Aidan, Gaynor and Sophie react to the most dangerous animals in the USA and try to guess which animals could be on the list. Link to the original video: • 10 Most Dangerous Anim...
Can confirm. Growing up my family called the police thinking a women was being murdered in the woods behind our house. Was just a bobcat killing something and giving a victory scream
Coyotes do the same here in WA. They have learned to lure in dogs and cats by making squeaking sounds, and having 1-2 of the pack instigate playing. Then, once the dog or cat chases them, the rest of the pack comes out and eat it. One animal species who is doing better because of humans instead of worse. Same with raccoons. They were a rare animal to see. Now, they've adapted to eat human waste/garbage, and are in higher numbers than has ever been. They use to eat mostly fish and whatever else they could scrounge. Now they can do that 100x better.
My son worked at Yellowstone, and he had utmost respect for the bison. Not only are they huge, but they’re very skittish. So they’ll attack without warning.
He probably has lots of stories of the tourists who don't understand the difference between a National Park and a theme park. The bison aren't all that predictable to begin with, but man, the result is awfully predictable when tourists walk right up to them like they're at a petting zoo or getting a selfie with a character in a costume. My sister lived near a ranch that had "domesticated" bison and she said they're nothing like cattle or sheep; they're every bit as prehistoric and powerful as their ancestors and they will absolutely let you know it if you forget.
I was in South Dakota visiting my son and wife. I forget the name of the park we went to but the Bison came up to my truck and were licking it. We all stayed still and I didn’t move my truck until they were done licking the salt (went at the end of winter) I don’t understand ppl who get out of their cars and approach these massive animals!
Alaskan resident, here. 1.) Yes, Grizzly Bears are cute. From a distance. Sometimes, people try to get too friendly with them and end up visiting with their ancestors early (if you have heard of Timothy Treadwell, this happened to him and his girlfriend, because they stayed too long. There is an audio recording of the thing. You don't want to hear it.) 2.) Growing up with the military, I've lived near black widows and brown recluse spiders. They both have necrotic venom, meaning when they bite you, they pump it into wherever they've bitten you and yes, the flesh dies. Black widows are easier to identify than recluse spiders, in my experience. In the military, I'd put my socks in my boots to keep snakes, spiders, and scorpions out. 3.) Scorpions I've only had one interaction with, and it was me showing my Drill Sgt it, and them calling all the troops around to show them what the dangerous ones look like (about the size of a silver dollar, and the same color as the ground) before it was introduced to it's ancestors. 4.) Moose. Oh buddy. Let's just say up here, when there are moose about, you have a legit excuse to be late to ANYTHING. "There was a moose eating the bush outside of my house's front door" has literally happened here, to me, and my bosses, kid's schools, and doctor's offices have all said "Okay, so whenever you can get here is good." It doesn't matter if it's a baby, a mama, or a bull moose. If it's a baby, mama is near by. If it's a mama, there's a baby near by. Getting between them will have the mama introducing you to your ancestors. They will also hit you unprovoked. Bulls, tho? Those are freaking SCARY. The worst part is that moose don't care. This isn't your land, it's theirs, and they will remind you by walking across traffic in the middle of rush hour. And you will yield to them, because if you don't you will total your car. Edit: Okay, back to moose, because they didn't cover some things that make that terrifying. 1, they can dive, like actually swim down 21 feet deep into the ocean. And they do. Orcas are one of their natural predators. They can also run on TOP of water.
I love how they used Texas as an example for rattlesnakes. To be fair, Texas does have a lot of rattlesnakes. Although, of the 17 species of rattlesnakes that live in the US, 13 of them live here in Arizona.
My mom almost lost her foot to a brown recluse bite in 1979. She finally found a doctor that knew what it was and what to do, but she was off her feet for months. I've come across 8 out of ten on this list, and they mostly wanted to avoid me as much as I wanted to avoid them.
One of my uncles was bitten on his wrist by a brown recluse. The doctors wanted to take his arm off. This was in the early 80s. They said we can remove your arm and you stand a better chance of living or keep your arm and you may die. He had waited a while before going to the doctor… he told them he is keeping his arm. He did and pulled through. His fingers don’t close completely but pretty close. Better than not having an arm.
