‘Murica baby home of the brave land of drunken idiots lol I can say that I’m American and have participated in my fare share of stupid shit while drinking
"I've only ever seen a praying mantis in the zoo." *me, flashing back to the house in colorado where our yard was basically infested with praying mantises* "what?"
Ive had praying mantises somehow get inside my house before and had to gently move them out with sticks and plastic and stuff. Ive seen one kill and eat a lizard when i was little. I dont screw with them with my bare hands (ive gotten enough injuries from being stupid), but i love to sit and watch them. There was a time that they were endangered in my state. My grandmother used to keep them as pets and breed and release them when my mom was little. I think i inherited my love for them from her. But that memory of seeing one kill and eat that lizard will always stick with me, and i wont handling them bare handed anytime soon. But they are amazing hunters, the perfect ninjas, able to stalk and kill their prey before it even realizes, or defend itself from most of their predators. Thats how that lizard bit the dust... Tried to eat the mantis and lost, and got eaten in turn.
Yeah best to stay out of the swamps you even need to be careful in our creeks and lakes up here in Virginia. No we don't have gators but we do have the snapping turtles and water moccasins as well as leaches. Also the creek water isn't all that safe to drink considering many creeks flow through cow pastures so try to avoid swallowing any of it. My son and his friends can tell you just how much fun giardia is after drinking creek water while on a hike.
Yeah when I was living in Florida there was a man who seeing gators across the Suwanee from his house decided taking a daily swim was his best response.After a year or so the gator decided to take a bite of him flailing around as he went passed.The locals decided gators were dangerous because they obviously were out hunting down humans so they banded and went up and down the river slaughtering them.People who are born without common sense should not live near wild animals, contrarily these people tend to want to move near the wild cause it's so beautiful.So they clear out forests build a McMansion,notice mosquitos bomb the place with pesticides ,have bears racoons and possums in their unsecured trash so they set steel jaw traps and buy guns to blast the hell out of them and after they've slaughtered every last animal bird insect and plants move because it's no longer wild.Nature is not a Disney production.
I know!! When he made the comment about “swimming in a swamp” I FROZE!! Never have I considered that ANYONE would think about doing that!!! So glad Shaun caught Barbaracarol 4’s note - STAY AWAY!!!
We have jimson weed in Indiana. It grows naturally. People use it for psychedelic trips. However, the intensity can vary from each plant. A lot of have died from it.
7:48 - wolverines are VERY nasty, foul tempered, and tenacious. If you put a fit two hundred pound man in a closed room with a 40 pound wolverine, the only thing walking out is a 240 pound wolverine. Obviously, I'm exaggerating a bit... But I have no confidence in my ability to take on a wolverine bare handed without serious, life threatening injury.
Colorado resident here. I'd add elk for the list too. They're right under moose in size and aren't afraid of people. Also Florida has crocodiles and giant iguanas.
THEN00BI3ST N00B I don’t know if they have a bounty on them. It may depend on the state and how many there are there. My family kills them on their own land.
The smell of skunks is hard to get rid of and you have to figure how to get the smell off and if your pet gets sprayed they cry. Three baths later still stinky.
@@thomasdevine867 I was about to suggest tomato juice when I read you beating me to the punch. It will eventually wear off, but it's a tough one for sure...I bet vets +groomers would have products that work better tho.
The murder hornets are nicknamed that because of their destruction of honey bees..... we also have another large cat, many don't realize we have jaguars, rare to see, but they are here in Texas at least
If they keep traveling south they will reach killer bee territory, murder hornets have never encountered a killer bee hive, I suspect the hornets will be in for a rude awakening.
@@nateman10 Don't mistake the chill nature of European honey bees, to killer bees, the 1st killer bee that gets his head ripped off near the hive will release the alarm pheromone, and the hive will swarm out in mass aggressively attacking anything near the hive that's not a bee. My money is on the killer bees.
I legitimately sat and listened and wondered what exactly he was hearing until I realized he was talking about the crickets and I laughed so hard. It's become so hardwired in my mind that I didn't even register the noise at first.
More dangerous than some of those mentioned: 1. copperhead snakes. Rattlesnakes rattle to warn you. Copperheads just lay three and don't move, looking just like some dried leaves on the ground, and bite when you step too close. 2. water moccasins, or cottonmouths. These snakes can be very aggressive. I've had one come right at me when I stepped out of a car to watch it cross a road.
I had a mother cottonmouth chase me when fishing with my mom and nephews. Mom's instincts told her there was something there but 5 year old me forgot and as I did my last cast that day I saw a flicker of leaves move and a pale hissing mouth that disappeared as the leaves started moving closer to me. This all happened very quickly and I booked it. I ran and crawled under the barbed wire fence we had up to keep cows out of the water. My mom's sweat pants caught on the barbed wire when she swung her leg over and yelled "GO ON WITHOUT ME!" The danger was passed though because the snake didn't want to get "too far" from it's nest (which was still a lot further away than I like because of how little room there was at that pond).
Copperheads aren't actually that venomous. It's going to suck lots if you get bit, but you're more likely to die from the antivenin than the actual bite. As for cottonmouths, several species of water snake are mistaken for them frequently. And they are known for their threat display where they coil up and sit there with their mouth open, and their mouth is pale in color, hence cottonmouth. My class in college went out catching them. They tried to escape and when they couldn't, coiled up and did that threat display. They were very happy to be released.
We actually did have to reintroduce wolves in the US because we had a similar over hunting situation that led to the deer populations rising without such a vital predator keeping them under control. The effects of the hunting are still felt to this day.
The Kansas City metropolitan area has had huge deer population explosions over the last several decades, to the point where several years ago, archery deer hunting seasons were opened in some of the suburbs around Kansas City (primarily Lee's Summit, MO, but I heard that other communities were also allowing it.)
I was told that the last hunting season hasn't even touched the over-population of deer in Michigan. They are probably going to extend the hunting season at the end of this year. We always have at least 3 deer in our freezer for the winter, so hopefully we'll have 1 or 2 more.
People were worried about what would happen when wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone national park. They thought the wolves would drastically decrease the number of wild animals people are used to seeing there. The populations of those prey animals actually increased because the wolves did what they do, take out the weak links.
dude I live in NYC and my college campus has so many deer it's like they're our classmates especially during certain times of the year. one night I was walking and it was so dark I didnt see that I was about to cut through a field and walk into a group of them until one younger one ran off. made me jump but like... I was running late and across the grass is a shortcut so I kept going lol. I was just a bit more cautious. my point is, there is MAJOR overpopulation of deer and I dont think the wolves or extended hunting seasons are helping much yet. we've got deer swimming back and forth over to us from the part of Jersey that's closest to my borough and kids from other boroughs like Manhattan and Brooklyn are always so facisnated by them (and our turkeys) and I'm always like yeah we get the rats and pigeons AND the deer :/ that's what we get for being the most woodsy borough in nyc
@@CertifiedSunset as a Floridian that has been chased by a coyote, face to face with alligators, had a bear and a cougar in my yard, and have walked through more banana spiders and stepped on more snakes than I care to count, I'm terrified to go to Australia. Just, no. I'm not fuckin with no drop bear
Arizona easily tops Australia. Deadly scorpions, killer bees, giant cats that live in the fucking MOUNTAINS, and the needle trees. Holy fuck, the needle trees.
First time I went to Alaska, we landed in Anchorage and we got our rental car and headed towards the Kenai. On the outskirts of the city, we passed a McDonald’s and there was a bull moose standing on the hood of a car in the parking lot. Thought we were in a different world.
We have bull sharks in the Neuse (pronounced Noose or Nyoose) River in my hometown of New Bern, NC, (the water is very brackish due to it having a very wide estuarine opening into the Atlantic Ocean, even wider than the Mississippi). there are also alligators, water moccasins, and snapping turtles...I can't believe I used to swim in it as a child! I barely even wade in it now.
Edisto river in South Carolina is a place we use to hunt Angustidens fossilized shark teeth in black water. Bull sharks were terrible there . Put me back on the boat in less than 10 minutes.
To give you an image of just how big a Moose truly is. I'm six foot. A few months ago, I came across a taxidermied Moose. The very top of my head barely even came half way up it's shoulder. These things can get up to 7ft tall (at the shoulder), and close to 10ft long (from nose to tail)!
Praying mantis will kill hummingbirds. But they are harmless to people. I had one in my bedroom once--it was on my lamp, waving at me as though hailing a cab. So I took him outside and let him go.
