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Unless it’s in a zoo, we don’t have panda bears.
We don't talk about the Drop Pandas that live in the swamps of Louisiana and Florida. Those things are dangerous.
Bro thought we just had pandas roaming lol! The innocence in this channel makes me smile.
We also have Red Panda's but only in zoos. Of course, they are not really panda bears but are adorable!
We have a rare panda called Panda Express
We do have "Trash Pandas" AKA raccoons.
My favorite Facebook meme: “If I die by mountain lion attack, know that my last words were, “Here, kitty kitty kitty.”” That would totally be me. 😹
I quote that one all the time. 😂
Amusing quote, but if you die by mountain lion, you won’t see it. They jump on you from the tree behind you and bite your neck first. You’ll say hi to St. Peter before you realize what happened.
I do love the quote.
@@Lynn.Panadero4242 agreed. I like it because it speaks to my personality, lol
Me Too!!
The most dangerous creature I’ve ever seen in my yard was a Homosapien, literally the deadliest creature on the planet! 🫣 5:27
I agree, humans are the apex
Truth!
Texan here, I've had coral, rattle, copper head and cotton mouth snakes, coyotes and feral hogs. That said, I do live in a rural area. Scorpions and many types of spiders as well. It helps a lot when you learn what bugs and animals live in your area so you can identify it and know what you're dealing with, most of the time, the animals see you and want to get away.
@@relkor6593
Yeah. I’ve seen them all but not in my backyard. I jumped down a drainage culvert to look at some newborn puppies and almost landed on a 3 ft. rattlesnake at church camp when I was 16. Had to warn my friend who was about to jump and would have had nowhere to land except on the snake. Cottonmouths while fishing a rice plantation, scorpions at church camps. Feral hogs like crazy all around Louisiana. My brother had a deal with a farmer to hunt his land if he helped clear out the hogs. They got so many, they ran out of people to give them to and didn’t have a food bank near him that would take them.
Central Texas here, formerly from AZ. Same in both places, I've also experienced Mojave rattlesnakes and sidewinders in my yard which we're both close calls. I'm grateful to have been educated on which was which tho. It's super important to know what you're dealing with and always paying attention will save your life.
I also live in rural TX. I love the peace and quiet. Every now and then, u'll hear the wild turkeys or the coyotes singing their songs
same. Texas. The scorpions are the worst because they come in your house. What nerve!
Yeah South Carolina has all those as well. We also have water moccasin snakes, black bear, bob cats and I'm on the coast 😭 Black widow and Brown Recluse spiders too. Geez I need to hush. Unsure about scorpions though
Not me absolutely losing it when Lewis looked at the cows and said "They're Murderers!"😂😂
*edited to add that I had a Black Widow in my garage.
We have a lot of black/brown widows around here. They like hanging around the outdoor trash bins for some reason.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Be very careful about the spiders! Also brown recluse is pretty bad and they can live in log piles and old brush. Wear long sleeves long pants tuck in to your socks and wear a hat.
We get coyotes in our yard about once a week (this morning had one) and I hate them as I feed feral cats, but I'd rather have coyotes than spiders!!! yikes! I think it is because spiders get in the house and hide and luckily coyotes don't. haha I walked in the forest a lot and walk through spider webs and it doesn't bother me in the forest, just around my house.
If you compare the number of cows killed by people to the number of people killed by cows, I think the proper "murderers" would not be the cows.
In Los Angeles the most dangerous animal I've seen in my backyard was a crckhead. In Northern California, (Elk River) our property line ended at the sequoia forest. We regularly had bears, mountain lions and elk pass through our backyard. More than once we had to run out to the backyard, firing a gun in the air to scare off mountain lions and bear and keep them from eating our pigs or horses .
i went to LA for like a week and i saw a mountain lion on the trail by the hollywood sign
@@rosyellis14 That was probably P22! He's somewhat of a local celebrity. He's held in such high regard that a picture of him was used for a special edition Los Angeles Library card. 👍
P22 was Euthanized in 2022
An adult deer tick, about the size of a pinhead, can cause several infectious diseases, including Lyme disease, babesiosis, and ehrlichiosis. Any of these can be debilitating and even fatal. Rabbits, mice, dogs, squirrels, chipmunks, and birds can all carry deer ticks since they inhabit the same places.
Thanks Plum Island 😑
Alpha-gal syndrome primarily from Lone Star ticks in the US is the one that scares me. A sudden onset allergy to all mammal meats and dairy products and some medications (like snake antivenom mentioned in the video)... I'm sure I would be able to, but I just can imagine having to adapt to a completely different diet like that, especially with an already somewhat restricted diet.
I heard bites from the loan star tick can induce a sensitivity to red meat and ruin your credit score.
Ticks worry me than most of the others listed.