Most so called brown recluse (loxosceles reclusa) bites are not actually recluse bites. The American recluse venom isn't that strong. What is usually diagnosed as a recluse bite is likely a mosquito or other insect bite that has been scratched and necrotic bacteria introduced. There's a lot of nasty bacteria under our nails, this includes bacteria that causes necrosis. This is why you should never scratch your skin with your nails. Doctors know almost nothing about spiders or spider bites. There's a video here on RU-vid of a young man letting a recluse bite him. He didn't scratch it and kept it clean and was fine. He had some very slight necrosis and slow healing but nothing severe enough to need medical attention. He also let a widow bite him and he was in paon for a few hours but was fine. I was also bitten on the face by a widow and did fine without medical intervention. Brown recluse and black widows are not nearly as dangerous as people like to believe. I'd bet everything I own that the necrosis your family member experienced was not do to brown recluse venom but was instead caused by bacteria. I'd be really shocked if the bite was even from a recluse. Recluse spiders are named recluse for a reason. They hide and are reclusive. They are also not aggressive. It takes quite a bit to get one to bite you. If you'd like to see the recluse and widow bite check out the channel Jack's world of wildlife her on RU-vid.
I have an aunt who had a necrotic wound on her backside. It started out as a red bump and turned into a hole you could bury most of your pinky in. Her and her doctor swore it was a recluse even though we live in a part of the country with zero brown recluse spiders.
My step dad’s mom was attacked by a moose. It kicked her super hard but she was still able to get up and run away. It started chasing her but luckily she was able to run between two trees that were near each other. The moose’s antler’s span was too big for it to slip between them, so she was able to get away.
I’ve had many cats. All were friendly. One, Queen Anne, she would greet me when I got home from work…followed me around the house…and slept with me at night. So sweet
I used to run in the mountains near my home in Utah. Then one run I saw a cougar stalking me. That put the end to my mountain runs! Found running in the mountains not worth the stress! Imagine that!
Here in Boise, as homes are built higher into the mountains cougars are found asleep on porches each year. The hospital (in mid-town) I worked at would have lock-downs a couple times each year because a cougar would be roaming the parking lots. Those were usually young ones that followed the river down into the city on a quest to establish their territory. F and G would trap and release them back in the mountains.
The really bad thing about recluse spiders is they like to come inside your home and they are quite small. A number of people in the US have been bitten by them when putting on their shoes because the spiders see the shoe as a good hiding place when they aren't doing their spider thing.
Happened to my mom. It’s not the venom that’s a huge issue, it’s the bacteria. She ended up getting a really bad infection but she’s okay now. Always tap out your shoes before putting them on 😂
Funny story… Back in like 2005 when I was a kid at my Papas house out in the country… I went to put my shoes on & there was a snake coiled up in 1 of the shoes… Looking back I’m surprised I wasn’t bit.. or maybe it was non venomous & I didn’t notice the bite.. or I was that quick lol. I haven’t thought about that memory in years… Thanks!
Out in the western US they are building wildlife corridor highways under & over interstate highways for wildlife in some areas. They built 1 along I-90 in Wa State and the wildlife love using it..
In Louisiana, where i am from, bull sharks are commonly found in Lake Ponchartrain, and have been found in bayou and river systems farther upstate. I lived in Alaska for a few years and while walking one day i made accidental eye contact with a cow moose who had twin calves down in a gully. She immediately rushed up the hill toward me. I turned and walked the other direction quickly and she changed her mind apparently. I was 14 and we lived right in the middle of town
Bull sharks were found as high up in the US as Maryland, yet this is seen as "conjecture" today because they have no dna to test to prove it. They have photos, and they aren't doctored.. I think people lie to themselves about sharks just to feel safer, here in Maine they have little boat rides out to lighthouses on the coast and they tell people "nah there's no sharks, but don't throw meat into the water because it disturbs the ecosystem"... Then your buddies who work in the fishing industry send you photos of 12 ft great whites, literally within 100 yards of where that boat tour would be when they announce "there is no sharks".
@Lyle Chipperson They find bull shark egg cases in the Tennessee now. No reports of attacks, but probably because every life form in this state swims in the river to hunt, and we have 6' prehistoric fish that would keep a shark happy for days. But if an animal is successfully mating, that means it's comfortable in it's environment. So now I'm afraid to get in the river.
I grew up in the front range of Colorado and when I moved to Europe I had a culture shock from the lack of bears. Like, i heard about people discussing hiking and camping and how to be courteous and not leave did trash. But there was absolutely no mention about storing your food safely to keep bears from getting into it. This absolutely blew my mind because I grew up with that being such an essential part of camping.
