Mountain lions don't kill many people because they rarely cross paths with people. With that said, I would be nervous about being stuck in the mountains at night time with them around along with bears.
The perfect example of an animal of that description imo is the gorilla given that they are one of the most peaceful animals out there despite of their reputation
@@dannyhernandez265 Don't smile at them either, as that can be perceived as a threat display. Gorillas are peaceful, but they are still several times stronger than a human and will defend themselves and their group against something they see as a threat.
There is the story and vid of a Mexican Janitor just walking into the 🦍 and cleaning it while the 🦍 just sat there watching him. The staff caught this on CCTV after 2 years They are quiet peaceful if not threatened Harambe was both the crowd and zoo staff fault
There are between 30 and 50 deaths a year from domestic dog attacks in the US. In contrast, there have been less than 30 deaths from mountain lion attacks since 1890! You never hear about the dog attacks, but a cougar attack makes the national news.
You do hear about the dog attacks, but it’s more in the local news. One of our latest death caused by a dog did go national though since the mayor decided he wanted to ban all pitts since it was a pitt that killed a woman 🙃 But it's the same thing with cows, there's more human death just because there's way more of them and they interact way more with humans too. Mountain lions are endangered in some parts and only live in forests. Still don't think they see us as prey though, so as long as you don't scare them you'd be fine.
Mountain lions CAN kill a animal 5x their size, like the llama like thing (can't remember its name) so they are powerful and dangerous but they are not aggressive and are infact skittish to humans
Glad you made this video and included Mountain Lions on it. In the 90s, there was a series of Mountain Lion attacks in Southern California including in San Diego County. Because of that, these cats got an unfair reputation. There have been no attacks since the 90s even though Mountain Lions actually live in our cities. Confirmed sightings have happened in San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palo Alto, and Berkeley and no one has ever been attacked in these cities.
Not strictly true. Whilst visiting Miami, Nov '03- Jan '04 I heard on the radio that a man ironically mountain biking in California, had been attacked and killed by a mountain lion. My estimate is Dec '03.
Interesting fact about the stingray Steve Irwin subject. A bloke in my country Australia got stung in pretty much the same spot Steve did a week or 2 after he died but survived and he kept the sting in till medical attention arrived. Even Steve's crew don't understand why he pulled out the barb as the blood loss is what killed him in the end. Very sad. He did so much for misunderstood animals around the world and why I love reptiles
It's probably was one of those moments where your body just goes into reaction mode from the trauma. Steve was such an intelligent & impactful human. Sadly he probably just reacted to being stung, especially if it hit his heart or very close, it makes sense to not even think about pulling the stinger out.. idk just trying to consider why he reacted like that..? I'm glad that other person survived.
@benmcreynolds8581 a tragedy. We in Australia didn't realise what we had till he was gone. A lot of us didn't like him and he did act like a very stereotyped Aussie. But after his death we saw more of the work he does. He buys up public and private land to conserve it for animals. That's where every cent went and its beautiful his wife and kids are keeping that dream alive. They are as amazing as he is. We need more Irwin's.
@benmcreynolds8581 also yeah I remember when I broke my ankle and went in shock. Walked from the skate park to the shop. Stole a bottle of juice even though I had money then walked 20 minutes to a friend's 😂 the pain that night when it kicked in I still remember 20 years later
@@jasonotto9126 If that's what a stereotyped Aussie is, maybe you just have a really cool country! I know what you mean though. Americans sure had a fascination with the Australian adventurer type there.
4-8 deaths a year is pretty serious. As far as stingrays, my dad and used to go gigging where they roamed. He was taught gigging by one of his older sisters. She actually took the barb once, but pulled it out, rinsed with vinegar, and put on a sock packed with chopped onion.
Yeah, but in the context of out of 2500 bites, it's not a lot. It means if you catch the flu you're more likely to die, than you are if a black widow bites you. Since the video is on animals that are less deadly than most people think, they fit into it the category.
I've had cougar encounters. You're usually bigger than they are. Solo predators don't usually screw with things the same size or bigger than them, because it's a risk. Even a fairly minor injury can put them out of commission for hunting for a few days, weakening them and making hunting even harder.
An animal I find very interesting in that regard is the american Alligator. Only 26 people where killed by these crocodilians in about 80 years in Florda, despite them living in such close proximity to humans. Unlike crocodiles of similar size, like the american corocilde, nile crocodile and saltwater crocodile, they don't seem to be agressive towards humans despite their size, and rather tend to flee when approached.
Great addition! Of course, NEVER underestimate one, but they are rarely aggressive despite being widespread in several southern states. Check out Okefenokee Joe. He was our Steve Irwin, bless them both.
Hello and thanks for the video! Here in Brazil, the cougar is called "onça parda" (brown jaguar), or by its indigenous name: suçuarana. We know that it even exists on the outskirts of large cities, like São Paulo, but sightings are very rare. I never knew of attacks, fatal or otherwise. On cattle farms, they are sometimes chased away with a whip, rarely killed. In relation to the jaguar, the attitude is different, unfortunately. According to zoologists, when the cougar starts to appear a lot somewhere, it signals that the jaguar has become extinct there, because it hunts and kills cougars.