San Carlos reservation in AZ. Neighbor was glassing for deer. Sat same place for over an hour, staring through spotting scope. Started to rain, and thought, need to get stiff under cover. Looks over and fifteen feet away, very large lion was circling his hiking poles and rubbing his face on them. Tracks showed, cat had been within three feet of neighbor, never knew it was there. Cat had probably been walking around him for at least fifteen minutes by tracks
It has been a while since I was on San Carlos reservation. I was last in Bylas. Love the Apache people.
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Those cats are deadly quiet. That's an amazing story. I can just picture that cat scent marking the poles. Wow
At the local elementary school a few years back the kids were let out for recess. The teachers started to notice some of the kids gathering around a big oak tree in the middle of the playground, when they asked the kids what they were looking at, they said it was a big kitty. When one of the staff realized it was a mountain lion up in the tree, they quickly called all the kids inside. The cat was about 5 feet away from the closest kid by the time the staff realized it was there. The school has had several lockdowns because a puma was on campus.
Fun Fact- a pack of wolves once defeated an entire French army and continued to menace Paris for years afterwards.
I once heard a cougar attacking a deer in my front yard in the middle of the night. I'll never forget the screams the cougar made. They were so loud, and activated my fight or flight reflex for like two hours
The scariest creature to enter my backyard was Latisha when she showed up for the family picnic catching Luttrell (her baby-daddy) with her second cousin "Big Kimmy". All I managed to save was the potato salad (Auntie Pru's NOT Auntie Cellia's...and we ALL know why). You bring store bought to the picnic you get what you deserve.
Good thing you saved the good potato salad! 🤣
But you always tell your Aunt Cellia you like hers is the best right. As you spit it into a napkin because she puts some strange stuff like dill in the potato salad.
In my yard, the scariest critters I've seen are copperheads, water moccasins, deer, and armadillos. I've heard coyotes in the distance at night.
@@scottmiller897 .....we all know she ain't made no "homemade" potato salad since she started up with that good looking pastor over in the next perish...STORE BOUGHT!
I hope your gettin paid somewhere to write. That was clever. 😂
You have cows in the UK. I just read where a couple went on a footpath somewhere near Sheffield (I think?) and the woman was stomped by a cow. Her husband rescued her but she had a broken pelvis, 12 broken ribs, punctured lung, leg and ankle injuries. She survived but is still recovering. I’ve only seen coyotes in our neighborhood but got pictures of a bobcat across the street. We do have mountain lions in our area and I never want to see one. They have been known to take dogs in neighborhoods north of us. Scary!!! We do not have panda bears here in the US. Only in Asia that I know of but we do have black bears, grizzly bears and polar bears. Polar bears are only in Alaska for us and Canada (northern Canada).
We only have pandas in zoos, they were just shown as an example of a vegetarian bear, whereas the polar bear (which we do have) is an example of a pure meat eater
The Chinese government recalled all the pandas in the US, as of last year.
@@TangentOmega But then they sent a new pair to the San Diego Zoo last month. "Yun Chuan is five-year-old male. His mother Zhen Zhen was born in 2007 and was the fourth cub born at the San Diego Zoo. He’s identifiable by his long, slightly pointed nose. Xin Bao is a four-year-old female whose name means “precious treasure of prosperity and abundance.” She is best recognized by her large, round face and big, fluffy ears."
I heard the Smithsonian's National Zoo in D.C. is expecting 2 more Giant Pandas from China by the end of this year.
@@poiiiooiiuI was just about to say that. We should be getting them by the end of the year
I’ve seen on my property. Grizzly bears, mountain lions, coyotes, rattlesnakes, Copperheads, coral snakes, scorpions, Black Widow spiders, Brown Recluse spiders. The list goes on. Grew up in Montana and now live in Texas
I live in a rural farming community in North West Alabama, my nearest neighbor is half a mile away, I have seen Rattlesnakes, Copperheads (snakes), Coyotes, foxes, deer, wild turkeys, ground hogs, and 1 bobcat in my yard. As well as other critters. I love the seclusion and beauty of nature.
Copperhead in my backyard as well. My parents lived in a community that has a small lake. They had 2 huge alligators at once about 10 years ago.
@@TBishopDean glad I don't have those 😂
@@highlandergunn9240
Well their neighborhood isn’t very far from a bayou called Alligator Bayou. It floods at times which is likely how they got there. My oldest and nephews were between 3-6 at the time and spent a lot of time there. They weren’t allowed on the back deck until the alligators were removed.
Hello fellow Alabamian! I'm in HSV
@@dds-yk2ky cool. I'm north west of Florence. Haven't been to Huntsvegas in over a decade, I hear it grown alot.