I lived in Montana for a few years in a remote location on the Great Divide and we had runoff streams, rivers, a lake, and a couple of ponds on our property. It was gorgeous, but it was also REALLY appealing to moose, who happily wade into water to munch on tender reeds and grasses that grow there. You always have to treat the moose as a possible threat because they're so powerful and dangerous, but I also had times where I was walking on a land bridge between two ponds and realized there was a moose just a few feet away from me. My go-to move was to walk slowly and smoothly (no sudden movements!), keep my head tilted and eyes averted so it was like I didn't see the moose at all (definitely don't want to make eye contact that could be threatening), and in a singsong voice say something like, "What a beautful and kind moose you are. I'll just get out of your way now. Thank you for being a calm moose. Such a nice, nice moose" (so it isn't startled by my presence, but again, none of the noises are threatening). That always worked, but my heart would absolutely be racing the whole time.
My son lives in Montana and he loves hiking. I get worried about Mountain Lions and bears…now I have to worry about moose too?? Montana is one of the most best places I’ve ever seen. Your place sounds amazing!!
@@lulujac9196 It was an incredible place to live. The forest ranger there described the wildlife as "mostly benign," which to him meant that the vast majority of wildlife want nothing to do with humans, hear us coming from miles away, and disappear before we're anywhere near them. Now, if your son is a silent hiker who startles large predators, especially predator mamas with babies, that's a different story. And if he encountered an animal that was sick or injured, then they might be more aggressive and less able to get away from him. But otherwise, he's probably going to be just fine exploring all of the natural beauty in the state -- and there's so much to enjoy!
@@oregonchick76 He should have been a park ranger. Instead he majored in business and is getting his masters from Harvard. Thanks for the info… I watch too many videos of ppl going missing or being attacked.
I've had similar run in with dogs a few times and did basically the same thing, so far it's worked on every dog except ankle biters LoL, god I hate those things
When we lived in Utah there were a few incidents that hikers filmed where they had run ins with cougars. One went viral, it’s a 6 min video of a guy being backed up a trail. He had ran past where the babies were and the mom was after him. Also a few videos on peoples ring cameras of cougars coming onto front porches over night. They had issues in some towns with small pets vanishing. Kind of spooked us initially because we hadn’t dealt with it in Texas. But we never encountered one.
That’s a really good video for them to watch. It really shows how understanding the instinct of the animals is crucial when running into them. Turn your back to a large cat and it’s game over ‼️
I saw that video of the guy on the trail. That cougar never lets up on him for a long time. If he fell or turned his back on her he would have been a goner. So scary!
@@babyfry4775 I heard of a guy that jumped on an attacking cougar and choked it to death. You have to keep your wits about you and use your weight and intelligence to your advantage.
You can encounter Bison at places like Yellowstone National Park or the Bison Range (a bison nature preserve) where they will walk right by your car. Problem is you'll get a lot of people who will jump out of their vehicle and try to take a photo or just don't recognize that the bison is a wild animal. There are plenty of videos or people taunting the bison and getting way too close.
I had a moose living at my cabin for a couple weeks in the winter. Guy had a bloody foot, and my dogs keeps the bears away. He stuck around for Christmas time eating oranges, then moved on when he healed. It was eerie.
4:06 as a kid, I was bitten on my cheek by a brown recluse. Necrosis is no joke. They were considering a skin graph at one point but luckily It started responding to treatment and the scar is very faint now.
The first time i ever saw a moose i was on holiday in Minnesota, i was out berry picking early in the morning with my grandparents and a moose walked across the trail ahead of us about 20meters ahead of us. I have never been so scared in my life, it was MASSIVE. Nearly shat myself.
I knew a couple in Montana. The husband worked for the state inspecting roads. This included all of the parks and recreational tracks. We had just come back from a trip to Glacier Ntl Park. We were idiots. All over the park there were signs about the bears. We thought we would see at least a few and mentioned this to them. They just shook their heads and said, ‘you REALLY don’t want to see the bears’. During the warmer months of June, July and August the whole family came and they stayed in a hard sided camper. There are entire campgrounds where you can’t stay if you’re in a tent. They had solid 1 inch boards that fit into each of the openings, or weaker points. They had driven huge nails into the wood so that the pointy end was facing out. These had to be put up before it got dark….preferably before dusk. The bears would come and try to get in…..and not gently. They said some nights they thought the camper would be rolled. The nails were almost ineffective. They weren’t really bothered by them at any other time. Probably smelling dinner around that time. There are videos that show bears opening car windows like they’re opening a can. The claw is a perfect fit. In many people’s opinions, the moose are considered to be really dangerous. As for bison, we drove by a place that raised them for beefalo burgers. They were usually quite far from the roadside fencing. One day we saw that they were very close so we exited the freeway, pulled over and we’re standing about 6 feet from the fence. A ranger was about 1/4 mile away with the herd between us. The fence was about 5 feet tall. He calmly called out and said, ‘ya know they can just jump that fence, right?’ We, in fact, did not know that. We got in our car and never parked by the fluffy cows again
i live in TN, and some of the sutff the black bears here can do are amazing. while not as big or threatening as brown bears, black bears are really smart at figuring out ways to get food. one of the funny stories you'll hear around us is bears figuring out how to unlock cars without removing the door to get some donuts, and its even warned to not leave a box of donuts visible in your car because if a bear walks past and notices it, they can recognize the boxes from how many people would leave them littered around nearby parks(while it isn't limited to recognizing donut boxes, its the funniest example).