@@nateman10 Those barbs are a little pointy and I imagine if they were swung fast enough it could be uncomfortable to bear skin. To fur I'm going to guess it's a no. He could perceive the strikes as dangerous. It could also be that he being a hunter has found a perceived "worth pray", kind of like when the Sci-fi Predator fights Alien. Also some cats do like to show off for their owners and maybe he is showing you how a real cat handles scary monsters.
@@Miesque1973 Yes, I walked into a Walgreens once, and the cashier was freaking out because a Praying Mantis had made its way into the store. I just put my hand down near it, and she climbed right up, so I took her outside. They won't do anything to people.
I have a pet praying mantis living in my window. She eats all bugs her size or smaller. She is more shy than others I've had in the past. I have some babies I'm keeping in containers until they are big enough to stand a decent chance on their own. I hope to get at least one successful mating. Praying mantis is a fun pet to have.
@@kimberlygabaldon3260 I grew up around snakes and lizards and turtles, so a praying mantis is nothing to get het up about. I understand people and their fears, though, but I've seen people go nuts over teeny baby geckos, which are beyond adorable. Of course, my views on scorpions are less charitable and even rather vindictive.
Africanized bees are worse than the Asian giant hornets by a long shot and while the Giant hornets have a death count, it’s similar to the Black widow one, it’s due to people having an allergic reaction to the venom, of course they will swarm, but they won’t bother you if you don’t mess with them, unlike the Africanized fellas who attack anything that gets within a certain distance of their nest, will chase it down, and keep attacking even after the creature is dead!! They are a literal killer hybrid, and I am so glad they expand slowly as compared to other species!!
@@thejestor9378 the africanized bees if there out foraging will leave you alone if you leave them alone, like regular bees, it's when you disturb the hive, like mowing the lawn underneath one in a tree, when they mob you and chase you down for a mile
This makes me wonder, while "Murder Hornets" can plow through a hive of regular honeybees without problem, but how would they do against Africanized bees? I don't think one can simply assume that those bees would be such an easy target.
Wolverines are dangerous because their claws are the size of bear claws and are every bit as sharp. They stay away from people as a whole. Another animal that is similar to the wolverine is a badger.
Badgers apparently can be pretty aggressive but I've only ever seen them in zoos, when though I live in Wisconsin , the Badger State. I saw a skunk earlier this year . Not deadly but you don't want to get attacked by one!
I saw footage from a wildlife camera where a wolverine fights a black bear twice its size and actually causes the bear to run away. It actually climbs a tree after the bear, and I shocking saw a wolverine in Dublin, California.
@@Eowynnofrohan When I was a kid, my grandparents had a place right on the edge of the woods, with a large field below. Their neighbors kept horses in the field. One day one of the horses stepped in a badger hole and the badger attacked the horse. It absolutely destroyed it. shredded one leg completely down to the bone, and just tore it up all over. They had to shoot the horse because there was no way it would survive.
When you came to Texas, you came to the best locations. DFW ( Dallas/Fort Worth) gives you the best of the city and the best of the West. Land mass wise, from Fort Worth it takes 12 hours to drive to New Mexico in the West, 12 hours South to Mexico, 5 hours East to Louisiana, 1.5 hours North to Oklahoma and 6 hours to Amarillo in the panhandle. If you want to see everything in Texas, you need to plan on 4 or 5 weeks and rent a car. We would love to have you back.
A bit about wolves: Wolves historically had vast state crossing territories, they are unloved by ranchers and homesteads urban-to-cabin and those who love making money on fairways. A lone wolf thrown from the pack is usually more unnerving because it is hunting alone and is in complete survival mode, a pack leader would call off a hunt if the target proves too much energy to expend for the pack and den, whereas a lone wolf runs on eat and eat more or die adrenaline power (definitely not a Husky). It was often the lone wolf that scared the American settlers and growing population so much that they took it out on the entire local pack even though the pack threw it out to begin with. Of course it was that beautiful nature that you experienced that was the biggest danger for the wolf. They lived there, but, humans wanted to live there more. The wolves (and Lynx which is pretty much a unicorn to spot) probably would have become entirely extinct if they didn't have open land in Canada to flee towards. *exact facts maybe a bit out of date there is a lot of new stuff coming out all the time.
There is a bit more to it than that. Packs will take out farmer's animals. Historically, and even today. Not just the lone wolf. Also, I think there is something to the fear when people were on horseback. A tied up animal is rather attractive. So, horses may have drawn them in. Replacing your mode of transportation again and again because of wolves would cause a lot of problems.
So you are saying Canada ,a country just Noth of the US ,has managed to allow wolves to exist with in their borders and they haven't killed every horse,chicken,child,cat and dog ? WOW Maybe Rhiahl out to find out how they do that??
Yeah that's the real threat. Of course, being stung by one would suck. However, them hurting an already suffering honeybee population would be catestrophic!
Nothing to be worried about they aren't here in numbers the mass hysteria the media tried to push was over a dead one they found that came over on a ship. Our honeybees are fine
@@LBetsy326 that isn't true Japanese bees have built up a defense system over hundreds of years to protect themselves. Our bees in the us would be screwed they don't have that defense and wouldn't be able to adapt fast enough....don't worry though we don't have murder hornets here there was one found dead and that is what all the panick was about
@@TheBiggestMoronYouKnow they are actually found all over asia even in some of the farthest eastern parts of russia the ones in japan are just the ones most talked about
When they reintroduced wolves to Yellowstone National Park in the United States they really helped the landscape and ecosystem.They made such a positive impact on the park.
Interesting fact about wild boar: the tusks are about the same height as an adult's femoral artery, and they can cut more than deep enough to sever it.
According to Google - Highland cows are known for the high butterfat content of their milk and the quality of their meat. Consequently, in times gone by, they were kept as house cows for milk and meat. Highland cows are slow maturing, their meat is fine textured, tender, and succulent.
Wolverines are infamous for fighting to the death against much larger predators. So people's attitude towards them is more one of underdog admiration than fear.
Hey Shaun! born and raised in Texas here. traced my roots to Scotland and felt the most intense connection with Edinburgh, been twice so far, all up and down the royal mile
@@shaunvlog I learned that my family line traces back to Lord Blackwood of Queen Mary of Scots' privy council. I'm a direct descendant. So that's pretty cool. Never been to Scotland, but I'd like to someday.
Aw, I live about two hours from that area of NC (over the border into SC), and that's exactly what my backyard (first minute of the video) sounds like from spring to late fall
My granddaddy used to have a dairy and if they saw a poisonous snake, they would grab it by the tail and sling it into the hog pen and they would devour it in a flash.
They eat everything but teeth. If someone WAS to dispose of a body via Miss Piggy you have to pull and grind the teeth to powder before you feed your pig the body
New Mexico's name actually predates not only its conquest by the US but even the independence of Mexico. The name Mexico originally referred to Mexico City as the capital of the Spanish colony of New Spain. New Mexico was named after Mexico City during the Spanish colonial era.
I'm near Boone, NC... My husband has seen a blk panther. He's from the mtns. Played in these mtns, hiked, fished, hunted and knows the animals. If he says he saw one, they're around. Im good. Don't need to see it. Lol
Moose are not on the prowl for humans. They are dangerous because of their size. Also, they can get a parasite in the brain that can make them a bit crazy and unpredictable. I was charged by one on my way to school when I was about 10 years old. 😁
Wyoming moose : Male Wyoming moose can grow to 7 feet (2.1m) tall at the shoulder and can be 10 feet (3m) in length. another thing about moose... they are some good eating
Oh the sounds in the background from the Carolinas sounds like crickets and cicadas! They’re the sounds of deep summer! I love the sound of cicadas - just as long as they stay away from me 😂. We have them in NJ and I always find those sounds of the summer evening so soothing 🤗
Wolverines are INCREDIBLY dangerous to pick a fight with, but people have very little reason to pick a fight with one and vice versa. They're strong, fearless, and tenacious. Nothing fights a wolverine because all animals know better. And the ones that don't learn quickly. So that's probably why the injuries or deaths from them are so low.
There’s no hunting season on feral hogs. You can hunt them any time here in Florida. Their rooting is highly destructive, and if you hit one with your car it’ll flip your car.
We had a herd, or whatever you call them as a pack, that I had seen often on our neighbors property and they have a lot of acreage with a horse pasture. They were massively huge, several massive ones and a bunch of other that ranged in different sizes. They were seen hanging out right between the house and the horse pasture. Not too long ago I heard a bunch of gun shots coming from that side and I have never seen them again so I dont know if they took out the herd or if they moved on. They are extremely nasty dangerous and destructive animals and good eaten dry rubbed or brined and smoked on a smoker.