Pepper spray designed for bears is more effective than a gun. The chances of missing the bear when adrenaline is pumping and possibly hitting the person being attacked is a big risk. It can also take several shots before the bear dies. Bear spray sends out a wide cloud of pepper spray that has greater chance of hitting the bear and is normally enough to scare the bear away even when it is attacking. We just had a guy attacked recently so quickly that he couldn't deploy his bear spray that was in his hand. He was knocked to the ground and covered his head with his hands. The bear bit his head, puncturing the can of bear spray, and it ran off. Having both a gun and bear spray is the best case scenario in an attack.
I came across a water moccasin in my shed yesterday while preparing for the hurricane. It scared the shit out of me. I live in south Louisiana for reference.
S. Louisiana also. I've ran into a few of them in my yard
I've had coyotes, mountain lions, raccoons, opossums, skunks, black widows, coral snakes and since I live by the beach now I've also seen stingrays, and great whites in the shallows.
That Disney alligator case forced the entire resort to put up permanent barriers and put up signs warning of snakes and alligators. Every hotel across Disney did this as prevention. Although they still got sued. That case turned into a settlement. Now Disney is really careful about the lake and rivers around its property. Unusually this attack happened in winter when alligators are hibernating and don’t really eat.
I remember that
What’s worse is there were signs in that area to beware of alligators that the parents ignored
An old lady 85 years old just punched an alligator in his face and save their dog, yesterday!
Gators don't hibernate, they will be seen all winter long along the shores and banks sunning themselves to warm up. They are just as dangerous then as spring, summer, and fall. When the temps drop to low they will go into suspended animation, but as soon as it warms up they go about business as usual. In most of florida and along the coasts of the gulf and atlantic, those regions rarely get that cold for more than a couple days a year.
@@burnout_2017 would you please explain that to Captain Hook.
Well, i am 87 years old, born in Indiana, US. I have lived in 9 states, traveled all over the country. So far I have seen in my backyard deer, skunks, porcupines, groundhogs, squirrels, snakes, other people's dogs and cats, and rabbits. The scariest creatures were other human beings. Yes, there are bears, cougars, wolves, bison, cattle, etc. They don't come in residential areas for the most part. They don't want to be around you any more than you want them either. Don't let folks scare you. You could be here for many years and never see any creaures that will scare you!!!!!
I've lived in 13 different states, but I've spent most of my time in Texas. That being said, I've had encounters with many of these animals. For the most part, they just want to be left alone and for you to maintain a respectful distance.
Was raised around cows and taught to never approach when they had young ones and not startle them. Humans make assumptions about even household animals thinking they won’t harm us but if they feel threatened even our cats and dogs will become aggressive. Love watching your posts. We live in Texas.
I grew up on a farm and was mainly taught to watch for copperhead snakes. You can usually smell them before you see them. They smell like cucumbers.
In Western Pennsylvania we have copperheads. Since their habitats have been encroached on we now find bears in suburban back yards. I have only seen one coyote running along the side of the road but they have been reintroduced here lately. I grew up in the country and the only thing I was afraid of my uncle's Black Angus bulls getting loose.
As a young teen in upstate NY I’ve seen a large snake that was told was a copperhead but have seen many black bears and cows and deer walking through the back yard.
I live in North Florida. I have had cows, horses, pigs, turkeys panthers, fox, deer, snakes, and coyotes, in my yard. Yes I live in the woods. Come over any time. LOL
My list would be identical to yours with the addition of black bear and puma. I have lived in the mountains of Colorado and Utah as well as Black Hills in South Dakota. I currently live in Idaho - more mountains. Would love to have Lewis spend a few days exploring our area!
I grew up in the countryside. I started hunting when I was 5 years old. Small game first then big game at 12. We had a small farm on our property with a large pond (more than 2 acres). I've had to deal with rattlesnake, water moccasins, alligators, red wolves, wild dogs, black and brown bears, alligator gar, alligator snapping turtles, and deer. We had cows and horses on our farm. I've also encountered black widows and brown recluses.
I've seen bears, copperhead snakes, rattle snakes, black widow and brown recluse spiders in my yard. And I'm more afraid of the spiders than the the rest. Ngl though, hearing that rattle is scary. Coyote ain't sh*t unless you are a chicken.
Or a pet / small child.
Or a small dog. Small dogs and cats must also beware of the black vulture which can carry it off as well as the large owls. We never left our small dogs out at night unless we were with them
I was surprised at just how loud the rattle of snakes can be. Had one just hanging out by the front porch one day. A friend that had come over to visit tried to chase it off by poking at it with the handle of a rake. That was the first and last time I ever heard one rattle although I have seen them around quite a bit.
The dog usually alerts me when snakes are near. I recognize his snake warning bark over his other barks now. Earlier today doing some yard work, he spotted one. It was a good time for a break anyway.😆 If you just let them be, they move on. When they get too close to the house, the dog's incessant barking gets them more wary of moving along because they are watching out for him instead. I appreciate him looking out, but...
