose standing in the middle of the road up in Wyoming. The moose tore apart his front end.
A grandmother in Georgia strangled a Bobcat in her driveway, breaking some of her fingers in the process, without making any noise because she didn't want to wake up her grandchild who was taking a nap inside in 2018.
Lol
Bruh your grandmas a badass
Yee Yee
Wait she killed a wild animal , in the outdoors so it didn't wake a child? That's moronic!
Barbara Vance you need to reread
#1: Deer
Wolves and Moose: are we a joke to you?
Moose rarely get hit when you’re driving. If you stumble upon one accidentally (very rare, they like marshlands with visibility) or are stupid and try to get a selfie (not that rare), then yeah, not a good place to be. Deer though, I’ve hit 3, been hospitalized for one of those. Homeboy was spot on.
The difference between hitting a deer and hitting a moose on the highway is a collision with a deer is more likely to be survivable. Moose are twice the size, they literally come out of nowhere, and if the body doesn't completely crush/take the roof off your vehicle, the legs smashing through the windscreen will end you. Maybe they're just more plentiful in Canada, though. I've had more scary close calls with moose than with deer.
@@stevengroetken Elk.. don't hit an elk.
Airek Vinland, Slayer of the Seventh Sun Had an elk hit one of my work trucks before. Did some good damage, but deer are the biggest culprit. Because of their long legs, if your vehicle is small enough, the elk, or moose has a good chance of rolling over the top. Deer will nail you right in the windshield.
Also forgetting Hobo spiders-the big, hairy and aggressive cousin of the brown recluse.
Shaun: "When you see Bison from america, you think, That thing looks like a truck."
Me: You are correct sir.
Just do NOT get close to it...and pray it does not get angry or irritated. They are deadly in that case. Moose too. Very grumpy.
They are literally living trucks with anger issues. Kind of like rhinos, but fluffy.
@@morningrosie3684 Literally 😂
They are also faster than anything that size has any business being
@@Glopdemon lmao literally facts.
No one tell him about Snapping Turtle, or their extra mean (and much larger) cousin, the Alligator Snapping Turtle...
Talk about prehistoric monsters.
one of my friends lost a toe to a snapper...
I caught one while fishing, a lot of fun
Don't trust them even if they look dead, either. When I was a kid, my dad stuck a stick into a dead snapping turtle's mouth and it bit the stick in half.
The head wasn't even attached to the body.
This is great we keep coming up with more critters for him to worry about.
One of the things I LOVED about Scotland was being able to sit down in grassy area and not worry about....Rattlesnakes, Copperheads, Water moccasins, Black widow spiders......oh, and alligators....You have no idea how freeing that was!
And ticks!!!!!!!
I mean I live in Kansas and we have all of those, we are not afraid of those. They won't purposely come up to you 99% of the time and black widows are mostly not going to be in the open.
Alligators well maybe but they are big just pay attention to your surroundings
Dude, just come to Alaska, we have a yearly reptile purging, it's called winter. Just be sure to get your car reenforced so if you do hit a moose your car doesn't turn into a bomb.
But those are the things that make our great outdoors fun.
Just remember: You can't outrun a bear, so you just have to bring someone slower than you.
Just like that old joke, I don't have to outrun the bear I just have to outrun you.
Or trip the fast “friends” when they try to pass you. 😏😂
ROFLMAO!!
A few years ago near me a group of guys from the city came hiking and saw a black bear but weren't too smart and started following it and fucking with it, and throwing rocks. Eventually it got angry enough and chased them, and exactly this happened. Slow guy tripped.
Bears and cougars are scary, man! But put me alone in the wilderness in Scotland and I'd immediately assume some creepy faerie was gonna get me.
In America we have a saying to survive bear attacks:
"If it's black, attack. If it's brown, get down. If it's white, goodnight."
Black bears are the smallest and the most timid. Usually they will run off if you make enough noise and make yourself look scary. And they usually won't try to eat you. A brown or a grizzly MAY try to eat you but it's more likely its a mother bear protecting her cubs so in that case, just play dead and hope for the best. Once the bear decides you arent a threat, she'll leave you alone (hopefully). If its a polar bear (white) make your peace. These mofos aren't scared of humans and they definitely will eat you. If one of these guys picks you out as lunch you might as well be polite and expose your neck for them to make it quick both for you and them.
People always ask me why I carry a fourty five when I visit Alaska. THAT! That's why. If I'm going to die to a Polar bear, I'm not going to be an easy lunch.