I think they’re more common than people realize. I live in California and it’s the same here. They’ve been filmed living in the parks of Los Angeles, above freeways, etc. Still, their populations now are drastically lower than historical numbers. But that wouldn’t surprise me if they show up where jaguars are not present, as jaguars seem to stay “wild”, and avoid metropolitan areas. Pumas, raccoons, opossums, and rodents tend to adapt to humans, taking advantage of our trash and our pets and livestock! Haha. Compared to jaguars, pumas tend to prey on a larger variety of animals, including unleashed dogs, cats, chickens, and other animals found near human habitations. I’ve also heard that pumas and jaguars will often cohabitate in the same places, but naturally avoid each other through scent marking, droppings, and just using their advanced senses. Jaguars focus on caiman, capybara, peccary, and likely tapir & deer for prey. In addition to anything else they desire, lol. Puma have their own niche. Depends on where they live. But what you said makes sense too, like around São Paulo… I heard the most pumas in Brazil are found in the eastern Atlantic coastal forests. Recently a white puma was photographed there on a trail camera!
@@erikm8372 , I forgot to point out that what I heard from a zoologist about the local extinction of the jaguar and the increase in the population of pumas only applies to places with primary or, at least, well-preserved forest. In fact, the puma is much less demanding and persists long after the local extinction of the jaguar.
@@erikm8372they’ve never been top predators - they’re likely aware of the consequences of being an annoyance to a top predator in their ecosystem - interactions lead to direct competition which leads to cougars being chased off or killed by wolves bears or humans.
We get a different sort of mountain lion here in Canada. As in, from what I remember, yours don't get anywhere near the size they do here. There are verified accounts of them reaching just over 220lbs. Big enough to take a large Rottweiler for a snack. Here in the Rockies wolves can get over 170lbs and our deer dwarf their southern counterparts. They have to get that big to survive the winter. And right now it's -34C where I'm at.
@@baldbastardo ,yes. That's why I was surprised by the information in the video about the Florida panther being one of the largest subspecies. I think it's the smallest... I already know that there, at the northern limit of the territory, they are big, as you said. The coat is longer and denser. And without a doubt, they have everything to be more dangerous to people. I think that in the Andes, they are also bigger than the ones here. Interestingly, in the case of the jaguar, the largest are from the Pantanal and the smallest are from the Amazon. Seems tô be another logic, in the Pantanal there are more open areas and large prey. The males reach the weight of the cougars in your country, ca.100 kg. In the Amazon forests, being smaller gives you more agility, I think. The males are usually by 50 kg.
Funnily enough, of course, deadly animals exist literally everywhere- in the form of big dogs, as well as errant hogs & boars, horses, cows, camels, llamas, alpacas, water buffalo, bison, yak, elk, deer and a number of other pets or otherwise domesticated, captive large animals!
@@dannyhernandez265No one should say their dog doesn't bite, that's irresponsible. If anything they should say the dog is friendly. Any animal will lash out under the right circumstances, even us. I've had a number of people ask if pet rats I've had bit when they wanted to hold them. My response was always something like 'well he can bite. If you hurt him he certainly might, otherwise I'd be shocked if he did.' They may have been friendly, affectionate, and use to being handled by different people, and never did bite the people I let hold them, but I'm not making any promises.
I live in the mountains north of Boise, Idaho. In Idaho, cougars are more commonly called mountain lions or just "cats". They usually follow the deer population coming down from the high country in the Fall. I have 2 small pine trees about 20' from my dogs' fenced yard which have been used as scratching posts on several occasions. Keep an eye on your dogs in cat country. Joggers & mountain bikers seem to have more issues with cats than hikers. Also watch out for small children. Cats are opportunistic hunters & react to quick movement.
Damn, some of those mountain lion deaths sounded brutal. An 18 year old killed and eaten while on a run. A mother killed while defending her child. A 5 year old killed and dragged off to be eaten. A 13 year old who was chased down for 100m.
In North America, attacks on humans by large, feared animals like grizzly bears, cougars, wolves, etc. are mainly the result of people intentionally searching for these animals, or simply not exercising proper caution and wariness when entering their known habitats.
As most people haven't heard, most species of sharks were portrayed as deadly and terrifyingly cold blooded predators as told by media, while dolphins were portrayed as intelligent, helpful and friendly warm hearted creatures, but in the end, recently, many marine biologists have realized that most species of sharks are mostly harmless to humans thanks to their curious and docile nature and their self awareness in their surroundings, while dolphins in the other hand, especially the Atlantic bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus), they have been revealed to be undoubtedly nothing more but cruel, cold blooded narcissists and psychopathic criminals who take credit and advantage of many other marine animals (sharks and humans included) and are determined to search for nothing else but torture and endless murder just for "fun" and to satisfy their entertainment. That's why we would definitely rather prefer supporting sharks and treat them with respect, kindness, love and compassion since they were simply misunderstood. By the way, that's also why dolphins are literally never supposed to be trusted at all.
while the intentions of sharks and dolphins have certainly been anthropomorphised in opposite directions, the reality is that dolphins aren't any more moral or amoral than sharks. dolphins that cause trouble are almost always those that have been acclimatised to humans, and any animal in that setting can cause issues. let's not swing too far the opposite way!!