Just so yall know. East Coast Rivers like the Potomac. Start out as Freshwater but quickly become Brackish before turning to complete Saltwater. Also a big omission from the list is the Alligator. They are extremely aggressive and have no fear of humans. They are typically from the MidAtlantic to Louisiana all along the Coast Line
Not just alligators, we also have salt water crocs. What about black bears - (mama with cubs), cotton mouth snakes, lynx, bobcats, coyotes, wolverines, elk - none of these are exactly huggable! LOL All except the cotton mouth snakes are deadly, the snakes are seldom fatal, but everything else can be deadly.
@@roseyannette2030 I feel you on the Lynx.I live near a state park and when they get hungry the lynx roam the neighborhood. People think they are big cats until it's too late. The DNR police are constantly telling people not to leave there pets outside at night. As for Bears. One gets hit by a car every so often. What do bears eat FISH. We live near water. Of course you are going to see them. Just leave the Cubs alone and you will be ok. For me the funniest thing is when a bear starts doing bear stuff because people aren't smart enough to understand if you relocate a bear or her Cubs. Mom and or Dad is going to come looking for them.
We have rattlesnakes in California as well I was unfortunate to have been bitten by one in my youth. Luckily the hospital I went too had antivenom it was the single most painful experience of my life. I agree with Sophie cats are loving towards their humans my cat always greets me when I come home and will jump up and lay on me and cuddle, like humans cats are individuals and they all have different personalities.
When a prey animal gets startled, they either freeze or run and that is all they think, to get away. It’s why planes can and have run an entire heard of horses off a cliff or why deer run in front of cars, etc. Something needs to snap them out of the fear emotion and back into reasoning, like a distraction for example. That is why getting trampled by their own species can happen in large herds with only small spaces to escape. I absolutely love your channel! You guys seem to have a little of everything with added humor throughout. Ty for the entertainment!
Fun fact: Arizona Bark Scorpions have a nasty habit of nesting in shoes and boots. It’s always a good idea to tap your footwear upside down to make sure it’s okay to put them on!
While visiting Alaska I had a different experience with a moose. We were taking a train to the Yukon territory and we were told that sometimes the moose get on the tracks and if a train is coming they won't move off the tracks. They get hit and rather leave it there dead they salvage it for people who need food. We had dinner on the train and it was the most delicious roast beef in the world. It was amazing. Since dinner was served family style I asked if I could have more of the roast beef and everyone laughed. They told me the roast beef was actually moose. I guess they thought I would find it disgusting. So I asked them if I could have some more moose, please. It was the best thing I have ever tasted.
Great video. Was fun to see the reaction to the spiders. One thing that has always bugged me about this video you are reacting to is the inaccuracies. Like when they start talking about Moose but show an Elk. Or the "muscular hump" on the brown bears. That is a fat hump.
I went to Yellowstone in middle school and I can confirm Bison are everywhere. At one point an entire herd used the highway to travel from one field to another, and all the cars had the stop and wait for them to pass through. My cousin was outside of the cars taking photos, and even had to hop on top of the car to let them through. On top of that, I routinely saw random groups of people trying the interact with, take photos of, or "pet" a random bison they saw on the side of the road, at restaurants, lodges, etc. Yellowstone has thousand of people visiting yearly, and even if only 1~2% don't follow the rules and interact with wild animals it isn't surprising bison deaths are so high. Out in the west they truly are abundant Also: when I went in June the mosquitoes were so abundant they almost covered they sky at noon. Just swarms and swarms of them, repellent was definitely required. It isn't something I would normally think about, but if you're heading out there in summer be prepared to see more mosquitoes than you've ever seen
I'm glad that deer were included. They're as far from aggressive as can be, but probably hit the top of the list in damage/fatality. We legit have road signs warning about deer in some places, and it's part of the driving training, again in some places.