You from Missouri lol?
"Coyote ain't sh*t unless you are a chicken." 🎯💯👍
My uncle lived up near Glacier national park in montana, and regularly got bears in his backyard. I was out visiting and my friend and i were walking to the store and ran across a mama bear with 4 cubs just 50 yards up the road from his house.
I grew up around rattlers , we had them on our sidewalks all the time , we were taught young how to look out for them, we actually use to have mountain lion warnings come on air all over the radio.
Living on Camp Pendleton, CA opened back door & Rattlesnake curled up on the porch, that door was closed in less than a second! 😂😂😂
I am in the DFW area and I think the deadliest critter I have seen in my back yard is a black widow spider and they rarely kill people. I have seen, coyotes, foxes, bobcats in my area but not my backyard. There has even been sightings of cougars. The animals around here are easily frightened off.
Howdy neighbor! I'm in DFW too. I see coyotes and bobcats regularly. Foxes not so much. Once I saw a mountain lion, and another time a huge wolf. Glad I was in my car at the time. 😂
My nephew lives near Plano and had a bobcat on his front porch last week. He has seen them in the neighborhood often.
i’m a floridian, we always have things in our backyard or front. i get ducks, deere, and cranes who come up to eat the food we put out. got a lake across from me so we have alligators for sure. we have cows too in the woods next to us. there’s a tik toker who has a pet cow who he lets inside in his house.
Hi Lewis, we have tons of black bears in Tennessee
I live in washington state and in my area we have Grizzly bears, black bears, Canadian Lynx, bighorn sheep, moose, mountain lions, coyotes and rattle snakes. We had a bear across the street from my house a month ago and a moose was running through town not long ago. Moose may not seem super scary but they are huge, mean and will stomp you to death.
In my yard, I’ve had raccoons, squirrels, opossums, skunks, foxes, hawks, buzzards, ground hogs and deer. Not all dangerous, but sometimes I feel like Snow White. 😂
Possum. NOT Opossum. Pretentious.
@@michaelvaughn1496
Actually, the correct term is opossum.
I live in the upper NW of Oregon. I have a picture of a full grown Cougar/Mountain Lion napping on my front porch. We a few now and then, but they are wary of our cattle dogs. The deer jump into our yard regularly to eat all my blueberries, and our "guard" dogs consider them as friends!
I lived most of my life in north east Kansas on a farm. I've had cows, deer, rattlesnakes, a mountain lion, and coyotes in my yard. Also, copperhead snakes and bobcats. I recently moved to Florida, so now I'm near bears, wild boars, and alligators. I hope to never see any of those in my yard! Growing up on a farm, cows can be very dangerous and unpredictable. My mom was pressed against a gate and almost crushed by the milk cow, she ended up sticking her thumbs in the cow's eyes to escape.
Common deadly animals I have had in my back yard. Mountain Lions, Black Bears, Rattle Snakes. If I include insects, Black Widows, and Brown Recluse spiders.
Panda Bears arnt in America unless they are in zoos
14:27 oh na, he probably means bear spray, which is actually more effective than shooting the bear, bullets don’t always drop it right away. But bear spray usually will make it run away immediately. It’s unfortunate that that wasn’t the case in that instance.
Yeah that's what I believe as well!
I lived in a small town in Texas several years ago. I woke up one foggy morning, looked out my back door, and saw several large, dark shapes in the fog. The neighbor's cows had gotten out and were just slowly grazing through the town. In a bit, here came the owners on horses rounding them back up.
Same small town, we had a whole nest of baby cottonmouth snakes in our yard. We like snakes, but we had small kids, so my husband had to dispose of them.
The town I live in now is a Dallas suburb. I see coyotes all the time around my house. I keep my cats inside and I carry when I go outside
I'm in Missouri and we've got critters galore... black bears, coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, rattlesnakes, copperheads, deer, elk, skunks, possums, fox, etc.....
In my yard in the various places I’ve lived (across several states) I’ve at one point or another have seen: alligators, deer, porcupines, coyotes, possum, snakes, a bobcat, black widow spiders, banana spiders.
I live on a farm in Mississippi where they raise cattle, have deer running around the farm, alligators are in nearby swamps, have cottonmouth, copperhead and rattlesnakes on the farm, coyotes, bobcats, and feral hogs are common here, and occasionally people report sightings of Florida panthers and black bears. I love it here and would never willingly move away.
Bloomington, MN population 90,000. Coyotes, deer, fox, pumas, eagles on the street in front of our house
Do you live near the river? I grew up in Bloomington and never saw any of those animals in my neighborhood, only on the outskirts near the river did I ever see any of those animals.