@@nodeloliver6201 good luck with a 45. I dont know about Polar Bears but I know Grizzlies can take like 6 or 7 rounds before they go down or decide you aren't worth it. I can only assume polar bears are worse
@@jessicadias5014 44 magium is a better choice and I mean a clip loader like a desert eagle
@@oscarwalton1188 Looks like I need to go shopping for a new gun. Thank you.
Black Bears will eat you if they get the chance as in if they knock you out or injure you.
Black Bears are anti social compared to brown bears who unless they are starving or protecting their cubs they are just showing dominance over you thinking you are another bear like animal. Black bears attack you for territory control and because they are scavengers have a higher chance to eat you.
Polar bears are always hunger and will eat anything they can find.
A few other animals:
-Scorpions
-Wild Boars
-Sharks
-Snapping Turtles
Oh, yeah, snapping turtles. He'd shit if he got near one of those. Even the smaller ones are nasty. I don't want to get anyway near one of the big ones. Slow armored wolverines, lol.
The desert centipede is a nightmare so terrible that I feel many people choose to forget about.
@@GUNNER67akaKelt When I was like 7-8 my step cousin and sister and I caught one in a creek and kept it for a week as a pet, hand feeding it fish we caught. My step uncle found out and threatened to shoot it if we didn't get rid of it. In hindsight we were pretty stupid kids haha.
@@boot965 yeeeaaah those freak me out... And ill play with wild snakes
Crazy crazy me stopped to get a medium-size snapping turtle out of the road. It took me about half an hour to get him over the curb, cuz he kept spinning around lightening quick to try and bite me. I didn't want a big truck to squash him, so I took the risk. I finally managed to get hold of the back end of his shell and sort of toss him into the grass, where he quickly went down the bank to the stream. His shell was slimy and muddy, and my hands smelled like death after touching him, but it was worth it. All extremities still miraculously intact, lol!
I'm surprised that moose aren't on the list. Moose are hella aggressive.
In Alaska, you are more likely to be killed by a moose than by a grizzly bear
I,m from Ontario Canada and there's nothing more dangerous than a bull moose in rut they have charged transport trucks on the trans Canada highway and it's like an unstoppable force meets an immovable object
I'm from Maine, yup, dangerous as hell
@@avatar997 why tho
Used to live in Vermont, on top of a large hill in an apartment complex.
I remember a time as a kid, when several bull moose decided that the best place to rut would be near our bus stop. Yeah... No school that day.
He talks about America how American's talk about Australia.
Well it's like this. Badassitude is a family trait, little grandson UK is a tiny little bit badass, Daddy America is pretty dang badass, and Grand Pappy Australia literally INVENTED badass!
@@maolcogi it’s an island founded by criminals. It’s badass by design.
The scariest part that he doesn’t even know/realize is that if there was a cougar in those woods beside him there wouldn’t be a rustle...All he would get at the most is a streak of tan then searing pain if the animal was slow. If not then he’d be dead before he knew what even happened. This is considering that it thinks of you as food. It might just watch and you wouldn’t even know...
Unless if they are attacking without needing to eat you, then if you are lucky you might be able to get to a hospital if it is nearby... but probibaly not
I learned that from red dead redemption 2, those damn cougars see you and you never see them🤦🏼♀️
Depends where you are... I was in the Mojave and had a stand off with one. Saw it a mile away and was out there working. Slowly but surely it made its way to me and my coworker. Pulled out my spade and stood my ground. After a while of us yelling and throwing shit, it backed off.
It really depends on the person though, hunters have a particular trained sense of hearing and an almost sixth sense that i will never understand. In my case however i grew hiking in the woods a lot and often by myself. You learn to pick up on very small shifts in your surrounding area. Depending on where you decide to hike, your life depends on complete awareness of your surrounding every moment. I imagine its similar to being a soldier in enemy territory.
You missed a few... off the top of my head: copperhead snakes, tarantulas, scorpions and we do have wolves not just coyotes there are actually wolves in the country. We also now have Killer Bees throughout the South. Alaska has polar bears and moose that actually attack humans.
Yeah no kidding! Google Idaho wolves (they came down from Canada) . Those wolves are like straight from Norse Mythology.
Moose in Maine as well
Bark Scorpions in the Southwest are the most dangerous the smaller the more dangerous.
Kristie C unless you're allergic to them, i found out the hard way when I got stung....not deathly allergic thankfully, pretty bad reaction none the less... I try to avoid them as much as possible
the polar bear is born mean
Except that you weren’t in the woods Dude; you were on a country road. We’ve had bears, cougars and coyotes in my yard, nature is amazing.
Insert catchy song here
Scorpions have always been one of the creepiest to me. Luckily, I don't live near them.