@0:36 That's a "Katydid", it's akin to the Grasshopper and harmless. In Texas, we have a variant on the Common Stinkbug called The Texas Stinkbug. It's exoskeleton is shaped slightly differently compared to the common one so I refer to it as a "Crossover Utility Stinkbug".
I've seen moose in the wild while hiking. The biggest problem with moose are either tourists getting too close and forgetting these are wild animals or the same with deer and cars. I also have one more for your list if you get yourself to California and that's sharks. Hammerheads cause some problems, but it's mostly the Great Whites which might cause trouble. Attacks are rare but a surfer recently got killed. They're just something to keep in mind. However, thanks for answering my question! Hope you get a chance to see that wild cat or one day an eagle! Really enjoyed this! Thanks again Shaun!
Also their height and so much mass above their shoulders. When you hit one in all but one tonne trucks - you sweep their legs and they take out the A and B pillars decapitating the occupants. The moose stays stationary and you rip the top of the car off. Tree planting in northern BC - we would lose someone every year.
Wolves have been reintroduced into the Yellowstone area and have somewhere around 11 packs now with close to 100 total animals. Also they can be found in parts of Maine, Oregon, and Washington state.
You know, you were talking about Cougars being the big cat in America, but we had a Jaguar come live in Arizona or New Mexico a few years back. Those are pretty deadly.
I knew the biologist who was in front of Montana's wolf reintroduction program in Yellowstone and Glacier Park. I deeply appreciate your work here to educate us. Your information seems spot-on.
America has an apex predator to the murder hornet, the mantis. Almost every state has a kind of mantis. The best thing you can do is get aquanted with what European Hornets and cicada hornets look like. So that if you actually SEE a murder hornet you can report it. Up in Washington they've been tracking down nests and exterminating them ASAP. There are a lot of apex predator insects in America. Our hornets and wasps play a really big part in making the ecosystem work! Do not kill our hornets and wasps if you don't have to! They are excellent pollinators and kill mosquitoes🦟.
@@richardm3023 depends on how you read their comment. they aren't wrong in their use of "immigrating" when you consider they mean immigrating to Scotland. you just simply decided to read it as emmigrating from Canada.
There are several large packs moving west and south from Yellowstone. I grew up in Pendleton Oregon and Friends of mine have had encounters and killed Wolves in the Blue Mountains east of Pendleton. Big wolves too, apparently they introduced Canadian Gray wolves in Yellowstone and they mixed with the native timber wolves so were getting massive timber wolf colored gray wolves in massive packs moving into Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon... fun times.
I don't know if someone else has covered this but watch out for snapping turtles in even the mid-Atlantic states as well. From PA and they're common enough here
Scorpions, Copperhead snakes, and coral snakes should make a future list. Copperheads are in the same genus as cottonmouths. Coral snakes are distantly related to Cobras. Their venom is pretty dangerous but they are so small, they don't tend get a good bite on you through clothes.
A bobcat is a "North American Lynx" to those of a taxonomical bent. But, because of the short tiny tail, were called "bobbed cat" by settlers which became "bobcat" over time. ..... channeling my inner pedant.
Just gonna tell you, wolves are in a lot more places than the north. Grey wolves, more specifically the Mexican Grey wolf or the “lobo” is native to the Southwest part of the US. It’s actually a bit of a special animal to my town (I live in Albuquerque) because our university’s mascot is the lobo. There’s also a lot of grey wolves in Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah, etc.
There’s talk in Wisconsin of having an actual wolf season because they’re making such a good comeback and beginning to endanger livestock. With dog breeds like “Irish wolf hounds” I can see why people would think your island may have wolves. I believe they were hunted to extinction.
In Mnnesota there was a minor kerfuffle in 2019 when wolf numbers were high enough, or close to it, to have them taken off the endangered species list. There's a LOT of controversy around it. Ranchers and farmers don't want their stock depleted, some hunters would just love to go bag themselves another badass animal (besides bear), and the DNR could sell hunting licenses. Others want to see wolf packs sustained as natural predators to our overabundant deer population and as a natural benefit to the entire ecosystem, and a select few understand that in order to survive and be healthy, pack numbers have to maintain a certain level which is always going to encounter opposition. On Isle Royal in Lake Superior where ranching and hunting aren't at issue, there have been problems keeping a pack going due to inbreeding, climate change, disease and problems with their prey and its habitat. A certain level of hysteria around wolves stubbornly hangs on, despite decades of public education provided by a number of well respected organizations and advocates. As far back as 1993 police in Minneapolis killed a man's pet German Shepherd thinking it was a wolf, shot up to 15 times. The likelihood of a wolf running loose in a city of 363K people (in 1993) is thoroughly ridiculous to say the least, but mistakes like this still occur from time to time. In northern parts of the state there are occasional wolf attacks on dogs. So if Scotland is ever going to consider reintroducing wolves, these some things are worth considering.
Jedonai: Yep, they sure do exist all the way down to Florida, the Panhandle, at least. When my husband was hunting out at his plant (they back up to the woods and hunting areas of Eglin AFB, he would have to watch for both wolves and coyotes when he downed a deer. They would take it if they could get there first.
Most states in the USA which have forests also are home to wolves. Several species ARE endangered. However, the more common wolves are not. They are nearly silent, patient pack hunters......they will typically avoid humans, fortunately. Evidently we are too noisy and our scent is strange to them, so they rarely go near cities and towns. Though if the pack is hungry enough, they will attack humans and go into towns. They are very efficient killers. And despite what Shaun thinks, they aren't just like dogs. They are prehistoric dogs.....about 1.5 to 2 times the size of a Siberian Husky. I've actually been close to wolves before.....they are very intimidatingly large and strong. Wolf-hybrid dogs are equally huge, though have a better temperament.....I have a friend who had one, got to play with it. Well, I think it was more it playing with me......dragged me around the yard by a tug-o-war rope toy. Was about 4 feet long, nose to rear, not counting the tail....about 3 feet high at the shoulders.
@@heliumphoenix, I'm a dog trainer, and the number of people claiming they own wolf-hybrids make me laugh. Most of the time, I have to inform them that their 70lb fluffy dog that come up to the hip (the top of the head, not the withers) is probably not a hybrid. Unless the wolf is several generations removed, it takes a special kind of person to safely own a true hybrid. I also have to inform them that it's not a good idea to go about claiming that, because hybrids are illegal to own in a lot of places. because the rabies vaccine hasn't been proved to work in wolves or hybrids. You can also usually tell by their eyes. Dogs and wolves have differently shaped eyes.
Wolves aren't found everywhere in America, they're only really found in Alaska, the northern Great Lakes region, the northern Rocky Mountains, parts of the Pacific Northwest, and parts of the southwest. A different species of wolf, the Red Wolf, also can be found in a few parts of the southeast, but they're very rare. Coyotes, on the other hand, are smaller than wolves but far more widespread and common. Coyotes are an entirely separate species though.
There are wolves in most of our northern and western states. There are red wolves and grey wolves. Related to the cougar is the panther, found in some of our southern states. The black scorpion found in the western deserts are poisonous.
Bobcats are a rare sight mainly because they are nocturnal, spend a lot of times in the trees and are shy cats. I actually saw a recent one killed by a car. 😕
Bobcats are prevalent in Eastern Kentucky. Had one attack me and 6 family members on a trail in broad day light. They are not that shy here. And there paws are massive for there overall size. There no joke in Kentucky.
My mom found an orphaned "kitten" or so she thought once..took it to our vet. It was a lynx and bobcat mix. He said it was more "common" that people think. He was awesome. My mom still has a bobcat, we find them on the farm quite a bit actually about 1 every 2 years or so. And we have several cougars or as some folks call them black panthers. It's actually pretty cool there are 3 or 4 that travel through often.
I know in Pennsylvania, we have red velvet ants. My friend and I saw one on her porch and we were TERRIFIED. Thry're also called Cow Killer Ants. Big, red, fuzzy wasps!
Claire fought a wolf in the first Outlander book! There’s also a wolf conservation in Scotland. In America we reintroduced wolves in Yosemite and it helped the environment in a crazy way!
we have wolves in pretty much all rocky mountains state, they were re-introduced in some. montant, idaho, az, new mexico, wyoming, colorado california, nevada, minnisota, mexican wolves in texas, we also have jaguars in the south west, texas, new mexico, arizona,
after the pandemic visit Gatorland in Florida. They have white gators and albino ones too. including peacocks and many other species you can see thats in Florida.