My brother got bit by a Brown Recluse on his knee. Didn't get properly treated for years as doctors just kept on perscribing antibiotics, which really only staved off the infection and it kept on coming back. Eventually we got somebody who actually knew what they were doing and he ended up going into surgery to remove all of the rotted tissue. His kneecap was basically what prevented him from losing his leg, somehow it had managed to basically serve as a shield against the necrosis, but some had managed to get underneath so they had to remove it during surgery. He has a really nasty scar because they had to remove so much of his knee and we used to joke that they put his knee cap back in upside down because of how different it looked afterward, especially when compared ot his other knee.
Love all of the conversation after the video. I just think its interesting hear how you might think we encounter these animals on an occasional or even frequent. The deer are everywhere but most of the other animals on this list are pretty rare even in the places they inhabit. Well maybe the snakes are also common in certain areas of the country.
Recluse, black widows and rattle snakes are extremely common where I live. I think outside the obvious as you mentioned (Deer) most people pass many creatures without ever knowing it.
This is definitely true for most inhabited parts of the US. There are a few select towns though where there are much more frequent encounters with the more uncommon ones, like bear or moose. I once visited a small town in northern Montana where there was frequent bear scat on the roads. Which is something you never see elsewhere. You can imagine the number of animals in that area. I currently live near a lake where I have had multiple moose encounters. So far, I have seen about 9 moose in the wild (Not counting ones in zoos).
I've seen a mountain lion 2 times in the wild but they are extremely stealthy. I probably past a dozen without seeing them but them seeing or stalking me. As long as you're with another person or they aren't protecting there young they probably won't do anything. The scary thing is in Oregon you can't hunt them with dogs anymore making it incredibly difficult to deal with a rising population.
Many of the pictures of "moose" were actually of the animal we call and elk. ( actualy a wapiti) the moose are the dark ones with the "palmated" (large shovel like) antlers ....the one with the light colored rump and the more traditional deer type antlers are elk.
I was 15ft from a Moose last year in Colorado on trail, it was at the lake getting a drink and walking back up. We both froze then it went the other way up the hill, I'll never forget the sound of it so easily snapping tree branches with hits huge rack as it walked.
Alligators are mostly harmless unless messed with or near their source of their prey which is other animals. The death rate of humans due to alligator attacks which happens is very low. Which explains why they aren't and shouldn't be on list.
@@EMD1028I agree Alligators are not vicious and seeking out humans as prey...But..."Not a single confirmed human death from Brown Recluse spiders in the USA" Google it yourself and check...but somehow Brown Recluse spiders make the list...yet there sure have been confirmed human deaths from Alligators on record in the USA...so I think the Brown Recluse should be moved to "honorable mention" or "receiving votes" and Gators should be on the list.
@@kenneth9874 I guess my comment went over your head. I'm not saying people should swim with alligators and if that's what you interpreted then your a bit Corky. Bet that will go over your head.
I'm at the rattlesnake part... rattlesnakes don't typically chase you unless you bother it, though the eastern is more aggressive. Cottonmouths on the other hand... they will chase you if you even get within 15 feet of them.
I used to install water mains and whenever I'd have to open or dig up a water meter it'd always be absolutely full of black widows. I was never afraid of them, they don't want to be anywhere near you. Don't play dead with a cougar, stay facing it, make yourself look bigger, make loud noises, stand your ground but back away slowly if you have to.
I believe the running zig-zag is when trying to escape aligators and/or crocodiles, as they're fast in a straight line, but don't turn side to side as well.
Tourists try to take selfies with Bison and get too close. That’s when they get attacked. Bison attack out of defense and aren’t predatory like cougars.
The Moose u saw in Vermont is small compared to the Alaska/Yukon Moose. I can vouch for them being 6 ft. tall at the hunches as I have been within 30 of them twice in Alaska. Scared the piss out of me as I was out on a training run. And the trees were to small to hide behind.