Scorpions are creepy looking, but honestly you can just squash em like a spider.
I literally had a scorpion in my garage this morning here in Southern Utah lol.
@@KayentaRojoglad I live in New England then
"I wish i had some sort of... protective weapon?" Well well well, if it ain't a Brit figuring out why us Yeehaws carry our guns :D
its a joke folks calm down. On a fun note come on down to texas, where you can carry any weapon you want long as it ain't concealed.
In Texas, to carry any firearm in public outside of your vehicle you must have a License to Carry issued by the Department of Public Safety. With it, you can carry it concealed or in the open. If you are caught carrying a firearm without the License it is a Class A or B misdemeanor depending on what they charge you with. If convicted you will not ever be able to legally carry in Texas again. However, you are correct if you are talking about bladed weapons where one can now carry a samurai sword or a halberd down the street if they wish. Brass knuckles are now legal as well.
God damn how did I call it. Texans.
@@rickfromtexas4659 wait does that mean I can carry a bayonet on the end of a gun without a license? Sweet
(Obviously a joke)
Omg before I read the last part, I was like this dude is def from the south if not Texas and behold I found a Texan -a fellow Texan
In Ky it's open carry. 🔫
I was taught to carry a Gun, living in Mtns and all. Just pay attention to your surroundings.
I'm supprised that you didn't mention sasquatch for the mountains. Lol.
Gideon Stupke
I think Florida Man is our most frightening wildlife. He’s always to some crazy stuff...
@@adamdonovan4071 😅😅
I was thinking it could've been Bigfoot paralleling him in the South Carolina's woods. But he had a camera with him, which seems to be the best thing to have to scared them off.
Check out the big black blob on the left side of the screen at 2:20. I wonder what that is?
Shaun: " I'm speaking loudly so they can hear me"
Partly deaf mountain lions: "omg you guys isn't he like the sweetest ever" 🙏🏻😇
Nice one! Cracked me up. Makes a great mental picture.
Living in Portland, Oregon...I'm loving your shirt in the intro, especially since that design on your shirt is such an iconic landmark.
Btw...our apex predator here is probably a rabid Duck fan or a crazed Beaver fan.
The advice they give American small children in primary school is “They’re more scared of you.” I always got in trouble for asking if the 13 ft bear was REALLY more scared of a 4 ft child?
The ones that don't learn to be scared of the 4 foot child's backup don't live long enough to get 13 feet tall. Guns go boom.
Funnily enough, that's not the advice they give to Alaskan small children. It's much closer to, "Stay away, they will kill you."
@@dinasourprincessparty ya but, polar bears actually hunt humans. Don't they? (From Minnesota so its hearsay)
@@tohanwi ya they don't give a shit.
Justin Stalbaum Most bears will eat people after they kill them, black and brown bears will hunt humans opportunistically, but polar bears will hunt humans as a part of their diet. Polar bears aren’t all that aggressive, nor do they share a lot of territory with humans, so for the most part black and brown bears are far more likely to kill and eat you.
I can’t believe he didn’t talk about wild boars.
SOmeone tell him about them and then the digivolved form known as the Razorback.
And not only the wild boars the bigger problem is feral domestic pigs hybridizing with them and creating far more aggressive offspring. It's becoming a big problem in the North Woods
@@zombiewafle Digivolved form! What a throwback! I'm dead!! Thanks🤣🤣
That is the only scary animal, except for the Grizzly. All the others will leave you alone if you don't bother them.
They don't only live in America
I hear your countdown and raise you:
Giant desert centipede: biggest Nope ever.
Moose: take a deer and make it the size of a truck.
Bull shark: mouth full of teeth and a bad attitude, can and will swim in fresh water.
Agree, and don't forget the wild pigs and boars!
Bull shark: found in the Mississippi River as far north as Illinois. SHARKS! In ILLINOIS!
What's funny is my great grandmother had a pet alligator out on her farm. He was a 10-12 footer and lived in her pond. She fed him table scraps lol
In Missouri, we had a black bear in my school yard during recess, we just avoided it for three days then it left on the fourth. We named him smokey.
That’s adorable. I’m Virginia we have stray dogs :>
Yep. You must live in the more northern parts of Missouri or The Ozark Mountains.
That's sweet
@@ludrawssometimes4428 yeah we had coyotes take over our playground once
texas btw
He was literally walking down a road in front of someones house during that clip, I laughed so hard.
Ikr. Wasn't that road paved?