On the west coast we have the Brown Recluse Spider. More dangerous than the Black Widow. just look up brown recluse spiders bites... ouch, if you keep your arm or leg.
KY is lousy with recluses and widows too. The widow isn't really that dangerous unless you have a heart condition. Lethal bites are extremely rare (like 2 in over 50 years rare). The recluse is an interesting one, since the venom causes your flesh to rot. For most people this results in a large brown circle and pain for a couple months and you're better. Still would much rather get bitten by a widow than a recluse. The only time you're going to lose a limb to a recluse is if you're allergic, which isn't uncommon.
Wolverines are extremely bad tempered but you don't see them that often. But never pick a fight with one--you will lose. Wolverines will never quit. They will fight a bear to the death--even if they themselves die. You just don't see them often so people don't interact with them that often.
When I lived in Alaska, my dad worked for the state building the Yukon highway. Sometimes I got to go out on a bulldozer with him. I had strict instructions to stay in the cab. He carried a rifle and a handgun. I saw caribou, packs of wolfs and bears at various times. I was more afraid of the Canadian geese that chased me and bit my bum as I ran from them.
SHARKS! Every summer here in Massachusettes, especially Cape cod we have constant Great white sightings on the shores. Lucky that more people are not injured or killed.
There are several snakes you could add like copperheads and water moccasins. I would be skeptical of reintroducing wolves in Scotland. The areas in the lower 48 we have them are very vast ranges making it so they don't interact with people often. Wolves do consider humans potential prey.
Shaun, I'm 62 years old, I've lived in the southeastern U.S. my entire life. We've had very large hornets since I was a child. There are two or three species that make large paper nests usually high up in the tree canopies. I had the misfortune of being stung by one that was an inch and a half long that made a baseball sized well on my arm.
4:17 we've seen wolves as far as the Ozarks near Missouri/Arkansas. Even the most popular Southern highschool football team in the area are called the Wolves. Wolves are pretty much all over the place out here so long as the temperature is somewhat cold
99% of snapping turtle injuries started with "Hold my beer".
‘Murica baby home of the brave land of drunken idiots lol I can say that I’m American and have participated in my fare share of stupid shit while drinking
"Hey dude watch this"
u dont gotta call me out like that so directly XD
Side note: we have them in Michigan, so I'm pretty sure they're in the northern states also.
Hilarious!!!!!!!!!~!
"I've only ever seen a praying mantis in the zoo."
*me, flashing back to the house in colorado where our yard was basically infested with praying mantises* "what?"
haha I had a praying mantis chilling on my windowsill when he mentioned that lol
I know, we had tons in Tennessee. Cicadas, frogs, crickets. All kinds of little critters.
Ive had praying mantises somehow get inside my house before and had to gently move them out with sticks and plastic and stuff. Ive seen one kill and eat a lizard when i was little. I dont screw with them with my bare hands (ive gotten enough injuries from being stupid), but i love to sit and watch them. There was a time that they were endangered in my state. My grandmother used to keep them as pets and breed and release them when my mom was little. I think i inherited my love for them from her. But that memory of seeing one kill and eat that lizard will always stick with me, and i wont handling them bare handed anytime soon. But they are amazing hunters, the perfect ninjas, able to stalk and kill their prey before it even realizes, or defend itself from most of their predators. Thats how that lizard bit the dust... Tried to eat the mantis and lost, and got eaten in turn.
If you look at one long enough, they'll turn their head and make eye contact.
I grew up in WI and I never saw 1 in the wild.
Please don't swim in the swamp
Barbaracarol 4 I shall take note 🐢🤣
Turtles, water moccasins and gators. In some areas, Burmese pythons.
Yeah best to stay out of the swamps you even need to be careful in our creeks and lakes up here in Virginia. No we don't have gators but we do have the snapping turtles and water moccasins as well as leaches. Also the creek water isn't all that safe to drink considering many creeks flow through cow pastures so try to avoid swallowing any of it. My son and his friends can tell you just how much fun giardia is after drinking creek water while on a hike.
Yeah when I was living in Florida there was a man who seeing gators across the Suwanee from his house decided taking a daily swim was his best response.After a year or so the gator decided to take a bite of him flailing around as he went passed.The locals decided gators were dangerous because they obviously were out hunting down humans so they banded and went up and down the river slaughtering them.People who are born without common sense should not live near wild animals, contrarily these people tend to want to move near the wild cause it's so beautiful.So they clear out forests build a McMansion,notice mosquitos bomb the place with pesticides ,have bears racoons and possums in their unsecured trash so they set steel jaw traps and buy guns to blast the hell out of them and after they've slaughtered every last animal bird insect and plants move because it's no longer wild.Nature is not a Disney production.
I know!! When he made the comment about “swimming in a swamp” I FROZE!! Never have I considered that ANYONE would think about doing that!!! So glad Shaun caught Barbaracarol 4’s note - STAY AWAY!!!
I'm stunned that scorpions were never brought up! Those things are evil lol
Exactly what I was thinking! Not quite as bad as a murder hornet, but just as evil and super painful.
I've read that the sting from a scorpion is very painful but not fatal. This might be why Shaun didn't put scorpions on his list.
Venomous = It bites you, Poisonous = You bite it.
We have jimson weed in Indiana. It grows naturally. People use it for psychedelic trips. However, the intensity can vary from each plant. A lot of have died from it.
@@GeographRick My late husband often talked about wanting to try jimson weed. I completely forgot about that until I read this post.
Tina Morris Stay away from it! The trips can last for days. About five years ago several teens tried it and many died.
Poisonous also means it can be absorbed through the skin.
Ellzee black poisonous can also be inhaled. Basically venom is just a specific type of poison that is injected
7:48 - wolverines are VERY nasty, foul tempered, and tenacious. If you put a fit two hundred pound man in a closed room with a 40 pound wolverine, the only thing walking out is a 240 pound wolverine.
Obviously, I'm exaggerating a bit... But I have no confidence in my ability to take on a wolverine bare handed without serious, life threatening injury.
They've been known to fight and win against black bears. They're made of pure hatred and sharp pointy bits.
Dude your not exaggerating these things can take down moose. You know something's up when ANYTHING can take on a moose.
Yeah, wolverines are freaky little bastards
Living in the Great Smokey Mountains of North Carolina, love hearing the crickets and if you think they're loud you should hear the cicadas.
Cicadas were hatching last summer in SW Missouri. Sounded like the gates of hell opened up.
Love cicadas summer.
Seriously 😳 lol
Live in Ga so many cicadas
Glad I live in Hawaii lol we only got crickets
Colorado resident here. I'd add elk for the list too. They're right under moose in size and aren't afraid of people. Also Florida has crocodiles and giant iguanas.
Wild hogs in Louisiana & Texas are extremely destructive too.
I have a friend that goes down to Texas every year to hunt hogs
THEN00BI3ST N00B Good. Tell him thank you. They are a menace.
@@louchat333 is it true that you get paid for killing hogs?
THEN00BI3ST N00B I don’t know if they have a bounty on them. It may depend on the state and how many there are there. My family kills them on their own land.
they get huge too
I still say Skunks deserve an honorable mention. They may not be fatal but they've made many people wish for death.
🎶 Dead skunk in the middle of the road 🎶
🦨🤭😭Don't get sprayed in the eyes.
The smell of skunks is hard to get rid of and you have to figure how to get the smell off and if your pet gets sprayed they cry. Three baths later still stinky.
@@lorisutherland7728 Try tomato juice, lots of it. Bathing in tomato juice is always the thing we do for being skunked.
@@thomasdevine867 I was about to suggest tomato juice when I read you beating me to the punch. It will eventually wear off, but it's a tough one for sure...I bet vets +groomers would have products that work better tho.
Swim in a swamp?? The only time anyone swims in a swamp, is when you fall out of a boat and try like hell to get back in :)
😂😂😂
From South Louisiana, we are swamp swimmers : )
grew up in a swamp, mum always yelled at me for not wearin shoes by telling me the snapping turtles would get my toes
If a full grown snapping turtle gets ahold of your wrist, say farewell to your hand.
At least it'll be a clean cut.
Those things were the bane of our existence as kids in TN. And water moccasins, copperheads and leeches. It’s a wonder we had so much fun 😂
The murder hornets are nicknamed that because of their destruction of honey bees..... we also have another large cat, many don't realize we have jaguars, rare to see, but they are here in Texas at least
If they keep traveling south they will reach killer bee territory, murder hornets have never encountered a killer bee hive, I suspect the hornets will be in for a rude awakening.