I'm in Southwest Texas, border with Mexico. Aside from mountain lions, wolves, cows, and rattlesnakes, I've encountered centipedes, scorpions, and millipedes. A couple of times I have found a tarantula on my front door. Life in Texas Southwest is quite interesting. Be well.
Most dangerous I got near, I was walking to my sister's house so her husband could give me a ride to work at 4 am and heard something near me, glanced over and 3 feet from me was a coyote trotting down the road. It followed me like 5 blocks with no issues, then just wandered down a side street.
When I was a kid, my family was living in Alamogordo, New Mexico for a couple of years due to my dad's job contract. It was a beautiful area with a terrific high desert climate. We lived in an adobe ranch-style home close to the foothills of the mountain range behind our house. The mountains did get snow occasionally during the winter, and one time, after the mountains were covered in snow, I was taking out the trash. The large trash bins were located in the alleyway behind the houses and accommodated several homes, so they were the bigger, commercial-sized trash bins. For some reason, a golden-colored dog managed to climb into one of the trash bins. I threw my trash into an adjacent bin and then called to the dog because I was concerned that he was stuck inside it. The dog promptly growled and roared at me! I quickly realized it was a cougar! Man, I ran the fastest I had ever run to get back into the house! I benefited from the experience because my parents stopped making me take out the trash, LOL! The mountain snow had probably driven the cougar down into the foothills to search for food. 😬
Note: a lot of videos similar to this one are AI generated. You can identify them because sometimes the pictures do not match the narration, or it will get something very wrong. No, the United States does not have Panda bears. Also, I noticed when he talked about the snake bite victim in the U.S. state of Georgia, the video showed a map with an arrow pointing to the country, Georgia, lol!
I was looking for the comment about the Georgia map. XD
I'm from rural Mississippi and the most dangerous I've seen was a water moccasin that was lying next to the door ledge and we stepped over it when we walked outside. However living in the country allows us to watch a whole slew of wildlife right out in the back yard.
Cutting across the neighbor's pasture when I was a kid. As I got near the cows, they formed a defensive posture: calves in a tight group, heifers in a semi-circle in front of them, bulls in a semi-circle in front of the heifers. (Their smart.) I suddenly remembered how a bull chased my brother across that same pasture, once, and decided I didn't need to cut through there to get where I was going.
My daughter just hit a deer in her car last week. Damage $3,000 to her car.
I had a deer crosswalk in front of my car on I90 (close to downtown Cleveland). Luckily I was gong slow so although he didn’t make it, there was only $2,000 worth of damage to my car. I know how your daughter feels, it is an awful experience.
@@patriciaw7113My son's car was totaled by a deer. It looked like an elephant stepped on it.
I'm originally from Texas so-o-o-o, I have encountered Rattlesnakes, Cottonmouths at rivers, tons of scorpions, been bitten a black widow spider, fiddleback spider...3 different times. I have encountered a puma drinking from a waterfall while hiking. And in Missouri, I have seen one black bear in our backyard when I was a kid and have seen many copperhead snakes.
I had to feed the cows when I was in High School when my dad was out of town. They always crowded around the truck so I adopted the crazy woman routine. They always backed off and approach the hay with caution. 1 time my dad, neighbor, grandpa and I were trying to help a mother cow in trouble with birth. We roped the cow and quick thinking saved me from being decapitated.
Scariest and maybe deadliest in my backyard when I was living in California was definitely coyetes, rattle snakes, black widows and mountain lions. Had a black widow crawl on my leg at the public pool when I was a child. Our childhood best friend had two of her poor little dogs snatched out of the backyard by coyotes. Ran into so many rattle snakes on hikes around the desert as a kid, and even had one crawling up the side of our house. Our neighbor came running, grabbed it and flung it onto the road without being bitten, literally the craziest and bravest man ever. Went on several hikes in the mountains near our suburbs to look for cool rocks and fossils, and we saw a mountain lion far in the distance watching us and our family dog.
Swimming in the ocean was very interesting too. When I was 5, I was boogie boarding near the pier of Santa Monica, and I got stung by a jellyfish. I came running out and started tripping over random people’s towels, crying from the pain. A lifeguard eventually scooped me up, took me to their shack and stuck my foot in a bucket of vinegar. I still have a scar on my pinky toe!
I also do remember swimming out there in the water, and feeling something big brush against my leg here and there. Sharks, probably. They never bothered us though. We were probably too boring for them. My dad, on the other hand, had two close shark encounters. Once when he was a young lad, he went diving by himself in the California waters, lost track of time and ended up lost. His air levels were getting low, and he had no idea which way was which. Then he saw a great white stalking him. He was already so panicked, he just chose a direction and started swimming. Luckily enough, he made the right choice and ended up on land. He cried on the sand for about an hour. The second encounter was when he was on his honeymoon with my mother in Hawaii. He was out in the ocean with her when he spotted a tiger shark heading straight for them in the shallow water. He dragged my mom out of there so fast, and to this day, he swears he will never go into the ocean ever again.