I live in an area like that. Little 9yr old me would play out there all day. Just make a lot of noise and most will stay away
I will probably never forget visiting a “country park” in the UK in which one of the wildlife spotting signs included the breath-taking possibility of seeing moles. (To be fair, there were several mole hills in sight.) It had never before occurred to me that moles might count as anything other than vermin or that there could be so little other wildlife around as to make them worth mentioning. Mind boggled.
When I lived in Washington state I actually saw a cougar walking along the road with a chihuahua in it's mouth. Sad, but that's why you shouldn't leave small animals unattended outside. I've seen bald eagles make off with small dogs.
I'll admit rattlesnakes are pretty terrifying. Some fun facts about them:
Rattlesnakes only rattle their tails when they feel threatened, so if you hear the sound, walk away
They're stealth hunters so they probably won't chase you
And if you hear a rattle nearby and it stops *run* because it's about to attack
If im right, they are evolving to where they don't have the rattles anymore
Can't they still bite you after their heads have been chopped off? I know there is some kind of snake that can do that.
@@getskilledalot3834 Yeah, their corpse will bite anything that touches it on instinct
Ya I hate snakes
But there are rattlesnakes that don't have rattles. Ugh!
This was really interesting hearing the perspective of a non-native on our dangerous wildlife. When you live here you kind of forget because tbh you don't encounter many of those in day-to-day life, and those that you do, it's pretty unlikely you'll be attacked or hurt. The way you're talking about it though makes me feel like I live in Australia instead of the U.S. lol
And I didn't know Scotland didn't really have predators or dangerous animals! That's like New Zealand. I was surprised to find when I visited there they also had no dangerous animals or natural predators. I'd love to visit Scotland and go hiking!
It's funny we rarely give our dangerous wildlife a thought. I spend more time wondering how people in Africa deal with lions running around!
Chris Sparkman if this video has taught me anything its that everything is about how and where you were raised. If you live around lions I’m sure you would just take simple precautions like taking a walking stick when you go out. The threat of mountain lions around me is pretty great, I’ve seen them behind my backyard before. But when I go out all I take is a decent sized knife and I enjoy nature. I’m sure it’s not much different in Africa.
I think of the jungles with all the venomous and poisonous animals. And Africa!
Caradoc Ap Conobelin, you are right. It's all about what you are used to.
I work in South Sudan. Not many Lions here but people generally stay the hell away from them and snakes
Hell even ostriches. Those things can gut you with a single kick
Lions are usually found in game reserves. You pay to get in. In some areas yes lions live near people, but you are more likely to be attacked by an elephant than a lion. Once again this is usually near game reserves. City folk will see the occasional dangerous animal in the form of creepy crawlies and rarely big game.
Hugh Glass was a fur trader during the late 1700's and early 1800's. His story of survival a savage grizzly bear attack is one of the most known to my knowledge. He has been noted as one of the toughest men to have lived because of all he endured through his life. His story was popularized in the movie The Revenant.
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! ... And as everyone who lives in the the country surely knows, the animal most people go to great lengths to avoid, far more than all others, is the skunk.
My first Lab was 'special'. He took me for a drag to go introduce his dumb self to a skunk, and we both got skunked really badly. I had to bury the leash, his collar, and my clothes, the stink was that horrible.
Truth
Oh man, as an American who's lived all over the US:
1. Black Widows/spiders; they seem scary at first but honestly I just step really hard and do a little spin and they takes care of them 😭
2. Mountain lions; i lived in the dessert of new mexico for years and ran into a couple; they're pretty chill. They normally stay out of your way and sleep during the day so it's not a huge problem but they're scary as hell in person
3. Coyotes; you know what, if you think about it coyotes are pretty scary, you just learn growing up that "they're more scared of you than you or them" I've walked past/lived by coyotes my entire life and never feared for more than my outside cat
4. Deer. Oh man, they're basically giant rats. Jumping on the road, entering your house/garage?! In the midwest they're as common as flies or cats 🤦🏻♀️
5. Personally I think turkeys, roosters or geese are the scariest animals of all.. they have 0 fear and will chase you to the ends of the earth over a fry
I’ve been living with bears in Wisconsin forever. And this is so true😂 I’m way more scared of those damn geese.
Interesting study on Coyote Attacks on Humans in the United States and Canada
urbancoyoteresearch.com/sites/default/files/resources/WhiteandGehrt_CoyoteAttacks.pdf
You're right, especially about the geese. Canada geese, especially if they have goslings or a nest nearby... will go ballistic. And they can crack your skull... scary beasties for sure. I give them a lotta room if I have to pass by them.
My aunt's friend was taking her dogs potty in the backyard and a coyote straight up jumped the fence and tried to take her dog. There's stories about coyotes trying to snatch little kids too.