We have rare jaguar sighting here in Arizona too
@@kuramaismine I had heard they were migrating northward. They're original range is South and Central America.
@@nateman10 Don't mistake the chill nature of European honey bees, to killer bees, the 1st killer bee that gets his head ripped off near the hive will release the alarm pheromone, and the hive will swarm out in mass aggressively attacking anything near the hive that's not a bee. My money is on the killer bees.
Jaguars are in the E,Texas woods.
I legitimately sat and listened and wondered what exactly he was hearing until I realized he was talking about the crickets and I laughed so hard. It's become so hardwired in my mind that I didn't even register the noise at first.
More dangerous than some of those mentioned: 1. copperhead snakes. Rattlesnakes rattle to warn you. Copperheads just lay three and don't move, looking just like some dried leaves on the ground, and bite when you step too close. 2. water moccasins, or cottonmouths. These snakes can be very aggressive. I've had one come right at me when I stepped out of a car to watch it cross a road.
I had a mother cottonmouth chase me when fishing with my mom and nephews. Mom's instincts told her there was something there but 5 year old me forgot and as I did my last cast that day I saw a flicker of leaves move and a pale hissing mouth that disappeared as the leaves started moving closer to me. This all happened very quickly and I booked it. I ran and crawled under the barbed wire fence we had up to keep cows out of the water. My mom's sweat pants caught on the barbed wire when she swung her leg over and yelled "GO ON WITHOUT ME!" The danger was passed though because the snake didn't want to get "too far" from it's nest (which was still a lot further away than I like because of how little room there was at that pond).
You should go check out Orry Martin’s page. Look for his video about being chased by a cottonmouth.
Coral Snakes...Elapidiae...long as you don't mess with them it's ok, but...🤷♂️
Water Moccasins are the devil. Period, going swimming in a lake and seeing a water moccasin near the shore is raw terror
Copperheads aren't actually that venomous. It's going to suck lots if you get bit, but you're more likely to die from the antivenin than the actual bite. As for cottonmouths, several species of water snake are mistaken for them frequently. And they are known for their threat display where they coil up and sit there with their mouth open, and their mouth is pale in color, hence cottonmouth. My class in college went out catching them. They tried to escape and when they couldn't, coiled up and did that threat display. They were very happy to be released.
Moose, imagine a bison mixed with a deer.
We actually did have to reintroduce wolves in the US because we had a similar over hunting situation that led to the deer populations rising without such a vital predator keeping them under control. The effects of the hunting are still felt to this day.
Icemirror319 only recently have Wolves made a decent comeback in the states
The Kansas City metropolitan area has had huge deer population explosions over the last several decades, to the point where several years ago, archery deer hunting seasons were opened in some of the suburbs around Kansas City (primarily Lee's Summit, MO, but I heard that other communities were also allowing it.)
I was told that the last hunting season hasn't even touched the over-population of deer in Michigan. They are probably going to extend the hunting season at the end of this year. We always have at least 3 deer in our freezer for the winter, so hopefully we'll have 1 or 2 more.
People were worried about what would happen when wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone national park. They thought the wolves would drastically decrease the number of wild animals people are used to seeing there.
The populations of those prey animals actually increased because the wolves did what they do, take out the weak links.
dude I live in NYC and my college campus has so many deer it's like they're our classmates especially during certain times of the year. one night I was walking and it was so dark I didnt see that I was about to cut through a field and walk into a group of them until one younger one ran off. made me jump but like... I was running late and across the grass is a shortcut so I kept going lol. I was just a bit more cautious.
my point is, there is MAJOR overpopulation of deer and I dont think the wolves or extended hunting seasons are helping much yet. we've got deer swimming back and forth over to us from the part of Jersey that's closest to my borough and kids from other boroughs like Manhattan and Brooklyn are always so facisnated by them (and our turkeys) and I'm always like yeah we get the rats and pigeons AND the deer :/ that's what we get for being the most woodsy borough in nyc
"america is full of crazy dangerous wild animals"
Australia: "am i a joke to you? "
Australia's weird cousin Florida has some dangerous animals.
Americans know Australia is king of the nope things
@@CertifiedSunset as a Floridian that has been chased by a coyote, face to face with alligators, had a bear and a cougar in my yard, and have walked through more banana spiders and stepped on more snakes than I care to count, I'm terrified to go to Australia. Just, no. I'm not fuckin with no drop bear
claridiva2000 you win
Arizona easily tops Australia. Deadly scorpions, killer bees, giant cats that live in the fucking MOUNTAINS, and the needle trees. Holy fuck, the needle trees.
Shaun, you need to go to Wyoming to see the wild killer Jackalope which is cross between a jack rabbit and prong horned antelope😉
Now, Kelly. Tsk.
The dreaded mythical jackalope.
needs to go snipe hunting as well
🤣😂🤣😂 Oh Kelly! You just gave me a right jolly ole laugh!!!
I live in Wyoming... jackalopes are pretty much the oldest Wyoming jokes in the books. Don’t fall for it. Haha! 🤣
First time I went to Alaska, we landed in Anchorage and we got our rental car and headed towards the Kenai. On the outskirts of the city, we passed a McDonald’s and there was a bull moose standing on the hood of a car in the parking lot. Thought we were in a different world.
was the car parked in an online order pickup spot?
:D
We have quite a few wolves in Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. They were re introduced a while ago.
Bull Sharks! They can live in fresh water as well as salt, and are found in the Mississippi and Potomac Rivers. Other ones too, I'm sure.
We have bull sharks in the Neuse (pronounced Noose or Nyoose) River in my hometown of New Bern, NC, (the water is very brackish due to it having a very wide estuarine opening into the Atlantic Ocean, even wider than the Mississippi). there are also alligators, water moccasins, and snapping turtles...I can't believe I used to swim in it as a child! I barely even wade in it now.
Edisto river in South Carolina is a place we use to hunt Angustidens fossilized shark teeth in black water. Bull sharks were terrible there . Put me back on the boat in less than 10 minutes.
Sharks aren't going to hurt you on purpose
,@@aidanmulligan7342 that is a good rule, but I would say bull sharks are the one exception to that rule.
IIRC they have cropped up in the Everglades, as well.
ah yes, the lovely lullaby of cicadas. putting southerners to sleep since the dawn of time
I think the worst wild and crazy dangerous animals you have in Scotland are football hooligans.
Nah the whole UK has a huge predator problem on the BBC, especially the kids shows lol
Particularly Rangers and Celtic supporters.
Hooligan? That sounds more like an IRISH name.
Yeah you must not have seen florida State and florida game ends here in florida they start running each other off the roads
To give you an image of just how big a Moose truly is. I'm six foot. A few months ago, I came across a taxidermied Moose. The very top of my head barely even came half way up it's shoulder. These things can get up to 7ft tall (at the shoulder), and close to 10ft long (from nose to tail)!
0:36 That's a Katydid. They chirp very loudly, and so do crickets. Cicadas, are also incredibly loud. The Preying Mantis in North America are harmless
Praying mantis will kill hummingbirds. But they are harmless to people. I had one in my bedroom once--it was on my lamp, waving at me as though hailing a cab. So I took him outside and let him go.
@@nateman10
Those barbs are a little pointy and I imagine if they were swung fast enough it could be uncomfortable to bear skin. To fur I'm going to guess it's a no. He could perceive the strikes as dangerous. It could also be that he being a hunter has found a perceived "worth pray", kind of like when the Sci-fi Predator fights Alien. Also some cats do like to show off for their owners and maybe he is showing you how a real cat handles scary monsters.
@@Miesque1973 Yes, I walked into a Walgreens once, and the cashier was freaking out because a Praying Mantis had made its way into the store. I just put my hand down near it, and she climbed right up, so I took her outside. They won't do anything to people.
I have a pet praying mantis living in my window. She eats all bugs her size or smaller. She is more shy than others I've had in the past. I have some babies I'm keeping in containers until they are big enough to stand a decent chance on their own. I hope to get at least one successful mating.
Praying mantis is a fun pet to have.
@@kimberlygabaldon3260 I grew up around snakes and lizards and turtles, so a praying mantis is nothing to get het up about. I understand people and their fears, though, but I've seen people go nuts over teeny baby geckos, which are beyond adorable. Of course, my views on scorpions are less charitable and even rather vindictive.