In Minnesota, it was snapping turtles. We came close to those monsters frequently on the lakes, had a huge one try to climb onboard my friend’s pontoon boat! I always felt uneasy swimming out there, like I was waiting for one to come and bite one of my toes off. Plus, I’ve heard legends of monster fish in those lakes.
While I was at basic training in Missouri, I had a brown recluse spider crawl onto the barrel of my rifle while we were lying in the woods in the prone position, not allowed to move. Then during our FTX we had to camp out in the woods and my battle buddy and I had to use the bathroom. We went out in the dark woods to take turns and earlier, we heard howls from a coyote pack in the night. While we were doing our business, we heard the sound of something surrounding us, saw pairs of eyes circling where we were. I was swinging my rifle around so hard and fast, the adrenaline was coursing through me and I’d never been so terrified of the dark.
Living in Maine (now), we got moose, black bears and ticks. My sister and her boyfriend came across a baby moose on a snowmobile trip once, and it kept messing with the group they were traveling with. Harmless, really. Despite the cuteness of it, the group she was in was worried because more than likely, the mama was close by. Those mama moose can get very aggressive around their calves! Good thing they all made it away before they could find out. She also encountered a huge black bear whilst on the back of her boyfriend’s motorcycle near the New Hampshire boarder crossing the road behind them, but I’m sure buddy was just trying to get to the river for some lunch.
I was also a counselor at a kids camp last year, and I took one of the kids to use the bathroom at night and while I was waiting outside the porta potty, I heard something HUGE coming through the woods close by. I got so terrified, I climbed into the other porta potty and waited maybe 30 minutes till I heard nothing. They had reports of a family of black bears around the area, but it could have also been Bigfoot. The ticks have me paranoid the most, those small little b*stards
I've seen a black bear and a mountain lion in my back yard. There has been a few snakes but nothing that can harm you. I see deer everyday
When I lived in rural Maine, I didn't see it, but I did hear it about once a week. We had a black bear that lived in the woods just in back of my house, and we'd hear it as it moved through the woods going for berries or water. We always made sure we went into the house when the brush and branches started making loud noise as it moved through.
From Michigan and I have seen deer, black widow spiders, brown recluse spiders, coyotes, wolves, foxes, brown and black bears, and Bald Eagles that would snatch up a small dog.
I'm in Northern Michigan. I also retired from the DNR. There are no brown bears in Michigan except at the Detroit zoo.
@@scottmiller897Yogi and Boo Boo at the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids would like to have a word with you.
@@scottmiller897 hmmh. Thank you. I thought for sure we had one in St. Helen Michigan. Thank you for the information.
@@dawnkaroub7153 I am about 100 miles north of you between Alanson and Pellston.
I grew up in a small town in the middle of nowhere. I grew up with rattlers and coyotes being the main nuisances but I've seen cougars, bobcats, and a bear went through the town once. Oh and we had farmland on all sides so horses and cows were always getting in and messing up the garden. Typically as long as you aren't dumb and respect any animals/critters near you, you'll be perfectly safe.
Friends of mine in North Carolina complain that there are not enough signs around ponds and streams warning tourists of alligators. So be careful! The same goes for Georgia and Florida. The Gators come out onto your driveway or parking lots when there's rain and they get flooded out.
Florida rule: If there's deep water, there's probably a gator.
Florida resident here.. rattle snake wrapped around the air conditioner fan cooking 😮alligator in the pond out back as I write this and a few yrs ago had to stop the car as a black panther crossed in front of me. That one was unexpected and unnerved me a little, also had a family of wild boar that roamed the neighborhood lol
Yup. Where I live in California we have rattlesnakes and Black Widows. To be honest, I've never had a rattlesnake in my yard, but ive had hundreds of Black Widows. We have had Black Bears and mountain lions come down from our foothills. Coyotes live here, but they avoid us. I've only seen two in the 40 years I've lived here. They just looked at me while I froze in place. Then they trotted away.
I live in the province of Ontario, Canada in a small rural town. At the front of the house we have a small room for our jackets and shoes and also where we store trash short term. One night, we woke up to the sound of growling. Upon investigation, there was a black bear in our house eating the trash. It had ripped apart our window frame and came in through a broken window. We also had a moose eating from our crab apple tree in our back yard.