Yep. Geese and Turkeys are fearless. Also Swans. Swans can be more aggressive than geese.
1) Grizzly Bear: Yeah, hop in your truck, protect your kids (Black bear: More avoidant, but definitely hide your kids)
2) Alligator: Real monsters, so pray your boat doesn't capsize, and keep away from the shore
3) Spiders: Yeah there are a few, but in most areas you should be fine
4) Cougars: Sneaky mofos. You should watch your back, but a lot of the attacks have been because of runners/ bikers being seen as fleeing prey, so as long as there are no young ones with you, and you back away cautiously, you should be ok.
5) Coyotes: There's nothing to fear from them, unless they are rabid; they are still small animals, and nowhere near capable of taking down an adult human. You may need to worry about your small dog and cat, though. Now, Coywolves on the other hand may pose more of a risk.
6) Gila monster: Small, but quite startling. Nothing much needed to say.
7) Rattle snakes: Back the hell away, or otherwise pray you can get to a clinic fast enough, cause it will hurt. Beware the babies.
8) American Bison: If more people read those little pamphlets on the correct behavior while visiting yellowstone, less people would be dead. But will those people respect this giant's space? Look in the headlines
9) Deer: Spreaders of disease, too; moose killers. Sorry Bambi, but your species populations need to be controlled, and give me less heart attacks on the rode
Now, some other creatures I think you missed out on are Moose, Wolverines, Giant Mississippi Catfish, Elephant Seal, Spirit Bears, and Timber/Arctic Wolves
Oh man, I'm from California and I completely forgot about elephant seals. Those do exist. When he was going down the list, I was thinking, "Yeah, but those are so rare...or, you'd really have to tempt fate to run afoul of one of those..." But then he got to rattlesnakes, and deer. Yeah, you can just be out in a pretty normal place doing normal stuff, and one of those and you might blunder into each other.
And oh, he forgot to mention sharks - theres plenty of large ones now in NY harbor, due to the return of harbor seals, and Montauk, on the eastern end of LI, has been a shark fishing destination for better than half a century. And oh, the inspiration for "Jaws" was a series of shark attacks that took place in Matawan NJ, in 1916, in a creek 10 miles from the ocean.
I can't believe he didn't add raccoons and snowshoe hare! I nearly fell off my chair when he mentioned spiders. I laughed so hard.
Really surprised wolves were left off. I'd rather run across a bear than a pack of wolves.
What about the saltwater crocodiles in florida
i didnt see floridaman, american land whale, or the west coast screeching neon harpey in this list
I'm a florida man. I live my life naked in the swamps
@@turdfurgeson4943 you are dangerous but beautiful creature
West coast screeching neon harpy = leftist 3rd wave feminist???
Hint... Florida Man is a transplanted snowbird from up north... So, you see where crazy begins... 🤪
You forgot the moose, there in Alaska they have caused more deaths then the grizzly
Colorado has moose to
Ah so Basically as the not so saying, saying goes "If it's got hooves ye better move."
@midgetydeath Or as a headline from the western Massachusetts yellow rag "The Phoenix" read back in the '90's: "Corvette hits Moose, Moose Drags 'Vette Five Miles"
Or the New Hampshire joke: Deer only kill stupid people. Moose kill everyone.
So this is what it must feel like for Australians when we talk about their scary ass wildlife compared to the US
Haha glad to be of service
@Ron Lewenberg That's why England send its criminals down under. It was a disguised death sentence.
@@ducthman4737 It was a Penal Colony, makes sense.
One of the most entertaining videos on TH-cam to watch is with British newscasters reacting to animal interactions going on in their former colonial countries. You know --- Australians telling a white shark to fuck off from his fishing net, Americans boredly shooing a bear out of a store and my absolute favorite: a Canadian punching a mountain lion who attacked his dogs behind a tim Horton's. It's absolutely hilarious.
Scary
The scariest thing about bears is that, once they figure out you're edible, they don't necessarily wait until you're dead when they start to eat you.
Hey there.
big cats don't care either
@@jeffgriffen7038big cats will go for the kill before the eat you. They generally tried to pounce from the rear and go for your neck. A grisly bear will just hold you down while it takes bites out of you.
@@maxinemcclurd1288 Hi
Oh I’ve had those nervous walks, and I’m a country Texas girl. We also had bobcats. Coyotes will gang up on medium sized prey, so if there’s a big enough pack they might attack a person. Cotton mouths, rattlesnakes, copper heads, and coral snakes were the most dangerous in our area. Always have a dog with you, as they make a lot of noise and run around in the brush and will scare away most wild animals. Oh yeah, and scorpions. Ugh. And it’s smart to check your shoes in areas that have spiders and scorpions! I’ve been stung on my feet before by scorpions in my shoes. Very mild type, thankfully. They kept crawling up our drains. Got stung on the thigh when I was trying to take a bath once.