We took a trip a few years ago to Badlands NP in South Dakota. There was a bison on the shoulder of the road as we approached the entrance booth. Plenty of warning signs saying not to approach, but still saw people get out of their cars to get a closer look. Ranger had to yell at a few really stupid folks who tried to put their kids next to the bison for pictures. 🤦♀️
The largest polar bear on record, reportedly weighing 1,002 kg (2,209 lb), was a male shot at Kotzebue Sound in northwestern Alaska in 1960. This specimen, when mounted, stood 3.39 m (11 ft 1 in) tall on its hindlegs. The shoulder height of an adult polar bear is 122 to 160 cm (4 ft 0 in to 5 ft 3 in)
When I was in the Navy, we had Brown Recluses in our barracks in Virginia Beach. One of the guys I knew got bit by one and they had to amputate half of his triceps on his left arm.
So the thing about cougars is unless you find them with their cubs. They aren't in all likelihood going to attack you, extra so if you happen to be looking towards them. They are fairly timid* ambush hunters. So if you're forced to interact with one. Keep your eyes on it and back away slowly while making noise. If possible throw things around or infront of the cat (DO NOT THROW THINGS AT IT) just around it. Since it is an ambush hunter. Showing it that you're both lively and ready to fight will stop most attacks. Unless it is starving or you get too close to it's cubs.
I live in Texas and 3 years ago on a warm summer night I was walking home from work at night and I heard a rattling sound but it didn’t register until 5 seconds later i was coming closer and closer to the rattlesnake in the road. When I noticed my heart was racing so fast and I jumped to the other side of the road. Happy it rattled to alert me it was there or I probably would’ve gotten bit
I got caught one weekend in a motel room with a cougar. One of my best weekends ever. 🙂 Seriously though, where I live they were saying for years that we had no more cougars here. I was driving to work late one night and turned a corner in the mountain road and had to come to a dead stop. There was a momma cougar crossing the road. She filled my lane from the tip of her nose to the tip of her tail. If she had been hungry the little Geo Metro I was driving would've been as simple as opening a tin to get to the tasty treat inside.
The DNR in my state also kept saying there are no cougars around, until many started appearing on game cameras, and finding deer that was obviously taken down by a predator.
@@GeographRick in South Dakota it was the same with wolves, the state denied the existence of wolves in the state, however I saw wolf prints whenever I went deer hunting. Now they no longer deny nor confirm it, but they'll say wolf hunting isn't allowed.
The running joke is that Australia's nature is out to kill you, but the US isn't much different in reality. Unlikely, but still something to think about. I have to deal with Brown Recluse spiders very often in spring and summer. And I do so because my father nearly lost his leg because of a bite. They're tiny, but no joke. Most spiders I'm cool with, as they handle other pests. But the ones that can treat ME as a pest have to go.
Snakes are my biggest fear here in Texas. Going hunting, I'm usually at least a half hour hike from the road, sometimes more than an hour, and then far from a hospital. Cottom mouth venom isnt that deadly, but will eat your tissue, and rattlesnakes are certainly deadly if you dont get it treated ASAP
I spent most of my live near Salt Lake City, Utah. I had a friend whose mom was bitten by a brown recluse on her breast while sleeping... the doctors did everything they could to heal the wound the spider caused, but in the end, she needed to have 1 of her breasts fully removed... years later she had a breast implant surgery, because walking around with 1 breast made her feel very embarrassed. Luckily the implant was successful, but the implant happened years later... for the 1st couple weeks after the bite, the main concern was that the flesh eating infection would infect her heart, which is why the mastectomy was done... thank God her life was saved, but I bet she is now terrified to go to sleep anywhere in the west desert. So, years later, she moved to central wisconsin where there are very few dangerous spiders, snakes, or anything else besides mountain lions, bears, coyotes... etc.
I worked in Malibu during the summers as a camp counselor & in the early morning & evenings we would see small coyotes come down from the hills to feed on the rabbits. The caretakers were tasked with also looking for rattlesnakes, killing them & burying their heads. One of them promised me the next rattlesnake he finds, he would give me the rattle.
In some areas, people purposefully destroying rattlesnakes has led to the surviving population having smaller rattles. That only serves to make them more dangerous, since they're not as capable of warning people of their presence.
@@natsinthebelfry That's actually a myth. The only two true evidence of rattlesnake rattler evolution is the Isla Santa Catalina rattlesnake in the Gulf of California. which because of lack of human contact, have evolved to lose it's rattlers becuz there is no human threat on the islands therefore no need. Although they are endangered becuz of human collectors ironically. The other from myths from the Dakota area where they found snakes that didn't rattle. It was becuz of a deformity either from injury or genetics passed down from generation to generation. Lastly, snakes have evolved to be stealth & only rattle when in direct perceived danger. Besides, the caretakes in Malibu didn't hack off the rattler & release the snake which would trigger the evolution. They killed any that wandered in the camp campus only.