I was aware of the understanding that most sharks aren't a problem, and the dolphins ARE intelligent and kill for fun like cats and humans. But I thought the research found that dolphins even in the wild won't kill or attack humans. I'm pretty sure only Accidental drownings from play gone to far were the deaths. So sharks, over 10ft, are still far more dangerous to humans than any cetacean. Humpback whales will even protect divers from large sharks, dolphins help sometimes too. The oceanic white tip, great white, tiger, and bull sharks are all very dangerous for different reasons but fatalities are still rare. But if you shipwreck in the ocean, a white-tip will eat you, the question is whether they wait for you to die first.
@@EllisianYeah I find it interesting the trend of seeing Dolphins as heartless, brutal and narcissistic criminals over either rare occurrence or probably misinfo, while trying to see other wild animals as actually docile and misrepresented. Even then the thing is, even other wild animals like big and small cats for example, are cruel and brutal and take advantage of other animals, eat their own children, “play” with with their prey slowly killing and torturing them, etc, but people specifically criticize dolphins as pure psychopathic evil over the actions of other dolphins, but then probably think other wild animals only kill in defense, never do anything brutal, and any instance where it does brutalize, is NOW just them being an animal, but dolphins? Absolute scum. Like will people call other animals “criminals” and “psychopathic” for their actions, or only dolphins because it’s a trend?
I’d say wolves are an animal that people exaggerate the danger of, considering that there has never been a report of a healthy wolf killing anyone in the wild.
A lot depends on the specific breed of wolf Grey wolf's were released in the pisgah national forest in N.C. 4 TIMES IN THE 1970S, OF COURSE they didn't stay in the forest and all of them were killed within 6 months each time in the act of attacking livestock, pets, and humans. I had 2 friends who had to defend themselves from the Grey wolf, their names were Lucky, and Rusty. I personally watched the wolf tracking Rusty but he was to far away for me to warn him but he managed to defend himself anyway. I don't mind telling you their names because they are now dead, but don't try the lie that wolf's are not a threat to humans on me because I have witnessed it myself. After 4 failures with Grey wolfs the forest service switched to red wolf's which are not as aggressive
@DoomZzx funny you should mention Cougars or pumas as you call them I walked almost every night with a big male Cougar for close to 5 years me in the road and him in the edge of the woods beside the road, I was never stupid enough to think he was my friend but we tolerated each other just fine. Only thing I know of that a cougar killed in the area was 1 mule, but the wolves killed everything they could and had no fear of humans. Cougars were always around my entire life just not a lot of them and except for the 1 mule were not a problem. The wolves were introduced by the government and were nothing but problems. The red wolves have not been a problem so far.
I'm glad I live somewhere I'm unlikely to come across a deadly animal unless I step into a field with cattle and a bull doesn't want me intruding or a buck during rutting season.
I live in western Mexico and my family is from a rural area, there are many stories of cougars hunting people and there is certainly a bias in the video due to the lack of reported incidents, I don't think they are as non-dangerous and kill that few people in north america as the video suggests.
A huge amount of missing persons can actually be attributed to cougars. We would never know for sure but they’re stealthy and can swoop someone away and we’d have no idea
If you make a part 2 you can include the piranha because I think they only kill on an average of 1 people per year (feel free to correct me if I’m wrong)
It seems to me that sightings of jaguars, along with those of ocelot, margay and jaguarundi would receive encouragement of being reported to the respective, regional conservation departments in Arizona, would they not?
I once was walking around outside and then got in my truck. Not two seconds later, a fully grown mountain lion runs by me and into some bushes. I’m so happy it was waiting for me to get in the truck instead of thinking of me as lunch.
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When I was younger I had a leather jacket, I left it on the floor of our coat closet. Put it on one day months later and could feel something wriggling in the sleeve. Shook out the sleeve and a black widow flew out. They don't tend to bite unless they feel threatened. Granted I live in Canada so they might act differently elsewhere.
The Orca is a Apex predator, but they don't have a taste for human blood and will not attack a human. Another animal is one species of Wolf......... that I can't remember the name of.
Well, I watched the first two, but no way in hell am I watching that much closeup footage of the third. That is one of the only spiders I am actively afraid of. Not necessarily because of how deadly it is, just because they creep me out and where everywhere when I was a kid. Sent some friends and family to hospital a few times as well.
Stingrays are still a big nope for me. Ive nearly stepped on a few and those interactions were more terrifying than most of my other “dangerous animal encounters.” They blend in so well I now feel like I’m walking ok a minefield every time I’ve gone to the beach since.
I was hiking near San Francisco and around the corner on a trail was a mountain lion about 10 yards away. I stopped in my tracks, lit a cigarette, and we just stared at each other for a few minutes before she just walked off the trail as if without a care in the world. She was quite a beauty, and I was more than a little nervous, but I knew that if I turned my back on her, that it would be inviting trouble. I stayed there for a few more minutes and listed to her slowly walk away through the underbrush before I continued on my way, quite a bit more alert than I was just a little bit prior.