When I was in France, it blew their mind when I tried to explain that the cougars they had in the zoo, were very abundant where I lived (Colorado). For that matter, we have every animal you listed in Colorado other than alligators...
@midgetydeath big, slow moving rivers.
@midgetydeath they're only down towards the coast.
What, you haven't heard about those Mountain Alligators? Oh, they are vicious.
The jogger that got attacked by the mountain lion and strangled it was in Colorado. You should come visit Colorado on your next trip, the nature here in the Rocky Mountains will absolutely blow you away.
Your state is absolutely gorgeous. Before this damn virus, I was putting stuff in place to move out there!
If you go way back in the mountains, as-in a half day offroad motorcycle ride deep down the older trails, pick a small meadow and park it for an hour. What critters you will see, what songs you will hear, and what ground squirrels, chipmunks, pika, or weasel will you shake from your lunch bag.
I think it should be noted that he killed a baby mountain lion.
Some animals you didn’t talk about
1. Wild hog
2. Copperhead
3.bobcat
4.scorpion
5.wolf
6.moose
The land behind our grade school was full of baby copperheads at a certain time of year. We played with them all the time and I don't remember any problems from them. Kids got bit sometimes, but I don't recall any reaction. Maybe the venom isn't bad when they're babies? IDK but until someone told us they were poisonous, we were never scared of them.
Was waiting for someone to mention scorpions.
@8-Bit Assault Copperheads are on the lower end of poisonous (compared to cotton mouths and rattlers) and small ones don't have any where near the amount of venom due to their size. Still wouldn't handle one tho.
Badgers can be a bit of a b*tch too, and the humble and raccoon can put up a nasty fight if you try to chase it away from the trash.
He forgot the 10ft rattle snake
Lol, I'm sitting on my porch in the North Carolina wooded foothills as I watch this.
When I was a teen living in Alaska, I was chased up a tree by a cow (female) moose. She was unhappy about me fishing in the same stream that she was eating in. She hung around and kept me treed for a couple of hours.
Maybe she was just lonely, and wanted a friend? Ever think about that?!?
I live in Alaska and I am a hunting and fishing guide. Been chased by a cow a few time. Did the keep a tree between her and me. Also do bear viewing in the bush. I am not scared , but have extreme respect!
Most wild animals that can hurt you will only attact to protect their young. Stay away from their babies and don't feed them.
The "don't feed them" rule has an exception: if a bear approaches you, and you are holding food, you should NOT attempt to keep the food from the bear. The bear has no interest in fighting you, but it does want your food.
They will also attack of they feel threatened.
A lot of animals will also attack during breeding season, there is a video of woman in a game preserve being attacked by an elk during rutting season, with signs all around telling people to stay in their car as it is rutting season.
Mountain Lions will stalk and attack humans
Most, but not all. Always have a slower friend with you when you are around dangerous animals.
Greetings from Portland!
I love watching your videos. Every time I hear you talk about America, I feel lucky to live here. Now that I watch this video I don't know how I stay alive. 😂😂 On the oregon coast we have Elk, like a deer but the size of a horse. Beautiful but dangerous 😳.
Boars and Moose are quite deadly too. My cousin and his girlfriend were almost attacked by a pack of wild boars that they stumbled upon in the woods
Those things DO NOT play 😂
Ikr, all the things he's listed only rarely attack humans outside of very specific times of year or circumstances, when things like a boar or wild pig'll try to kill you any time, a moose'll crush you for looking at it funny, or a croc which attacks anything that moves near it like a hyperaggressive alligator.
Moose kill more people in Alaska than any other animal
I've been afraid of wild pigs since seeing "Old Yeller" as a kid.
Yeah and the boar might actually eat you.
Boars are scary. They are not afraid to attack anything. They kill a lot of other animals and are out of control in some areas. Those things are nasty. Tough as hell too.
A single coyote is not too much a problem, but a pack can take down a deer or a single human.
Coyotes don't pack up. They are solitary creatures.
@@donkeyslayer4661 Tell that to the pack that attacked my neighbor and his dog
Coyotes don’t pack.
Coyotes are not pack predators. If your friend was attacked, it was likely a litter of coy dogs, born in the wild, raised together and following a dog instinct to hunt in a pack. Coyote/dog hybrids are far more aggressive than coyotes which are extremely human phobic. If you want an animal that is aggressive and dangerous, look at wild hogs, those things will rip you to pieces if they have babies.