Several years ago, there was a bull shark spotted in a very small pond on a golf course.... this course was near the Missouri river, several hundred miles from the nearest ocean... that's also what the movie jaws was based on... it was in the early 1900s when several children were attacked by bull sharks while swimming in a popular swimming hole, under a bridge in New Jersey (which was at least 50 miles from the nearest ocean) people should Look it up, it is a fascinating story.
Indeed. I think they decided that the shark had originated in the river and flooding had most likely led to him being in the pond. Definitely take spare balls to that course, the risk of ball recovery isn't worth it 🤣
Just for fun. Near where i live something like 15 bull sharks were being transported to sometype of like either an aquarium or lab or something. Either way. The truck just crashes...into a fucking river...and all 15 escaped. The biggest one. A male was already known to harass fishing boats.
Also, if you live an an area with cougars, it can be terrifying the first time you hear their scream. It literally sounds like a woman screaming bloody murder. When I was a child I visited my dads family in the mountains. I heard a mountain lion at night when we were playing hide and seek in the woods behind the house, and I thought someone was dying. Scared the shit out of me as a kid. I learned later that week it was a mountain lion and indeed not someone getting brutally murdered.
It's a great video all around except for some of the pictures. The skinny animals when he's talking about the North American Buffalo are wrong. I think they might be Water Buffalo. The animals with skinny antlers when talking about Moose are probably Elk a different species. Mosquitoes kill the most people world wide but not specifically in the US and I'm guessing not in the UK either. Most Bison attacks are mainly due to people are stupid trying to pet them or take selfies etc.
For what it's worth, Gaynor, Aidan and Sophie, I have never had a dopey dog. Of course, I have only had collie mix, and black labs. I always spoke with my dogs in three languages and they truthfully understood. I do think there are breeds that are less with it at the same time. Anyway, I think you may find this story interesting. One day, many years ago, I came out of work and realized that I had missed a bus. So I didn't want to wait for the next bus about 90 minutes later. And I though, it only takes the bus about ten minute to the next stop where I got off of that bus and transferred to the next one. There was a forested area between the two stops, so, I thought, why not. It was a hot day. About 90 degrees farenheit, or 32 Celcius. I was only going a ten minute distance. So, I started off. I walked. And I walked. And I kept walking. 10 minutes became twenty, then thirty.... The next thing I realized, I had been walking for two hours. It was then that I realized that the pathe that I thought was a staight path, was a horse path, which meant that it was meandering through the woods. By this time I needed water. I was so hot, I was taking off the clothes that I could to try to cool down. I literally was frightened that I would not survive my walk. Thankfully, I came into an area of fairly dense trees. It was about ten degrees cooler or so, which was a relief. I continued to walk. Then it happened. I came around the next bend and came face to face with an entire herd of white tail deer. I froze. The froze. There were at least fifty of them. I had never seen that many deer in one place ever. I loved deer. I didn't know what to do. I just stood there, motionless. I thought about climbing up a tree, but I was afraid of finding a snake, or spider, so I just stood there. I knew that I couldn't outrun them. A couple of them lowered their heads and stamped their hooves. I was afraid they were about to attack. So, I did the only thing I could think to do. I had done it before when in dangerous situations. It was a prayer and a song. It was a Gaither song, There's Just Something About That Name. When I started singing/praying all the deer lifted their heads. When I was done, I said: Thank you Jesus. In my mind I was thinking, thank you for a great life, and for being with me in that moment in case the deer would come after me and kill me because I was outnumbered. And and the same time: Thank you Jesus, in the case that my prayer would be answered. The deer which had been standing motionless, looking at me while I sang, all lowered their heads. I thought, well this is it. Then, they all raided their heads, and just walked away. I like to think that somehow, they knew that they respected that I had invoked the creator of us all. Perhaps, they found my voice soothing? I was a trained singer. Whatever, I heaved a sigh of relief. And walked on. I had another hours wak. Three and a half in total. I should have waited in comfort at the college for the next bus. Of course, I would not have had that amazing, incredible moment. In retrospect, I would have done the same thing. I know that whatever happens, I always find an amazing experience. Peace
Fun fact, the over hunting of the bison , who used those curved horns to dig in the soil , caused a serious problem with the soil . And water . They’re huge!