The Northern woods of Wisconsin has, Moose, Elk, A few mountain lions (puma), wolves, coyote, black bear and perhaps the most dangerous the Hodag.
I have a summer home in eagle river, so awesome to hear someone mention the hodag.. perhaps he needs to visit our incredible northwoods
Yeah, Hodag gets ahold of you, game over.
SHAUN: "You wouldn't want to be on your own when a pack of wolves is after you"
LIAM NEESEN: "This would make for a great movie"
You almost never have to worry about wolves unless you corner them or near a kill or are sick like rabies.
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN This is a very accurate statement.Of course it's also true of most wildlife.
Lol, and turns out, “The Grey” was actually a pretty good movie, too.
Someone needs to take him noodling.
Snipe hunting 😂
Lol. Get him a glove..people lose digits to that every year lol.
Weve had the Africanized bees for decades and they have absolutely attacked and killed people
Africanized bees are worse than the Asian giant hornets by a long shot and while the Giant hornets have a death count, it’s similar to the Black widow one, it’s due to people having an allergic reaction to the venom, of course they will swarm, but they won’t bother you if you don’t mess with them, unlike the Africanized fellas who attack anything that gets within a certain distance of their nest, will chase it down, and keep attacking even after the creature is dead!! They are a literal killer hybrid, and I am so glad they expand slowly as compared to other species!!
@@thejestor9378 the African bees have a body count here in the states
@@thejestor9378 the africanized bees if there out foraging will leave you alone if you leave them alone, like regular bees, it's when you disturb the hive, like mowing the lawn underneath one in a tree, when they mob you and chase you down for a mile
This makes me wonder, while "Murder Hornets" can plow through a hive of regular honeybees without problem, but how would they do against Africanized bees? I don't think one can simply assume that those bees would be such an easy target.
Rusty Bookman they wouldn’t fare any better
His reaction to Cicadas is precious
Wolverines are dangerous because their claws are the size of bear claws and are every bit as sharp. They stay away from people as a whole. Another animal that is similar to the wolverine is a badger.
As well as skunks
David Burleson I was going to say the same thing.
Badgers apparently can be pretty aggressive but I've only ever seen them in zoos, when though I live in Wisconsin , the Badger State. I saw a skunk earlier this year . Not deadly but you don't want to get attacked by one!
I saw footage from a wildlife camera where a wolverine fights a black bear twice its size and actually causes the bear to run away. It actually climbs a tree after the bear, and I shocking saw a wolverine in Dublin, California.
@@Eowynnofrohan When I was a kid, my grandparents had a place right on the edge of the woods, with a large field below. Their neighbors kept horses in the field. One day one of the horses stepped in a badger hole and the badger attacked the horse. It absolutely destroyed it. shredded one leg completely down to the bone, and just tore it up all over. They had to shoot the horse because there was no way it would survive.
When you came to Texas, you came to the best locations. DFW ( Dallas/Fort Worth) gives you the best of the city and the best of the West. Land mass wise, from Fort Worth it takes 12 hours to drive to New Mexico in the West, 12 hours South to Mexico, 5 hours East to Louisiana, 1.5 hours North to Oklahoma and 6 hours to Amarillo in the panhandle. If you want to see everything in Texas, you need to plan on 4 or 5 weeks and rent a car. We would love to have you back.
A bit about wolves: Wolves historically had vast state crossing territories, they are unloved by ranchers and homesteads urban-to-cabin and those who love making money on fairways. A lone wolf thrown from the pack is usually more unnerving because it is hunting alone and is in complete survival mode, a pack leader would call off a hunt if the target proves too much energy to expend for the pack and den, whereas a lone wolf runs on eat and eat more or die adrenaline power (definitely not a Husky). It was often the lone wolf that scared the American settlers and growing population so much that they took it out on the entire local pack even though the pack threw it out to begin with. Of course it was that beautiful nature that you experienced that was the biggest danger for the wolf. They lived there, but, humans wanted to live there more. The wolves (and Lynx which is pretty much a unicorn to spot) probably would have become entirely extinct if they didn't have open land in Canada to flee towards. *exact facts maybe a bit out of date there is a lot of new stuff coming out all the time.
There is a bit more to it than that. Packs will take out farmer's animals. Historically, and even today. Not just the lone wolf. Also, I think there is something to the fear when people were on horseback. A tied up animal is rather attractive. So, horses may have drawn them in. Replacing your mode of transportation again and again because of wolves would cause a lot of problems.
@@rhiahlMT True. They did have it difficult with the wolves, no doubt.
So you are saying Canada ,a country just Noth of the US ,has managed to allow wolves to exist with in their borders and they haven't killed every horse,chicken,child,cat and dog ? WOW Maybe Rhiahl out to find out how they do that??
@@raymonddavis1370 Wow, that was a leap. How did you get there?
@@rhiahlMT I think their wolf info comes exclusively from the Brothers Grimm.
Adding wolves back into Yellowstone really helped the environment, I could imagine it'd do the same in Scotland.
I'm more worried about the Asian Hornets decimating our honeybee population which is already low. We all depend on bees for pollination.
Yes, and Washington State is a huge fruit-producing state. Apples, cherries, peaches, blackberries, etc. Bees are needed!
@@LBetsy326 I would like to see this evidence
Yeah that's the real threat.
Of course, being stung by one would suck. However, them hurting an already suffering honeybee population would be catestrophic!
Nothing to be worried about they aren't here in numbers the mass hysteria the media tried to push was over a dead one they found that came over on a ship. Our honeybees are fine
@@LBetsy326 that isn't true Japanese bees have built up a defense system over hundreds of years to protect themselves. Our bees in the us would be screwed they don't have that defense and wouldn't be able to adapt fast enough....don't worry though we don't have murder hornets here there was one found dead and that is what all the panick was about
You forgot to mention our killer Jackalopes here in the Southern part of the US.
Don't forget the snipes.
Wyoming is the home of the jackalope. I did not know they had migrated South . Lol
Praying mantis can kill the Murder Hornets and we have praying mantis everywhere. The Hornets came to Canada in a shipment.
Silver Legion that's a great idea
lol
Silver Legion maybe the same gift we sent to Japan? Or would that be seen as tacky to give two folk the same present?
@Silver Legion they're from the mountains in Japan
@@TheBiggestMoronYouKnow they are actually found all over asia even in some of the farthest eastern parts of russia the ones in japan are just the ones most talked about
When they reintroduced wolves to Yellowstone National Park in the United States they really helped the landscape and ecosystem.They made such a positive impact on the park.
Interesting fact about wild boar: the tusks are about the same height as an adult's femoral artery, and they can cut more than deep enough to sever it.
According to Google - Highland cows are known for the high butterfat content of their milk and the quality of their meat. Consequently, in times gone by, they were kept as house cows for milk and meat. Highland cows are slow maturing, their meat is fine textured, tender, and succulent.
You left ticks off your list. So far this week I've had 2 coyotes in the backyard and 4 tiny ticks on my legs. I'm more afraid of ticks.
mark hatchett damn, we get them here in Scotland too. Horrible things
@@shaunvlog the lone star tick if it bites you, it may make you allergic to meat
Wolverines are infamous for fighting to the death against much larger predators. So people's attitude towards them is more one of underdog admiration than fear.
Hey Shaun! born and raised in Texas here. traced my roots to Scotland and felt the most intense connection with Edinburgh, been twice so far, all up and down the royal mile
paddles409 amazing, glad you enjoyed it
@@shaunvlog I learned that my family line traces back to Lord Blackwood of Queen Mary of Scots' privy council. I'm a direct descendant. So that's pretty cool. Never been to Scotland, but I'd like to someday.
Aw, I live about two hours from that area of NC (over the border into SC), and that's exactly what my backyard (first minute of the video) sounds like from spring to late fall
Best sound on earth.
7:00
Absolutely. I know that if I ever wanted to get rid of a body, I'd put it in a pig trough. They eat anything and everything
My granddaddy used to have a dairy and if they saw a poisonous snake, they would grab it by the tail and sling it into the hog pen and they would devour it in a flash.
There’s a Criminal Minds episode where the unsub got rid of bodies like that
They eat everything but teeth. If someone WAS to dispose of a body via Miss Piggy you have to pull and grind the teeth to powder before you feed your pig the body
New Mexico's name actually predates not only its conquest by the US but even the independence of Mexico. The name Mexico originally referred to Mexico City as the capital of the Spanish colony of New Spain. New Mexico was named after Mexico City during the Spanish colonial era.