I see packs of coyotes all the time but I've never heard of them attacking a human, at least a fully grown human.
Are you telling me that Pixar's Brave lied to me and there aren't Bears in Scotland???
There were at one point- they were hunted to extinction. Because Scotland is essentially an island, they would need to be purposefully reintroduced, and something tells me the people at the time weren’t too keen on it haha
I saw American Werewolf in London - "Stick to the roads - stay off the moors"......
Exactly my first thought too!! But being an island and hunting to extinction makes sense 🤔
Loch Ness Monster. Don't even try it. 53 brave knights dead because of Nessie.
Also the real reason William Wallace and Robert the Bruce died. I saw it on the internet so I know it's true. Maybe Robert Burns too.
I literally came here to post this same comment! Bahaha!
Lol I love this! I'm from California and we have most of those animals here. Except the crocs. Closest scary thing I've come across is a bear and they usually get scared off pretty easy. My biggest fear is the brown recluse spiders. They are everywhere, but never been bit by them. Black widows are no big deal either. Love it! Great video!
Sean: So many dangerous animals in US!
Australia: Hold my beer...
Yeah, when it comes to VENOM, Australia is king. The spiders and snakes in Australia can be extremely dangerous because of their venom.
@@GrnXnham I'd be more afraid of the spiders and snakes, honestly. Most of the dangerous animals in the U.S. are large mammals that are smart enough to know how fantastically dangerous humans are and give us a wide berth. I never have to worry about a mountain lion jumping out from behind my washing machine.
The carnage from the packs of vicious blood-thirsty Koalas is horrifying!
Australian wildlife kills an average of 5 people a year. Domestic horses in Oz kill about 50 people a year.
Rumor has it.. In Australia, If it can Bite you or Sting you. It's prolly going to kill you.
In some areas of the US, mountain lions or cougars are also known as mountain screamers because they have loud, human-like screams instead of roars.
When you hear that, it's generally a female in heat.
Alaska's motto is "step out of the car and into the foodchain! Eagles will pick your little yap yap dog up and fly into the tree and eat it while you scream! Wolverines will mess you up too!
Love this motto 🦅
totally true, a good friend of mine lives there ... I swear, some of the pics she sends me
Also the bears in Alaska, if they attack you and tear you up, it's not the tearing off of the limbs and blood lose that kills you,...... it's there venom. 🤔😄
The culling of wolves is disturbing. The methods are barbaric. It is shameful. Lovely state though.
Former classmate moved to Alaska. She runs sled dog teams. She carries a twelve gauge shotgun and a pistol. Her number one priority is not messing with moose. She's had a couple of nasty interactions with moose that left some of her dogs stomped to death.
I've been circled up by coyotes while fishing early in the morning while still dark, it was awesome hearing them call back and forth and get closer. When I felt in danger let out a loud yell and they scattered, also had my pistol just in case
I have heard female mtn.lion scream it sounds like a women in distress. Bobcats oscillating growl. Coyotes yips and howls. Wolves out west. We have amazing wild animals.
@Jim Elliott Odd that you mention that cause I just heard one yesterday! I had heard it only once, when I was younger, but that was one sound I never forgot!
A fox produces unsettling noises.
Isaac, I heard one once decades ago when I lived in the western NC woods. It's the only time in my life the hair immediately stood up on the back of my neck by instinct. I was alone in the house and heard it scream like a woman was being disemboweled (not that I'm terribly familiar with such a sound but I have cared for thousands of women in labor, lol). Anyway I heard it on one side of the house then in just a couple of seconds heard it on the other side of the house. Friends told me - there aren't any mountain lions around here. You must have heard a bobcat. So I went online and listened to mountain lion cries and it was exactly what I heard. Ten years later, naturalists identified them in Eastern Tennessee. They could have asked me.
One of the scary things about cottonmouths is that they're a more aggressive snake. They have been known, on occasion, to chase people. As opposed to rattlesnakes, who just want you to leave them alone.
Rory Mayfield oh yea got chased by one luckily my dad had a shovel . I also once opened my door to find pigmy rattle snakes my teacher was not amused that I missed school because of it tried to get me in trouble. my mom straight up said I’m not going to make my kids risk their life just for school... I was home alone with my sister neither of us drive so if we had gotten bitten it’s not like we could rush off to the hospital we would have to wait for help didn’t have phones till we were in high school. Had no neighbors close by living in the country has its down sides when your a kid . Having chickens just attracts all kinds of snakes and rabie infested raccoons 🦝
They do have a bad attitude.