@@jfu5222 not if you piss them off. Squirrels are small, and look harmless. And overall, they are no threat, but if you go out of your way to make them angry. They are fast, have claws, and teeth. And very athletic little creates. Any wild animal can be a threat. Are you going to be killed by one? No. But they have teeth and can bite.
Not too long ago, my step-father and little brother had seen a teenage cougar in the thumb of Michigan. Seems like Cougars are returning to the Midwest and Eastern US. 😁
I would like a video of sharks. How they are mistreated and not that deadly as media and film has shown. And that humans kill a lot of sharks because fins. ❤️🌱
What a delusional comment. They are deadly , so deadly that one bite in the wrong area can kill. If we lived in the water instead of on land we’d be on the menu a lot often
Have you been to Africa before What’s your favorite antelope in Africa Have you seen the great wildebeest migration I have video request 7 rarest predator mammals Asian lion Sumatran tiger Andean bear Sun bear Red wolf Ethiopian wolf
Maybe not deadly animals as such, but certainly unpleasant ones that can cause a lot of discomfort. The blue-ringed octopus, box jellyfish, funnel-web spider, red-backed spider, the white-tailed spider (prick of a thing that one, take it from me), a whole bunch of the most venomous snakes in the world. Then you've got your crocs and your white-pointer sharks. But when you look at annual death rates, you're right -- very few actual fatalities.
1) Mountain lions also live in the mountains and deserts, at least out here in the west. They're big housecats, behaviourally, as dangerous as any feral cat + the size, but easy to spook. 2) I've been bitten by three black widows in my life, two before the age of 5. I never even had to go to the hospital, though my parents did take me twice. That's not to say don't be scared of 'em, but the thing people really need to know is black widows hardly ever wander so if they're in one spot you can bet they'll stay there. 3) Good video. I like your improvements. ♥
Wolves aren't as dangerous as people think either. These creatures are just territorial and people don't give them enough space, not to mention running away will trigger their animal instinct.
There is no such thing as less deadly or more deadly. There's only DEADLY , because the ranking system of how deadly doesn't mean a damn thing if you are dead.
I thought that sharks might make the list, because many times that sharks bite humans, they back off after one bite, and people usually survive the bite.
Has anyone seen the disgusting stuff that happens to human flesh after being bitten by a black widow? I have. It's horrifying. Could result in amputation of a limb. Awesome video. I live with bears, cougars, black widows, wolves and coyotes. I'm cautious around mother moose, elk and grizzlies with young. Otherwise, have fun!! Dog attacks are more frequent, lol. Mine protects me!
In South America, freshwater rays are the most feared fish in the water, other than the legendary "candiru"- which is a tiny Cetopsis Catfish that can get lodged in a human's urinary tract if someone is foliage enough to hop into the Amazon butt neck-Ed. The rays are feared not for their aggression, but rather because they can so easily hide unseen in the shallows where indigenous people bath, work, and play. I have kept many freshwater rays as pets. They demand extremely clean water and a large tank footprint, but they are actually very personable, and can learn to eat right from your hand. However, all rays continuously shed their stingers as they grow- the old stinger molts off much like a feather in birds, or a skin shed in reptiles. The stingers do t lose their potency when shed, so it's imperative for ray keepers to be aware of where their fish is at in its molting cycle. While I have never been stung, nor known a keeper who has been stung by their pet, I DO know many keepers that were accidentally stung by cleaning their pet's sand bed, and inadvertently came across a shed stinger. Luckily, the stings of the freshwater rays are painful but not dire. It'll ruin your day, but not end your days if you get on the business end of one. At least a shed stinger. There are plenty of arguments over the freshwater rays sting potential, with some claiming the animal can regulate how much juice it gives its target, and others saying that the animal has little to no control over this. I can tell you from experience that rays are for the most part gentle and curious animals, and that they are astoundingly intelligent for such a seemingly simple lifeform...and they certainly don't want to sting you if it can be helped. If your ray is afraid, it would much rather flap itself into the sand bed, and then kick up a cloudy substrate smoke screen to flee if disturbed....
Mountain lions can absolutely kill a person, but they are very elusive and generally choose to stay away from people. They live nearby, you just don't see them unless you are very vigilant. The only way they are going to attack a human is if they are starving and acting impulsively.
7:50 ok, the exact opposite applies to the Arnie. He may look sweet and cute and cuddly, but in actuality he’s the deadliest organism this planet has ever seen
I agree with the Florida panther not being deadly. If they were I wouldn't be writing this. Out one night doing some guerilla gardening sneaking thru the swamps I walked up on a pair of panthers only a few feet away. The male growled and ran,but the female stood her ground and hissed. It was a few minutes of a stand off before she slinked away. She tracked me for about a half a mile as I continued . I had only a walking stick with me.
I was literally shocked when conservation expert Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray. A man that has spent his lifetime handling dangerous animals but he really didn't know anything about stingrays so it probably wasn't a good idea and it wound up costing him his life. Terry once said and it is true that she would feel safe with Steve Irwin even if a T-Rex was rumbling around. It makes me mad when people try to say he wasn't good at his job he was an expert he simply was handling animals that he was not familiar with. When he died the animals lost the best friend they ever had.