Hi, native of North Carolina with Welsh ancestory here! I don't know if they're still around but there were panthers such as the Florida Panthers
Panthers, Cougars, Mountain Lions, Pumas... All the same cat, just differently named based on location in the US.
I think Florida panthers are still around. I am pretty sure they are,
I'm near Boone, NC...
My husband has seen a blk panther. He's from the mtns. Played in these mtns, hiked, fished, hunted and knows the animals.
If he says he saw one, they're around.
Im good. Don't need to see it. Lol
Lol, that night-time sound in the beginning is so wonderful. Been a while since I've enjoyed it
Moose are not on the prowl for humans. They are dangerous because of their size. Also, they can get a parasite in the brain that can make them a bit crazy and unpredictable. I was charged by one on my way to school when I was about 10 years old. 😁
Oh so it is true there are Zombie Moose. 😮
@@mandystory4275 , they're goofy as a $3 bill, except, of course, for Bullwinkle, of Frostbite Falls, MN. : ))
It is called chronic wasting disease.It is the same as mad cow disease
Holy shit! That must've been terrifying!!! How'd you escape??
@@maggpiprime954 it was close to school. He looked mad and charged but I don't think he ran far. I just ran as fast as I could.
Wyoming moose : Male Wyoming moose can grow to 7 feet (2.1m) tall at the shoulder and can be 10 feet (3m) in length.
another thing about moose... they are some good eating
Here in New Mexico we have some interesting critters. We have horned toads, Gila monsters and oryx that roam free.
We also have the Chupacabra. 😉
Retta Bedenbaugh amazing, ill need to visit
@@shaunvlog I'd be glad to show you around.
correct america is more than the us
@@cat3rgrl917 He's referring to the United States, hence America. Not America as in whole.
Oh the sounds in the background from the Carolinas sounds like crickets and cicadas! They’re the sounds of deep summer! I love the sound of cicadas - just as long as they stay away from me 😂. We have them in NJ and I always find those sounds of the summer evening so soothing 🤗
The first time I heard the 17 year cicadas I thought it was an air raid siren
Has anybody ever told you about the Jackalope?
That's kind of north America's version of your Haggis
Or the snipe if anyone offers to take you snipe hunting they're just planning to get you lost in the woods so they can scare the bejesus out of you.
The funny part is we actually have a bird named a snipe. I think that biologist had a sense of humor.
Wolverines are INCREDIBLY dangerous to pick a fight with, but people have very little reason to pick a fight with one and vice versa. They're strong, fearless, and tenacious. Nothing fights a wolverine because all animals know better.
And the ones that don't learn quickly.
So that's probably why the injuries or deaths from them are so low.
There’s no hunting season on feral hogs. You can hunt them any time here in Florida. Their rooting is highly destructive, and if you hit one with your car it’ll flip your car.
Whoah!
We had a herd, or whatever you call them as a pack, that I had seen often on our neighbors property and they have a lot of acreage with a horse pasture. They were massively huge, several massive ones and a bunch of other that ranged in different sizes. They were seen hanging out right between the house and the horse pasture. Not too long ago I heard a bunch of gun shots coming from that side and I have never seen them again so I dont know if they took out the herd or if they moved on. They are extremely nasty dangerous and destructive animals and good eaten dry rubbed or brined and smoked on a smoker.
@0:36 That's a "Katydid", it's akin to the Grasshopper and harmless. In Texas, we have a variant on the Common Stinkbug called The Texas Stinkbug. It's exoskeleton is shaped slightly differently compared to the common one so I refer to it as a "Crossover Utility Stinkbug".
I've seen moose in the wild while hiking. The biggest problem with moose are either tourists getting too close and forgetting these are wild animals or the same with deer and cars. I also have one more for your list if you get yourself to California and that's sharks. Hammerheads cause some problems, but it's mostly the Great Whites which might cause trouble. Attacks are rare but a surfer recently got killed. They're just something to keep in mind. However, thanks for answering my question! Hope you get a chance to see that wild cat or one day an eagle! Really enjoyed this! Thanks again Shaun!
Also their height and so much mass above their shoulders. When you hit one in all but one tonne trucks - you sweep their legs and they take out the A and B pillars decapitating the occupants. The moose stays stationary and you rip the top of the car off. Tree planting in northern BC - we would lose someone every year.
Wolves have been reintroduced into the Yellowstone area and have somewhere around 11 packs now with close to 100 total animals. Also they can be found in parts of Maine, Oregon, and Washington state.
Also Minnesota,Michigan (up)
Also reintroduced to NC
Upper Wisconsin too. Debates rage over allowing them to be hunted..
As a Scot living in the south of Scotland, I have tricked many people into thinking a haggis was a wild animal.
You know, you were talking about Cougars being the big cat in America, but we had a Jaguar come live in Arizona or New Mexico a few years back. Those are pretty deadly.
A tee shirt with your tartan “haggis” hedgehoggy character ( that you showed us) printed on it would be fun to see! I’d definitely order one 👍🏼
Oh! That's a great idea!
We have an animal like that. They are called Jackelope
I would buy one, or two.
@@DianaCB_TX except Jackelope are for real ! Duh!!
I knew the biologist who was in front of Montana's wolf reintroduction program in Yellowstone and Glacier Park. I deeply appreciate your work here to educate us. Your information seems spot-on.
If those bloody hornets hit Ontario, I’m claiming Scottish citizenship via my grandma and immigrating!
Bring me with you! I'll curl up in your suitcase!
I get stung alot by everything, but I also know how to make bombs... they never stood a chance
America has an apex predator to the murder hornet, the mantis. Almost every state has a kind of mantis. The best thing you can do is get aquanted with what European Hornets and cicada hornets look like. So that if you actually SEE a murder hornet you can report it. Up in Washington they've been tracking down nests and exterminating them ASAP. There are a lot of apex predator insects in America. Our hornets and wasps play a really big part in making the ecosystem work! Do not kill our hornets and wasps if you don't have to! They are excellent pollinators and kill mosquitoes🦟.
Emmigrating. When you leave, you are emmigrating.
@@richardm3023 depends on how you read their comment. they aren't wrong in their use of "immigrating" when you consider they mean immigrating to Scotland. you just simply decided to read it as emmigrating from Canada.
There are several large packs moving west and south from Yellowstone. I grew up in Pendleton Oregon and Friends of mine have had encounters and killed Wolves in the Blue Mountains east of Pendleton. Big wolves too, apparently they introduced Canadian Gray wolves in Yellowstone and they mixed with the native timber wolves so were getting massive timber wolf colored gray wolves in massive packs moving into Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon... fun times.
I don't know if someone else has covered this but watch out for snapping turtles in even the mid-Atlantic states as well. From PA and they're common enough here
Very common in New Jersey also.
Scorpions, Copperhead snakes, and coral snakes should make a future list. Copperheads are in the same genus as cottonmouths. Coral snakes are distantly related to Cobras. Their venom is pretty dangerous but they are so small, they don't tend get a good bite on you through clothes.
A bobcat is a "North American Lynx" to those of a taxonomical bent. But, because of the short tiny tail, were called "bobbed cat" by settlers which became "bobcat" over time.
..... channeling my inner pedant.
Just gonna tell you, wolves are in a lot more places than the north. Grey wolves, more specifically the Mexican Grey wolf or the “lobo” is native to the Southwest part of the US. It’s actually a bit of a special animal to my town (I live in Albuquerque) because our university’s mascot is the lobo. There’s also a lot of grey wolves in Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah, etc.
There’s talk in Wisconsin of having an actual wolf season because they’re making such a good comeback and beginning to endanger livestock. With dog breeds like “Irish wolf hounds” I can see why people would think your island may have wolves. I believe they were hunted to extinction.
Brown recluse spiders...always in the darn storage buildings in Kentucky. Probably won't kill you but painful.
You should take a trip to Wyoming to see our world-famous jackelopes.
Didn't want the prong horn representing huh?
This man said scary green thing over there and it was a grasshopper 😂
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Moose for everything :)
In Mnnesota there was a minor kerfuffle in 2019 when wolf numbers were high enough, or close to it, to have them taken off the endangered species list. There's a LOT of controversy around it. Ranchers and farmers don't want their stock depleted, some hunters would just love to go bag themselves another badass animal (besides bear), and the DNR could sell hunting licenses. Others want to see wolf packs sustained as natural predators to our overabundant deer population and as a natural benefit to the entire ecosystem, and a select few understand that in order to survive and be healthy, pack numbers have to maintain a certain level which is always going to encounter opposition.