Cottonmouth are quite tasty though.
Wanting to be left alone is why the rattle snake of all animals is on the Gadsden flag.
Just out Jack Daniel's in it's mouth
It's so interesting to get someone else's perspective. When you grow up around this kind of wildlife, you get so accustomed to measures taken to protect yourself or be aware of them. When I was a kid, I found a rattlesnake and her babies (they give live birth!) under a piece of tin in the woods. I never told my parents because I knew they would kill them. I didn't bother them and they never bothered any of us. Boars on the other hand... terrifying.
In CT we have all sorts of these big predators but the birds of prey are probably the scariest and most frequently encountered animals
Deer when you step on a leaf 25 metres away: *HGDYHFGHGFNFHGHSGFNDSGHDGHERADGSC*
Deer when a 2 ton barrel of steel hurdles at them at 70mph: 😒
Coyotes are two or three times larger than a fox. They will attack a small adult or child. We have Copperheads, Timber Rattlers, Pygmy rattlers and Cottonmouths.
and Pythons
@@itslife1399 And boas. Because dumbasses didn't think about how big they were gonna get before they bought them at the pet store.
Pythons are not native to the Americas. And boas are south of the USA. Rattlesnakes are a bitch though
And coral snakes
Coyotes are pretty easy to scare away to be fair
Whenever canoeing in the upper Midwest, we always carry additional paddles. Why? Cottonmouths. On two different occasions I've glanced down at my paddle just to see a cottonmouth coiled around the shaft of the paddle, inches from my hand. Protocol is to calmly let go of the paddle and use one of the spare paddles. We even wear bite resistant gloves as an added safety, but it wouldn't protect your wrist or arm. My buddy was steering one time, and he forgot to stow the docking line, which was left dangling overboard. Well, a cottonmouth latched onto it, and I hear him screaming. I turn around, and the thing is almost halfway into the canoe, with my buddy swatting at it with the paddle. First words out of my mouth were, "Stop, you're just gonna piss it off!" I told him to ditch the line, as we carry backups to our backups for this reason. He flung the line overboard, and that cottonmouth must've been pissed because it followed us for a few minutes before giving up and heading to the shore.
People wonder why Americans and Australians are so crazy, and the reason is simple; we both live in big countries full of lots of wildlife that would love to have us for dinner. Creates a very different culture, and that creates some pretty... "interesting" people, lol!
My Uncle and a friend were fishing in the Satilla river in south GA when a cottonmouth fell from a limb into the boat,they freaked and abandoned ship into the river.long time for them to live that down.
This is why im glad i live far north enough in the us that poisonous stuff isnt s huge issue......moose, elk and wolves yeah but not snakes, if i lived in a place with cottonmouths i just wouldnt go outside
@@Fatalbeast22 Eh. They're a nasty creature, but ya don't see them too much, at least in a somewhat populated area. You'll be more likely to see a Water moccasin, than a cottenmouth
@@Shadowmere445 water moccasin, cottonmouth, same thing.
That very good story you have any more
We definitely have to be careful when we hike or swim outdoors. I was blessed to visit Scotland in 2019. I was so happy to be able to hike around your lovely country without worrying about the wildlife.
Hope this man doesn't go looking at dangerous animals from Australia. He'd never leave the house
I was taught growing up in a family that camped a lot, to tell the difference between a black bear and a Grizzly Bear , climb a tree. If the bear climbs up after you it’s a black bear. If he shakes you out of the tree, it’s a Grizzly. You didn’t mention the scorpions we have in the desert Southwest or the tarantulas! Those things are the stuff of nightmares!!
Kimberly Kohr tarantulas are generally really nice to you if you leave them alone. Just be careful if they lift up their front legs! That means they’re in attack/defense mode
Let's not forget ticks, which can infect humans with Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
@@rclaughlin True. Were I to walk into my Appalachian woods right now for a week my biggest concern, over anything else, is parasites.
You definately have to watch out for cougars here.
I've known several ppl that had a few too many drinks late night at the bar, were approached by cougars, taken home & the cougars had their way w/ them.
Hats off to you gentlemen
And if you go to the wrong type of bar, you might go home with a bear
You got to be real careful, go home with a cougar and wake up with a coyote.
I got snagged by a pig after 3 too many margaritas. I had to roll her in flour then look for the wet spot to do my duty.
You crack me up, love your videos! I live in a small town just outside St. Louis, so it's a pretty urban area, and there are coyotes everywhere. In my back yard I get coyotes, deer, enormous Cooper Hawks, but no bears. Yet.