I've been bitten 3 times by a black widow at this point (I'm very unlucky). And it will make you feel like crap and your chest will feel heavy. But, generally you have to have some other medical issues for it to be a problem.
None of these are "deadly" right up until the moment that they are. What they are is unpredictable, which makes the "deadly" part a possibility and so worthy of caution.
I think at least part of the reason a lot of animals are less deadly than we think is due to the infrequency of human contact. For example, the total breeding population for cougars is around 50,000 individuals in the Americas. Based on the places they tend to live, contact with humans that could potentially lead to an attack are relatively uncommon. I think a better way to demonstrate an animal isn't as deadly as we think would be to show numbers like were shown for the black widow; total number of bites per year and total number of deaths. I don't believe the video gave a total number of cougar attacks per year, only citing the total number of fatalities. The list shown at 4:42 is from Wikipedia, and according to the article from which that image was taken, there have been a total of 126 cougar attacks recorded since 1868; 27 of those attacks were fatal. That means 21.4% of cougar attacks are fatal. Contrast that with the numbers for black widow bites; 2500 bites per year, 4 - 8 fatalities. If we use the maximum fatality number, that means only .32% of black widow bites are fatal. In reality, you are incredibly unlikely to be attacked by a cougar, but if you *ARE* attacked by a cougar, you have more than a 1:5 chance of being killed. It's like saying flying is safer than driving; there's almost no chance you will ever be involved in an airline accident at all, and even less that you'll be involved in a crash from altitude, but if you are involved in an airline crash from altitude, there's basically a 100% chance that you will die. This is simply an example of how we can use data to support the claim we want, depending on how we present the data.
The American Mountain Lion(i refuse to call it a cougar) is kinda a joke in many circles as it is North America's only big cat but it is smaller than most other big cats and is far less aggressive than many others as well. Both of those traits are good things of course.
I read about one that attacked a little girl and her dog saved her. A dogo argentino. I didn't really believe it till my brother got a dogo. The dog is a beast
honestly depends on the mountain lion. their size vairies. some can be close to as big as jaguars while other size of dogs. but even tho they are size of jaguars they arent as strong. jaguars are built like tanks but no dog could take it down tho@@johnm3907
While the stingray might not be one of the deadliest fish in the sea they've certainly made quite the reputation for themselves after killing Steve Irwin.
*Javelinas* -- the only reason people think these animals are dangerous is because of the movie, "Ol' Yeller" - Javelina attacks are extremely rare, and they are typically very shy animals that run away from humans. This is demonstrated by the fact that *we* are actually the predators to the Javelina.
You forgot piranhas and sharks they are also misrepresented in media. There are fatality cases but are not as much as they show in movies. My younger brother and many others in my family believe that piranhas are evil and should be killed even if they are not evil 😢.
0:21 Any of these animals is absolutely dangerous if you are the one attacked. And "Reader's Digest" published an article not too many years ago about people and pets attacked by cougars in Boulder Colorado, including a high school student named Scott Lancaster who was killed in 1991 as prey for 0:23 one particular, literal maneater. * I believe the Reader's Digest article was taken from a book titled, "The Beast in the Garden" by David Baron.
We heavily target 🐺 in old days Those are not the same 🐺 but we probably taught them to avoid humans We are more dangerous to them But they did go after humans in the past.
There hasn't been any attacks on children because children are basically house cats now. When I grew up in the 1970s and 80s children played outside unsupervised. Half my childhood was spent hiking the mountains around my home. No parent today would just let their ten year old walk out the front door alone with instructions to be back before dark.
Wolves! I think there were only two fatalities in North America and none in Europe over the past 18 years. I think it’s a little higher in Asia but that’s because rabies is much more common and they get blamed for rabies deaths that could be caused by any animal
Don't conflate recorded attacks with total attacks & disappearances. Cougars are absolutely some of the deadliest animals to Humans, growing up around them we had to come in before dusk because of how many children went missing in areas where Cougars prowled.
Mountain lions are the perfect example of mighty creatures that are very afraid of humans, I mean these things have been recorded killing adult moose, But they are horribly afraid of humans, Kind of hilarious to think about
Because of the variety of snakes species in general, putting together such a list is always a subjective process. If you want to make a list based on the number of bites or fatalities caused by species, the saw-scaled and Russell's vipers of Southern Asia, the Puff Adder in Africa, and the barba amarilla or Fer-de-Lance in Latin America, tend to own the short list. If you want to base a list on the lethality from a bite, it tends to be a tossup between the Black Mamba of Africa and the Coastal Taipan of Australia and PNG. These are among the largest, fastest and most agile venomous snakes in the world. They are fast, can strike repeatedly, and when it comes to 'dry bites', there is no such thing; not with these snakes. Immediate access to anti-venin for the bites by either of these snakes is vital if a bite is not to be fatal. Finally, if a snake list is to be based on venom potency, Australian elapids would all but monopolize it. The champion is the Inland Taipan which can kill over 200 healthy adult humans with one bite. Unbelievably, this snake has never been credited with a human fatality. The reason being it lives in the desolate regions of the Outback where people don't.
The folks that died fron the black widow bites were alergic to insect venom. Pumas are scardy cats that attack from behind. A Halloween mask worn backwards, iike they do in India for tigers, will give a puma pause if they get desperate enough to hunt humans.