On Isle Royal in Lake Superior where ranching and hunting aren't at issue, there have been problems keeping a pack going due to inbreeding, climate change, disease and problems with their prey and its habitat.
A certain level of hysteria around wolves stubbornly hangs on, despite decades of public education provided by a number of well respected organizations and advocates. As far back as 1993 police in Minneapolis killed a man's pet German Shepherd thinking it was a wolf, shot up to 15 times. The likelihood of a wolf running loose in a city of 363K people (in 1993) is thoroughly ridiculous to say the least, but mistakes like this still occur from time to time. In northern parts of the state there are occasional wolf attacks on dogs.
So if Scotland is ever going to consider reintroducing wolves, these some things are worth considering.
Wolves are in the entire US. They are more densely populated in the less populated States but they exist all the way down to florida.
Jedonai: Yep, they sure do exist all the way down to Florida, the Panhandle, at least. When my husband was hunting out at his plant (they back up to the woods and hunting areas of Eglin AFB, he would have to watch for both wolves and coyotes when he downed a deer. They would take it if they could get there first.
No wolves in West Virginia
Most states in the USA which have forests also are home to wolves. Several species ARE endangered. However, the more common wolves are not. They are nearly silent, patient pack hunters......they will typically avoid humans, fortunately. Evidently we are too noisy and our scent is strange to them, so they rarely go near cities and towns. Though if the pack is hungry enough, they will attack humans and go into towns. They are very efficient killers. And despite what Shaun thinks, they aren't just like dogs. They are prehistoric dogs.....about 1.5 to 2 times the size of a Siberian Husky. I've actually been close to wolves before.....they are very intimidatingly large and strong. Wolf-hybrid dogs are equally huge, though have a better temperament.....I have a friend who had one, got to play with it. Well, I think it was more it playing with me......dragged me around the yard by a tug-o-war rope toy. Was about 4 feet long, nose to rear, not counting the tail....about 3 feet high at the shoulders.
@@heliumphoenix, I'm a dog trainer, and the number of people claiming they own wolf-hybrids make me laugh. Most of the time, I have to inform them that their 70lb fluffy dog that come up to the hip (the top of the head, not the withers) is probably not a hybrid.
Unless the wolf is several generations removed, it takes a special kind of person to safely own a true hybrid.
I also have to inform them that it's not a good idea to go about claiming that, because hybrids are illegal to own in a lot of places. because the rabies vaccine hasn't been proved to work in wolves or hybrids. You can also usually tell by their eyes. Dogs and wolves have differently shaped eyes.
Wolves aren't found everywhere in America, they're only really found in Alaska, the northern Great Lakes region, the northern Rocky Mountains, parts of the Pacific Northwest, and parts of the southwest. A different species of wolf, the Red Wolf, also can be found in a few parts of the southeast, but they're very rare.
Coyotes, on the other hand, are smaller than wolves but far more widespread and common. Coyotes are an entirely separate species though.
There are wolves in most of our northern and western states. There are red wolves and grey wolves. Related to the cougar is the panther, found in some of our southern states. The black scorpion found in the western deserts are poisonous.
Wolves are not dangerous to humans but yes to livestock and pets. Seeing a wolf in the wild is very rare. Bobcats are a rare sight also.
Not a rare thing to see in Yellowstone
Bobcats are a rare sight mainly because they are nocturnal, spend a lot of times in the trees and are shy cats. I actually saw a recent one killed by a car. 😕
Bobcats are prevalent in Eastern Kentucky. Had one attack me and 6 family members on a trail in broad day light. They are not that shy here. And there paws are massive for there overall size. There no joke in Kentucky.
bobcats are rare, you need to come tell them that around here.
My mom found an orphaned "kitten" or so she thought once..took it to our vet. It was a lynx and bobcat mix. He said it was more "common" that people think. He was awesome. My mom still has a bobcat, we find them on the farm quite a bit actually about 1 every 2 years or so. And we have several cougars or as some folks call them black panthers. It's actually pretty cool there are 3 or 4 that travel through often.
I know in Pennsylvania, we have red velvet ants. My friend and I saw one on her porch and we were TERRIFIED. Thry're also called Cow Killer Ants. Big, red, fuzzy wasps!
Claire fought a wolf in the first Outlander book! There’s also a wolf conservation in Scotland. In America we reintroduced wolves in Yosemite and it helped the environment in a crazy way!
we have wolves in pretty much all rocky mountains state, they were re-introduced in some. montant, idaho, az, new mexico, wyoming, colorado california, nevada, minnisota, mexican wolves in texas, we also have jaguars in the south west, texas, new mexico, arizona,
In Pennsylvania we have haggis's cousin called scrapple!
Don't you disrespect haggis like that! I love Pennsylvania, but scrapple is... It's bad... Very bad
@@travistompkins2752 Nope. Scrapple is awesome.
after the pandemic visit Gatorland in Florida. They have white gators and albino ones too. including peacocks and many other species you can see thats in Florida.
On the west coast we have the Brown Recluse Spider. More dangerous than the Black Widow. just look up brown recluse spiders bites... ouch, if you keep your arm or leg.
I thought brown recluses only lived in the south
KY is lousy with recluses and widows too. The widow isn't really that dangerous unless you have a heart condition. Lethal bites are extremely rare (like 2 in over 50 years rare). The recluse is an interesting one, since the venom causes your flesh to rot. For most people this results in a large brown circle and pain for a couple months and you're better. Still would much rather get bitten by a widow than a recluse. The only time you're going to lose a limb to a recluse is if you're allergic, which isn't uncommon.
@@KanyeTheGayFish69 yeah they're all over now. Im just waitin for the Brown Recluse-Gators to attack lol
Brown recluse spiders are EVERYWHERE!
Wolves are very common in the u.s.
In Michigan we are debating a hunting season for wolves.
Wolverines have been known to fight and WIN against Bears
The joke is: to get a wolverine you take a dozen weasels and render them down.
@@larrydavison8298 I'd say it's more like taking a Grizzly and concentrating him into the size of a large Badger.
We have wolves in Oregon, they were reintroduced years ago and are doing quite well. I have seen one once while camping.
In outlander Diana Gabaldon had Clair fighting wolves outside Wentworth prison. 😏
Wolverines are extremely bad tempered but you don't see them that often. But never pick a fight with one--you will lose. Wolverines will never quit. They will fight a bear to the death--even if they themselves die. You just don't see them often so people don't interact with them that often.
When I lived in Alaska, my dad worked for the state building the Yukon highway. Sometimes I got to go out on a bulldozer with him. I had strict instructions to stay in the cab. He carried a rifle and a handgun. I saw caribou, packs of wolfs and bears at various times.
I was more afraid of the Canadian geese that chased me and bit my bum as I ran from them.
SHARKS! Every summer here in Massachusettes, especially Cape cod we have constant Great white sightings on the shores. Lucky that more people are not injured or killed.
New Smyrna beach is a whole different ball game. Shark attacks happen all the time.
A good comparison for a wolverine would be a psychotic badger on steroids.
There are several snakes you could add like copperheads and water moccasins.
I would be skeptical of reintroducing wolves in Scotland. The areas in the lower 48 we have them are very vast ranges making it so they don't interact with people often. Wolves do consider humans potential prey.
I wouldn’t want to come face to face with a Wolverine their bad ass
Jana Paslay I need to find out more about them
Jana Paslay Giant murder-weasels
@@shaunvlog Look up Lone Wolverine in Michigan, interesting news article.
@@shaunvlog mtaudubon.org/2018/02/on-wolverines/
I think they're our state animal or something and I know next to nothing about them either. Haha
Moose tend to be underestimated because of their somewhat goofy appearance, and well, Bullwinkle.
Look up the amazing positive impacts of reintroducing wolves into Yellowstone (trophic cascade). Amazing!
Shaun, I'm 62 years old, I've lived in the southeastern U.S. my entire life. We've had very large hornets since I was a child. There are two or three species that make large paper nests usually high up in the tree canopies. I had the misfortune of being stung by one that was an inch and a half long that made a baseball sized well on my arm.
Just wanna put out there that "poisonous" and "venomous" are two different things. :)
4:17 we've seen wolves as far as the Ozarks near Missouri/Arkansas. Even the most popular Southern highschool football team in the area are called the Wolves. Wolves are pretty much all over the place out here so long as the temperature is somewhat cold
They had a wolf refuge on Monarch of the Glen
We have Lynx in the US as well. Very protected.