I saw a black bear in my yard about two months ago, here in Powhatan, Virginia. Multiple copperheads in Virginia, North Carolina (lived there 16 years) and at home in Upstate New York. Saw many, many, many bears in the Adirondacks. Saw a timber rattler in Cranberry Lake, NY in or about 1977. Saw a copperhead in my father’s garage in or about 1988, in Natural Bridge, NY. Have seven deer who come raid my bird feeders every day. Have seen multiple alligators in North & South Carolina, Georgi, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana. Yet, I will make it to my 60th birthday if I live 15 more days. 🤣
I live in a desert state that is an “open range” state. What that means is cattle can roam all over. They came into my yard because they can smell the water and started chewing things up. They chewed the wires to my AC unit, crapped EVERYWHERE, were just a huge pain in the butt and pocket book. I had to fence them out just to stay cool from the heat. Not to mention driving the dogs crazy.
A coyote stole my outdoor cat off my back porch at 3 in the morning. I chased it through the woods for about a half an acre and lost. 💔🐾
Years ago, I had an apartment in West Palm, FL. It was on the shore of the city reservoir. I wondered to the back of the property to view the beautiful lake (reservoir) and found 2 signs setting off the shore in the water. The large sign said not to swim in the reservoir, and the 2nd much smaller sign said - Gator in Lake! Stay out! - in small print. And the gator was a huge one that had been there for years.
As far as critters hanging around property, Australia and Africa is way scarier.
Coyotes and snakes and spiders are most common around here. There are deer but don't see them often. We live right next to a canyon with a protected park so the animals tend to roam around. I saw a herd of killer rabbits when we first moved in...but apparently they were just passing thru'.
No shit Sherlock
Growing up in Pennsylvania, I've had Rattlesnakes, Copperhead snakes, black bear, and the occasional Cougar. Once, when I was about 7 years old, we had to stay in the house because there was a black panther in the neighborhood, but it had escaped from a circus.
woke up one morning while camping feeling something weird by my feet. I slowly unzipped then I crawled out of my sleeping bag, then took a couple steps back and let the rattlesnake exit
I live in a small city outside of Buffalo, NY. Behind my house are children's baseball diamonds & soccer fields. I've seen deer, fox, coyote, skunk, woodchucks & hawks. We also have Canadian geese, Blue Jays, Cardinals, Finch, Woodpeckers and your average birds. It's a zoo out there LOL
The scariest thing I seen in my back yard was my ex wife!
I live in a maritime Forrest on the coast of NC. In my back yard I have seen deer, coyotes, black bears, eastern diamond and pygmy rattlesnakes, copperhead, and water moccasin snakes, black widow spiders, fox, otters, raccoons, and many more non lethal critters. Not in my yard but close by you can find alligators as well!
We do not have panda bears in America unless in a zoo. They are from China.
I live in West Texas (high plains and very arid, but we get cold weather in winter) - I've come close to armadillos, possums, foxes, owls, jack rabbits, prairie dogs, as well as rattlesnakes, brown recluse spiders, and tarantulas in the wild (I live in an apartment, so no back yard). And my husband found a scorpion in a bathroom at his work.
I really hope it doesn't scare you so much that you change your mind about coming to America.
I remember when I lived in Florida, there was a panther than was at our back door one night. It didn’t kill the two cats outside but it did stare at me through the door. I still get nightmares sometimes to this day. Of course I was like 10 at the time.
RE: Rattle snakes - While living in Southern California; a friend and I came within 5 ft/1.524M of one coiled under a car. My mom (R.I.P.) chopped off the head of one with a shovel, in our backyard. A neighbor down the street found one wrapped around an outside water spicket. We lived in a new housing development where construction was ongoing for a few years, it took a while for the snakes to find new homes for themselves.
I live in Tucson, Arizona. We had five acres in the foothills. It was common to see rattlers, bobcats, javelina, coyotes, scorpions and poisonous spiders. Just another day in the southwest!
I grew up in South Georgia and now live in NC mountains so Ive had everything from gators, rattlers, water moccasins and coral snakes to bobcats and bears wind up in my backyards. The only ones that ever worried me were the snakes though. My daughter's school once had to call all the parents to come get their kids early because a mama bear and her babies decided to cop a squat in one of the trees in front of the school for the day.
I walked off my front porch and almost stepped on a copperhead (snake).
Coyotes are multiplying and are inhabiting places you wouldn’t think they would, like Central Park in New York City. What is scary is hearing a pack of them vocalizing. It’s not quite a howl, it’s more like yipping for a lack of a better word. It is an eerie, scary sounding.
The only panda bears we have are in zoos. He was telling you all the types of bears there are.
I'm in rural Colorado and I love my resident pack of coyotes. They could be heard nearly every night and it was fun learning what different sounds they could make. They've moved on but every now and then I they still come around. Love their night songs! ❤
In my back yard outside of Austin, Texas were rattlesnakes, coyotes, cotton mouth water moccasins. In northeast Texas, coyotes and bobcats, although a black bear was filmed only 5 to 10 miles from here a few years ago.