I really enjoyed your videos and comments also enjoy learning more about the world. The bull shark was captured so far up the Mississippi River just south of the the Canadian border
American here, a year ago, there was a black window who camped out on our backporch. I'd never seen one that close in person before. The spider was stunning (I hate spiders), I was actually really surprised. Pictures didn't really do it justice, the black was super glossy and her red marking was very vibrant. Anyways, we dogs that play in the backyard, so she had to go. It was almost sad though- never in my life would I have ever thought a spider was 'pretty'. My grandfather had a friend who was bit by a brown recluse, and it ate away a chunk in his arm, required surgery to fix it.
All I could hear in my head while Aidan was negotiating between a cougar or a bunch of black widows was "I'm smelling a lot of 'if' coming off this plan".
I’m in northern Michigan and try to be hyper vigilant when it comes to deer. I had one run out of the tree line at full speed and never saw it until its face was at my driver’s side mirror - you’re right, they can come out of nowhere!
Southern Indiana, where I live is a humongous breeding area for both black widow and brown recluse spiders. It makes it interesting when I clean the house or work in the yard. And between spiders and cougars.. you can step on a spider, but stepping on a cougar will kill you for sure.
Yes Deer have trouble recognizing oncoming vehicles, especially at night when cars are using headlights. That's where the expression "caught like a deer in the headlights." comes from.
Fun fact: when female cougars are in labour they sound almost identical to a woman screaming and there were a lot of cases of people dying cause they went to investigate the noise and were killed cause they thought it was a woman in distress
16:57 The reason deer are hit so often is because when headlights hit a deer’s eyes at night their eyes need time to adjust, so they are rendered blind and freeze. They get hit by jumping out because of bushes blocking oncoming cars and/or they didn’t really evolve to deal with something coming at them that fast. It’s kind of like how an oncoming train looks like it’s moving slower than it actually is.
my mom is 78 and this just brought back memories cause she says whipper snapper all the time. tough old lady from Philly. A cougar can kill a deer and carry it up into a tree to eat it.
As far as I can find the largest polar bear ever was 2,209 pounds! That is 79 pounds heavier than Clyde, the largest Kodiak bear, and stood about 11 ft tall possibly.
I love the kitties and the wolves. I use to run from the bison, I played on land that had a heard and it was scary at times when caught in middle of a field and here come the bison. We'd run run run to the logging skidder or yardder for protection when we were kids about 10 years old
Here in AZ we encounter almost everything on this. No grizzlies, no sharks. We have wolves up north, the bark scorpion, black widows, brown recluse, rattlesnakes, cougars (we actually had a major population problem at one time), deer I hit one at slow speed once, and all sorts of things that want to hurt you... including the intense heat. I grew up exploring the desert though. I've encountered all sorts of interesting wildlife and scenery. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else really.
Deer in the headlights lol. Here in Alaska I sometimes like to look at the local police reports and the ones that always make me crack up are the "Moose vs Cars" ones because that's quite literally how they write it on Nixle.
An old coworker of mine once got bitten in the leg by a brown recluse that was in his truck as he was driving in Texas. He said it was so instantly and excruciatingly painful that he actually thought he'd been shot with a bullet! He actually jumped out of his truck while it was still moving in a fit of blind panic and disorientation from the pain.
13:01 lol, when we lived in TEXAS. You can hear the swelling pride in her chest when she said that. It happens fast, and you carry it with you if you leave.
I've camped in the Badlamds of South Dakota amongst the bison & coyotes in a tent! We woke up one morning to find fresh bison scat between our 2 tents that were only 3 meters apart!
The thing about bison is that people think they can just walk right up to one. If they approach a male that is in rut, it is not a good thing. There are some good videos of people vs bison encounters on YT. The ones that are the best are the ones with motorcycles. Bison don't like them. I am enjoying your videos. Keep up the good work. You are a beautiful family.
I was hiking with my family as a kid and we rounded a corner in the woods only to meet a herd of bison. We just slowly turned and went back the way we came, and thankfully they let us. See brown recluses sometimes too. Mostly they don't bother you unless you touch them so be careful of dark, undisturbed places.
Also since the neighborhood was new. Our 2nd summer we had Black Widows move in. Our four window wells were so full of them, he lost count after he hit 50 in just one well. Luckily we never had any of those inside. He emptied 3 full bottles of bug killer spray. We only saw a couple after that.
I've been subscribed to the Office Blokes for a while and I love that I can now subscribe to one of their families too. Thank you from an American who appreciates your reaction . I am wondering, what's the most dangerous animal in Great Britain?