Mountain lions don't kill many people because they rarely cross paths with people. With that said, I would be nervous about being stuck in the mountains at night time with them around along with bears.
The perfect example of an animal of that description imo is the gorilla given that they are one of the most peaceful animals out there despite of their reputation
I heard that you don’t look at gorillas in the eye since it’s perceived as a challenge by them.
@@dannyhernandez265 Don't smile at them either, as that can be perceived as a threat display. Gorillas are peaceful, but they are still several times stronger than a human and will defend themselves and their group against something they see as a threat.
I wouldn't play with a male😅🦍
There is the story and vid of a Mexican Janitor just walking into the 🦍 and cleaning it while the 🦍 just sat there watching him. The staff caught this on CCTV after 2 years
They are quiet peaceful if not threatened
Harambe was both the crowd and zoo staff fault
@@Flufux yeah I will not try to challenge a gorilla anytime soon. Lol, I’d get folded.
There are between 30 and 50 deaths a year from domestic dog attacks in the US. In contrast, there have been less than 30 deaths from mountain lion attacks since 1890! You never hear about the dog attacks, but a cougar attack makes the national news.
List of animals causing fatal attacks by state lists dogs in about a dozen stares including some surprising ones like Florida! Not gators, dogs.
It's because pumas have been hunted to small #s and dogs are everywhere
You do hear about the dog attacks, but it’s more in the local news.
One of our latest death caused by a dog did go national though since the mayor decided he wanted to ban all pitts since it was a pitt that killed a woman 🙃
But it's the same thing with cows, there's more human death just because there's way more of them and they interact way more with humans too.
Mountain lions are endangered in some parts and only live in forests. Still don't think they see us as prey though, so as long as you don't scare them you'd be fine.
I agree with the mountain lion, but don't underestimate them. Keep an eye out for small children and your pets in the woods!
Mountain lions CAN kill a animal 5x their size, like the llama like thing (can't remember its name) so they are powerful and dangerous but they are not aggressive and are infact skittish to humans
Big Grownups are the usual victims of Mountain Lions!
@@theloafs2622Alpacas?
Or just don´t enter their habitat 🤷♂
@@jmseippgrownups that underestimate wildlife are the victims.
Glad you made this video and included Mountain Lions on it. In the 90s, there was a series of Mountain Lion attacks in Southern California including in San Diego County. Because of that, these cats got an unfair reputation. There have been no attacks since the 90s even though Mountain Lions actually live in our cities. Confirmed sightings have happened in San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palo Alto, and Berkeley and no one has ever been attacked in these cities.
Mountain Lions are very wary of humans
Not strictly true. Whilst visiting Miami, Nov '03- Jan '04 I heard on the radio that a man ironically mountain biking in California, had been attacked and killed by a mountain lion. My estimate is Dec '03.
My American mountain lion adventure was in San Diego, at Rancho Peñasquitos
@@manosparavida3551 Ok, I hadn't heard about that one but thanks for that info.
@@johnfoster6412 What happened?
Interesting fact about the stingray Steve Irwin subject. A bloke in my country Australia got stung in pretty much the same spot Steve did a week or 2 after he died but survived and he kept the sting in till medical attention arrived. Even Steve's crew don't understand why he pulled out the barb as the blood loss is what killed him in the end. Very sad. He did so much for misunderstood animals around the world and why I love reptiles
Steve was a dickhead mate.
His Dad was the legend.
It's probably was one of those moments where your body just goes into reaction mode from the trauma. Steve was such an intelligent & impactful human. Sadly he probably just reacted to being stung, especially if it hit his heart or very close, it makes sense to not even think about pulling the stinger out.. idk just trying to consider why he reacted like that..? I'm glad that other person survived.
@benmcreynolds8581 a tragedy. We in Australia didn't realise what we had till he was gone. A lot of us didn't like him and he did act like a very stereotyped Aussie. But after his death we saw more of the work he does. He buys up public and private land to conserve it for animals. That's where every cent went and its beautiful his wife and kids are keeping that dream alive. They are as amazing as he is. We need more Irwin's.
@benmcreynolds8581 also yeah I remember when I broke my ankle and went in shock. Walked from the skate park to the shop. Stole a bottle of juice even though I had money then walked 20 minutes to a friend's 😂 the pain that night when it kicked in I still remember 20 years later
@@jasonotto9126 If that's what a stereotyped Aussie is, maybe you just have a really cool country! I know what you mean though. Americans sure had a fascination with the Australian adventurer type there.
4-8 deaths a year is pretty serious. As far as stingrays, my dad and used to go gigging where they roamed. He was taught gigging by one of his older sisters. She actually took the barb once, but pulled it out, rinsed with vinegar, and put on a sock packed with chopped onion.
I honestly didn’t know they were deadly. My grandfather was bit by one and was ok
Yeah, but in the context of out of 2500 bites, it's not a lot. It means if you catch the flu you're more likely to die, than you are if a black widow bites you. Since the video is on animals that are less deadly than most people think, they fit into it the category.
No it is not. Wts, it's more likely a cow kills you than a stingray.