I live in a small cabin in the Rocky Mountains. I have seen rattlesnakes, tarantula, scorpions, Mountain lions, brown bears, black bears, coyotes, eagles, owls, and bobcats all in my yard in 3 years. Also 10 inch rats measured without the tail
I live in Colorado now, but have lived all over the US. Here I've seen foxes, coyotes, tons of deer and antelope, and while riding my motorcycle had a bird drop a snake about 30 feet in front of me.
I live on a ranch and have seen plenty of wildlife, like coyotes and black widows. I haven’t personally seen one, but in our community chat, a neighbor warned us about a mountain lion spotted nearby. The issue seems to have resolved, though. For me, the worst experience was a black widow getting into my room after I left a window open without a screen. It bit my cat, and she developed an abscess that almost cost her life. Now I check for spiders often, especially since my cat loves chasing bugs. Lesson learned!
The best part about these types of videos is just knowing that we have an unofficial store mascot at the restaurant i work at which is an alligator that lives in the retention pond behind the restaurant which is also where we smoke.
Not even 2 hours ago I myself and two coworkers were sharing a joint while an alligator was laying, and I'm not exaggerating 15 feet (4 meters away) and we were just laughing and chilling with it
I live in the largest town of a rural county, I've had deer in my front yard. It's not unheard of to have postings of cougar and coyotes in the outskirts of town.
The house I grew up in was in the woods, we had a black bear show up once, it wasn't scared of our guardian dog so Dad had to put it down.
I live in New England. Black Bears are the only thing I've seen in 60 years that got my heart pumping. I hear coyotes ever night but don't see them. 9:34
During the pandemic, the coyotes started coming down from the hills and deep into cities, as the streets were completely empty. One morning my sister told me that the dogs were barking, so she opened the front door, and both dogs ran out. 1 came back when called, the other was attacked by 3 coyotes. Her husband chased them off, but it was too late. Coyotes always hunt in packs, and are similar to foxes, just a little larger.
I live in a small town in the Berkshires in Massachusetts, close to downtown. Frequently there are black bears in my neighborhood and backyard. There’s never been a problem other than them making a mess with the trash. I love seeing them and once I was walking and came face to face with one. We looked at each other and then the bear turned around and went into the woods.
When I lived in Southern California, I saw a mountain lion in the hill right behind my house. A few days later, two of them pulled bikers off their bikes on a nearby trail. Two bikers died. I now live in west Las Vegas and within 2 months of moving here, had 4 different scorpions in my house. I now have monthly pest control treatment and haven’t seen any since. We have mountain lions & coyotes here, too. Just part of living in the desert.
I've dealt with deadly snakes, spiders, gators, coyotes, and yes scorpions too. One place I lived, in Las Vegas, we found scorpions throughout our house almost on a daily basis. When you pull back your shower curtain, and there are scorpions, yes multiple, in the bath, you're just relieved they weren't in your shoes that day.
I live in the high desert of Nevada and have had about half of these in my yard at one time or the other. I had a herd of wild horses in my backyard when I left for work this morning.
We were surprised by a peacock in our back yard several years ago. We live in an established residential subdivision and we didn't know of any peacocks anywhere in this area. Also, there was a puma recorded on a security camera in someone's patio only about a mile away. I always have a long handled shovel nearby when I go into my back yard. I keep my shovel blades sharpened.
Last week a young relative was bitten by a rattle snake. She was taken to local hospital then flown to Kansas City for treatment. Anti venom worked and she has now returned home. Thank goodness for life flights. The distance between hospitals about 350 miles.
I grew up in Texas in the country. We had rattle snakes, coral snakes, copperhead snakes, water moccasins snakes and coyotes. I always watched where I was stepping. We saw rattle snakes that were 6-8 feet long.
They don't come in my back yard because of our fence, but we have coyotes and a bobcat in the neighborhood. They only really come through really late at night though, haven't seen them during the day but you can see their tracks in the creek behind us.
I’m in Florida and see gators often. Snakes occasionally. Sharks occasionally. Deer often. Coyote occasionally. When I travel to Yellowstone, you see all sorts of animals including bear and wolves.
I live in western Washington, 40 mins east of Seattle in the foot hills. This spring and summer we had 2-3 bears in our yard each week. We have a lot of coyotes and some cougars. 🤞🏻I haven’t seen a cougar and, thankfully, we have only seen the bears and coyotes from inside the house. We do have a lot of deer. We’ve kind of gotten to know each other. 😍
I have brown recluse and black widow spiders most of the year, as well as hobo spider. We also have a family of deer that bed down in our yard. But, the deadliest were about 7 or 8 baby cotton mouth spiders. Although, when I was little and lived in Florida, we had a swale that a large male gator lived in. It made some really cool noises at night. My Dad said that it was about 8 ft long.
I stepped out of the woodshed once and almost tread upon the tail end of a timber rattlesnake slipping under the steps. They're easy to find; they are usually found in the leaves and they look like leaves.