New Zealand Family React to The Top 10 Most Dangerous Animals in the USA (#1 CAN'T BE TRUE!!)

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[blowzo]

They left out Alligators, Feral hogs, Wolverines, Coral snakes, Javelina, and numerous other nasty creatures. Love your channel!

[allison]

I always remember as a kid we’d occasionally see a moose in the road way just chilling. My granddad would always stop the car and dim the headlights and just wait for it to pass. Sometimes we’d be there waiting for quite a while. When we’d ask why he said simply “Because the moose would win” 😂 it absolutely deserved it’s number 1 spot on this list. Moose are no joke.

[cvabuck]

I'm in central Appalachia, and we're home to several of the animals on the list, but it's easy to do little things to mitigate risks. For deer, you learn to watch the sides of the road more than the road itself. For spiders, you wear leather gloves when working outside. For snakes, high-top leather boots are usually fine and you avoid reachingunder rocks and logs. Honestly, our biggest concern in this region isn't on the list. Ticks can be easily missed until long after they've embedded in your skin, and they carry a number of bacteria that can cause localized infections, lyme disease, or trigger an allergy to meat that lasts for six to ten years.

Part of the American "pioneering spirit" means if you grow up outside of the cities, you're usually taught early on how to both avoid animal confrontations, respond to an attack, and treat a bite or wound with first aid.

[katlamb]

I live in a little town in Oregon and we constantly get cougars in our area. We have alerts at the schools sometimes and the kids are stuck inside for recess until the game wardens make sure everything is clear. They are beautiful animals but everyone around knows to stay clear and keep you kids and pets inside.

[xxJoeCoolxx]

Mostly it's interesting because while in NZ, the US thinks of Australia as having all of the deadly animals. We rarely think about how ours are also dangerous.

[danielsbar]

As someone that lives in the US. I've seen snakes and bears and wolves and of course tons of deer and I love going camping. Yeah, that stuff happens sometimes, but it's super super rare. Most problems occur when people aren't paying attention or aren't respecting an animals space.

[zurieljoshua]

I'm an avid camper and hiker and do a lot of it solo. Don't let videos like this scare you. When you think about how many people are out in nature every day in this country, dangerous encounters with animals are extremely rare. I've come across black bears on the trail several times while alone. They run away. I wouldn't backpack alone in grizzly country, but other than that, no need to fear. Be informed, be aware, be cautious, but don't be scared.

[Pit_Wizard]

When I was a kid, my friends and I got chased through the woods in the middle of the night by a huge territorial buck. It obviously didn't actually want to hurt us, because it definitely could have, but it was still utterly terrifying. It kept making these massive deep *huff* sounds right behind us. It chased us for probably 3 or 4 solid minutes before it lost interest.

[kennith]

You'd be surprised how little most of us worry about it. Most of us growing up in the country have grown up learning how to deal with wildlife. There are bears that consistently come around the house I grew up in.

[FameViral]

The moose is actually terrifying. You never truly know how big it is until you see one in person

[lisalisa]

Growing up in southern USA if someone was speeding you didn't actually tell them to slow down, you just had to remind them that, "There are a lot of deer on this road...", and that usually does the trick. Everyone has either hit a deer at some point or knows someone who has and is well aware of the potential outcome...😩
I am very surprised alligators didn't make the list.

[teaguevox]

I live in midwestern US. You can find a good number of the animals listed in that video here. I remember fishing off a bridge one day, I was reeling a panfish up and it was attacked by a cottonmouth on the way up. It let go after about 5 seconds, but by the time I reeled the fish all the way up to me it was long dead and stiff as cardboard. I went out fishing again recently and spotted three different snakes near the dock I was fishing off of, it was kinda unnerving. They're almost always afraid of you and run off when you get close. It's just unsettling on those few occasions when they choose to stick around and hold their ground.

[louiswillhauck]

Remember that when you’ve grown up with these creatures nearby, you learn how to live with them. It’s more than likely the “encounters” are from those that aren’t familiar with the creatures that are in the areas

[margarettaylor]

I also was camping in the Grand Teton National Forest in Wyoming and was taking a potty break in the woods and heard breathing behind me. I turned around and there was a full sized Bull Moose breathing steam in the cold morning air. I said, "You, sir, are magnificent, and I would greatly appreciate it if you would stay right where you are." He watched me for a bit, then turned and shuffled off. One of the favorite experiences of my life.

[valerielocke]

I always remember my Grandpa's advice on how to tell the difference between a black bear and a grizzly bear. "If you are trying to get away from them climb a tree. The black bear will climb up after you and the grizzly will just knock it down."

[Milksong]

Everyone’s forgetting the animal with the greatest potential for hurting people. Alaska has Polar Bears which are not only just a more dangerous version of a Grizzly Bear, but are the only animal that actively views humans as prey.

[Mark_Alaska]

I live in Anchorage, Alaska. It's recommended to carry a firearm when hiking or camping. There could be something ready to kill you around any corner. It's not uncommon for schools to be delayed due to moose on the schoolyard, or people calling in to work late because of a moose in their yard... or even on your front porch. Like weather and traffic reports, our radio stations report moose and bear sightings. Oddly enough, it's just a normal way of life. I've seen hundreds of moose and have had to stop dozens of times because a moose was crossing the road.

[raven]

Lived in Alaska for 25 years. I've hit 3 moose in my lifetime. The first one I think is the most telling. I was in a 2004 Pontiac Sunfire, and I clipped the front legs of a moose while driving at about 30mph down the road. It's shoulder came up and completely shattered my windshield. As I got out of the car to check on things, it got up and ran into the woods like nothing happened. A 30mph collision with a car, and it acted like nothing was wrong. They are powerful animals indeed.

[royporter]

I’m in Louisiana and I generally only have to worry about gators, black widows, and cotton mouths. I only worry about the big predators when I go camping across the country. You generally just have to pay attention to what’s in the area and learn how to deal with that specific threat, worrying about them all is a non starter.

[spiggityspoo]

So a fun little story, I worked at a zoo over the summer as basically a glorified summer camp counselor, but I’d been volunteering there for years and picked up a lot of information about how the zoo works and the individual animals that live there. Every week, without fail, there would be a kid who asks what would happen if an animal broke out of its enclosure, and what animal would be the most dangerous if it was running around the zoo. Everyone expects the lions, hyenas, leopards, and jaguars to be the most dangerous, and they’re certainly up there, but I’d always say that our American bison would be the worst to have loose. They’re basically big, fuzzy tanks on legs, and they can ram with enough force to flip a car, probably ejecting the person inside, and definitely ejecting that person’s soul from their body. Everyone assumes that herbivores are the chill hippies of the animal kingdom, which can be kind of the case sometimes, but a lot of folks don’t consider the fact that they have to be ready to run from or fight off a big nasty predator trying to eat them. In the wise words of Casual Geographic, “Predators are hunting to eat, prey are fighting to live.”

Also, I think a close runner up for most dangerous animal to escape would be the giant anteater. With claws that can rip open concrete and vision that’s as bad as me without glasses, they can and will throw hands with anything that gets too close. It’s a good thing they’re not really in the US, otherwise there would probably be a lot more headlines of anteater attacks.