4 deaths a year is almost nothing
70 people a year die from potatoes......THAT'S serious.......
I've had cougar encounters. You're usually bigger than they are. Solo predators don't usually screw with things the same size or bigger than them, because it's a risk. Even a fairly minor injury can put them out of commission for hunting for a few days, weakening them and making hunting even harder.
An animal I find very interesting in that regard is the american Alligator. Only 26 people where killed by these crocodilians in about 80 years in Florda, despite them living in such close proximity to humans. Unlike crocodiles of similar size, like the american corocilde, nile crocodile and saltwater crocodile, they don't seem to be agressive towards humans despite their size, and rather tend to flee when approached.
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Great addition! Of course, NEVER underestimate one, but they are rarely aggressive despite being widespread in several southern states. Check out Okefenokee Joe. He was our Steve Irwin, bless them both.
Tsuki i really like your videos they are so interesting and fascinating about animals.
I'm glad you enjoy them :)
A poster child for this video could DEFINITELY be sharks! Jaws really gave them an awful reputation.
I thought Steve’s death was just a freak accident, I didn’t know stingrays had actually killed even that many people.
Yes but that 17 has probably been recorded in a 50+ years span. Meaning its very little
Hello and thanks for the video! Here in Brazil, the cougar is called "onça parda" (brown jaguar), or by its indigenous name: suçuarana. We know that it even exists on the outskirts of large cities, like São Paulo, but sightings are very rare. I never knew of attacks, fatal or otherwise. On cattle farms, they are sometimes chased away with a whip, rarely killed. In relation to the jaguar, the attitude is different, unfortunately. According to zoologists, when the cougar starts to appear a lot somewhere, it signals that the jaguar has become extinct there, because it hunts and kills cougars.
I think they’re more common than people realize. I live in California and it’s the same here. They’ve been filmed living in the parks of Los Angeles, above freeways, etc. Still, their populations now are drastically lower than historical numbers. But that wouldn’t surprise me if they show up where jaguars are not present, as jaguars seem to stay “wild”, and avoid metropolitan areas. Pumas, raccoons, opossums, and rodents tend to adapt to humans, taking advantage of our trash and our pets and livestock! Haha. Compared to jaguars, pumas tend to prey on a larger variety of animals, including unleashed dogs, cats, chickens, and other animals found near human habitations.
I’ve also heard that pumas and jaguars will often cohabitate in the same places, but naturally avoid each other through scent marking, droppings, and just using their advanced senses. Jaguars focus on caiman, capybara, peccary, and likely tapir & deer for prey. In addition to anything else they desire, lol. Puma have their own niche. Depends on where they live. But what you said makes sense too, like around São Paulo… I heard the most pumas in Brazil are found in the eastern Atlantic coastal forests. Recently a white puma was photographed there on a trail camera!
@@erikm8372 , I forgot to point out that what I heard from a zoologist about the local extinction of the jaguar and the increase in the population of pumas only applies to places with primary or, at least, well-preserved forest. In fact, the puma is much less demanding and persists long after the local extinction of the jaguar.
@@erikm8372they’ve never been top predators - they’re likely aware of the consequences of being an annoyance to a top predator in their ecosystem - interactions lead to direct competition which leads to cougars being chased off or killed by wolves bears or humans.
We get a different sort of mountain lion here in Canada. As in, from what I remember, yours don't get anywhere near the size they do here. There are verified accounts of them reaching just over 220lbs. Big enough to take a large Rottweiler for a snack. Here in the Rockies wolves can get over 170lbs and our deer dwarf their southern counterparts. They have to get that big to survive the winter. And right now it's -34C where I'm at.
@@baldbastardo ,yes. That's why I was surprised by the information in the video about the Florida panther being one of the largest subspecies. I think it's the smallest... I already know that there, at the northern limit of the territory, they are big, as you said. The coat is longer and denser. And without a doubt, they have everything to be more dangerous to people. I think that in the Andes, they are also bigger than the ones here. Interestingly, in the case of the jaguar, the largest are from the Pantanal and the smallest are from the Amazon. Seems tô be another logic, in the Pantanal there are more open areas and large prey. The males reach the weight of the cougars in your country, ca.100 kg. In the Amazon forests, being smaller gives you more agility, I think. The males are usually by 50 kg.
Funnily enough, of course, deadly animals exist literally everywhere- in the form of big dogs, as well as errant hogs & boars, horses, cows, camels, llamas, alpacas, water buffalo, bison, yak, elk, deer and a number of other pets or otherwise domesticated, captive large animals!
It’s actually scary that any animal we meet are obviously deadly
@@ruffruggednraw Especially the two legged ones.
Exactly, if someone says “my dog won’t bite, he’s harmless” I’m not trusting that. Especially if it’s a pit bull, Rottweiler, other big dog etc…
@@dannyhernandez265No one should say their dog doesn't bite, that's irresponsible. If anything they should say the dog is friendly. Any animal will lash out under the right circumstances, even us.
I've had a number of people ask if pet rats I've had bit when they wanted to hold them. My response was always something like 'well he can bite. If you hurt him he certainly might, otherwise I'd be shocked if he did.' They may have been friendly, affectionate, and use to being handled by different people, and never did bite the people I let hold them, but I'm not making any promises.
