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What's the scariest wildlife where you live?

Not counting people
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
Copperheads, Rattlesnakes, scorpions, yellow jacket wasps, black widow & brown recluse spiders, skunks. A pair of mountain lions strayed up a couple miles away in a rural area & got on a porch while the residents were away at Thanksgiving about 10 years ago, and a black bear got into the city and ended up in a resident’s back yard…the first ever sighting of a black bear in this city since it was founded.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Nebula Those inflated prices started after ObamaCare went into effect.
Nebula · 41-45, F
@cherokeepatti the pharmaceutical industry is built on greed
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Nebula the entire allopathic medical industry is.
TexChik · F
At home it would be copperheads, bobcats, coyotes.

At the farm it would be Mountain lions, rattle snakes, water moccasins, bobcats, coyotes, black widow spiders.
Degbeme · 70-79, M
Damn it! I wanted to say wife. 🤨 🤭

Coyotes.
Nebula · 41-45, F
@Degbeme hahahaha
4meAndyou · F
Great white sharks. In certain seasons of the year, they are known to bask close to shore. We stay away from ocean swimming when that happens.

On land, coyotes are the next greatest threat...to pets only. They don't bother people. Coyotes are everywhere there is water.

In WESTERN Massachusetts, there are sometimes black bears.
exexec · 61-69, C
Rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, copperheads, coral snakes, alligators, wasps, bees, and I saw a mountain lion that I am told doesn't exist around here.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@exexec they are so stealth that in many places you won’t see them .Some are getting captured on wildlife cams though.
exexec · 61-69, C
@cherokeepatti Several others have seen them in the area. I saw one in Georgia 50 years ago when there were supposed to be none there. The state finally asked people to send photo evidence, and pics started flooding in.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@exexec For some reason wildlife authorities don’t want to accept the fact that there are cougars in areas where they are not commonly seen. I knew a guy from work who went to scout around along a river and found cougar tracks in the sand next to the shallow river. Probably down there hunting for deer and got a drink of water .
SW-User
Diamondback rattlesnakes, coyotes, black widow and brown recluse spiders
Nebula · 41-45, F
@SW-User geez
SW-User
@Nebula mhm
JustNik · 51-55, F
Think we got a snake or two that’ll send you to the hospital. A couple nasty spiders. I know there are coyotes, but they bother livestock more than people. I know to keep an eye out for signs of rabies, but otherwise the only time I actually felt a tingle was walking down the trail and meeting a big ass buck just standing there looking at me. You cannot see antlers that size with nothing but air between you and not hope he’s feeling affable. 😂
zerofuks2give · 41-45, M
Probably that brain eating bacteria they sometimes find in freshwater lakes and ponds
iamelijah · 26-30, M
King Cobra, Spitting Cobra and crocodile.
Nebula · 41-45, F
@iamelijah damn
Cougar/Mtn Lion

AND

Lynx

Nebula · 41-45, F
@Nebula Let's just say I don't walk late anymore.
Lilymoon · F
Bears and Moose 🤭
Nebula · 41-45, F
@Lilymoon moose are scary as hell!
Nimbus · M
nedkelly · 61-69, M
@Nimbus Those feral animals are everywhere 😁
Nimbus · M
@nedkelly Tell me about it :)
SW-User
Black bears
JesseInTX · 51-55, M
Cottonmouths, copperheads. Several alligators in the bayou up the road but if you leave them alone they leave you alone. Same with the coyotes
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@JesseInTX We used to play in the creek when I was a really young child and play about 20 feet from a nest of water moccasins. They’d warn us by opening their mouths when we’d walk down the road and up to the creek and then leave us alone when we played in the water.
HikingMan · 51-55, M
Coyotes and Bear instill the most fear.
Though you're far more likely to be attacked by a wild turkey.....
Raccoons are the biggest troublemakers.
And the stupid deer are always eating my flowers....
Nanoose · 61-69, M
Cougars they seem to be getting more aggressive every year. Cheers and happy weekend!
nedkelly · 61-69, M
@Nanoose [image deleted]
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Nebula · 41-45, F
@SW-User well that's a good thing
SW-User
@Nebula definitely
travelguy01 · 41-45, M
@SW-User Badgers badgers badgers badgers badgers badgers badgers badgers badgers badgers badgers badgers badgers badgers
MUSHROOM MUSHROOM!
I got dive bombed by a hummingbird this morning
Nebula · 41-45, F
@SooperSarah they make that weird buzzing sound
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Longpatrol · 31-35, M
There are crocodiles in the more remote sections of the island
1490wayb · 56-60, M
small town in va... base of the blue ridge mountains
Nebula · 41-45, F
@1490wayb nice
Boleuskas · M
I know you said not counting people, but that is my answer
nedkelly · 61-69, M
6ft kangaroos
Nebula · 41-45, F
@nedkelly really? Do they attack?
nedkelly · 61-69, M
@Nebula if you get close enough or annoy them
Nebula · 41-45, F
@nedkelly dang man
LiLShrimp · 22-25, F
Parasites in cattle and seafood
Nebula · 41-45, F
@LiLShrimp oh gosh
1490wayb · 56-60, M
humans and skunks
Nebula · 41-45, F
@1490wayb where do you live?
JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M
@Nebula

Actually, I was just being sarcastic. This herd is rather tame, since people feed them. They do fight each other for position, though.

They have the potential to attack me, though, so I do not get too close. But they usually approach me, begging.

Nebula · 41-45, F
@JoyfulSilence ok good
JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M
@Nebula

Those in front in the second photo are just babies, born this year. I remember when they were tiny. Now, they practically blend in with the adults.
MarineBob · 56-60, M
either bear or snake
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
Bears,coyote
TheLordOfHell · 41-45
Probably the panthers
travelguy01 · 41-45, M
Lilnonames · F
They are the timber rattlesnake, pygmy rattlesnake, cottonmouth, and copperhead. Ratsnakes can be found in Tennessee, but they are not venomous. People can have deadly encounters with black widows and brown recluse spiders
Nebula · 41-45, F
@Lilnonames I got bit by a black widow down here
Lilnonames · F
@Nebula in my life I've been bitten by over 60 spiders they don't effect me any more
Nebula · 41-45, F
@Lilnonames oh damn, I once saw a guy whose foot was turning black from a. Brown recluse bite
Lilnonames · F
Humans. Oops but they not people
Nebula · 41-45, F
@Lilnonames besides people
Nebula · 41-45, F
@Lilnonames hahahaha
Lilnonames · F
@Nebula I update it
SW-User
I don't think we have any scary wildlife here.
Nebula · 41-45, F
@SW-User not even spiders?
SW-User
@Nebula nah. No dangerous spiders here. No snakes either 😅
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