@@emordnilap4747 very true.
I live in the mountains north of Boise, Idaho. In Idaho, cougars are more commonly called mountain lions or just "cats". They usually follow the deer population coming down from the high country in the Fall. I have 2 small pine trees about 20' from my dogs' fenced yard which have been used as scratching posts on several occasions. Keep an eye on your dogs in cat country. Joggers & mountain bikers seem to have more issues with cats than hikers. Also watch out for small children. Cats are opportunistic hunters & react to quick movement.
Damn, some of those mountain lion deaths sounded brutal. An 18 year old killed and eaten while on a run. A mother killed while defending her child. A 5 year old killed and dragged off to be eaten. A 13 year old who was chased down for 100m.
babe wake up Tsuki posted
Oh I'm up alright
No go to sleep it's 4am
That is so lame
Lame
Did u come up with that urself?
In North America, attacks on humans by large, feared animals like grizzly bears, cougars, wolves, etc. are mainly the result of people intentionally searching for these animals, or simply not exercising proper caution and wariness when entering their known habitats.
The fact that cougars attack people and can go for the throat when in a fight faster than you can react means the art very deadly.
That's why avoid them when I see them in bars and offer me drinks.
As most people haven't heard, most species of sharks were portrayed as deadly and terrifyingly cold blooded predators as told by media, while dolphins were portrayed as intelligent, helpful and friendly warm hearted creatures, but in the end, recently, many marine biologists have realized that most species of sharks are mostly harmless to humans thanks to their curious and docile nature and their self awareness in their surroundings, while dolphins in the other hand, especially the Atlantic bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus), they have been revealed to be undoubtedly nothing more but cruel, cold blooded narcissists and psychopathic criminals who take credit and advantage of many other marine animals (sharks and humans included) and are determined to search for nothing else but torture and endless murder just for "fun" and to satisfy their entertainment.
That's why we would definitely rather prefer supporting sharks and treat them with respect, kindness, love and compassion since they were simply misunderstood.
By the way, that's also why dolphins are literally never supposed to be trusted at all.
while the intentions of sharks and dolphins have certainly been anthropomorphised in opposite directions, the reality is that dolphins aren't any more moral or amoral than sharks. dolphins that cause trouble are almost always those that have been acclimatised to humans, and any animal in that setting can cause issues. let's not swing too far the opposite way!!
I was aware of the understanding that most sharks aren't a problem, and the dolphins ARE intelligent and kill for fun like cats and humans. But I thought the research found that dolphins even in the wild won't kill or attack humans. I'm pretty sure only Accidental drownings from play gone to far were the deaths. So sharks, over 10ft, are still far more dangerous to humans than any cetacean. Humpback whales will even protect divers from large sharks, dolphins help sometimes too. The oceanic white tip, great white, tiger, and bull sharks are all very dangerous for different reasons but fatalities are still rare. But if you shipwreck in the ocean, a white-tip will eat you, the question is whether they wait for you to die first.
stop projecting your own idiotic fantasies onto animals.
We have almost as many recorded cases of them helping a dorwing person as we do of them taking the person farther out to sea.@@fredsmith9714
@@EllisianYeah I find it interesting the trend of seeing Dolphins as heartless, brutal and narcissistic criminals over either rare occurrence or probably misinfo, while trying to see other wild animals as actually docile and misrepresented. Even then the thing is, even other wild animals like big and small cats for example, are cruel and brutal and take advantage of other animals, eat their own children, “play” with with their prey slowly killing and torturing them, etc, but people specifically criticize dolphins as pure psychopathic evil over the actions of other dolphins, but then probably think other wild animals only kill in defense, never do anything brutal, and any instance where it does brutalize, is NOW just them being an animal, but dolphins? Absolute scum.
Like will people call other animals “criminals” and “psychopathic” for their actions, or only dolphins because it’s a trend?
I’d say wolves are an animal that people exaggerate the danger of, considering that there has never been a report of a healthy wolf killing anyone in the wild.
Because they don't find any evidence 😂
They are deadly and have proven to actively go after humans
A lot depends on the specific breed of wolf Grey wolf's were released in the pisgah national forest in N.C. 4 TIMES IN THE 1970S, OF COURSE they didn't stay in the forest and all of them were killed within 6 months each time in the act of attacking livestock, pets, and humans. I had 2 friends who had to defend themselves from the Grey wolf, their names were Lucky, and Rusty. I personally watched the wolf tracking Rusty but he was to far away for me to warn him but he managed to defend himself anyway. I don't mind telling you their names because they are now dead, but don't try the lie that wolf's are not a threat to humans on me because I have witnessed it myself. After 4 failures with Grey wolfs the forest service switched to red wolf's which are not as aggressive
@DoomZzx funny you should mention Cougars or pumas as you call them I walked almost every night with a big male Cougar for close to 5 years me in the road and him in the edge of the woods beside the road, I was never stupid enough to think he was my friend but we tolerated each other just fine. Only thing I know of that a cougar killed in the area was 1 mule, but the wolves killed everything they could and had no fear of humans. Cougars were always around my entire life just not a lot of them and except for the 1 mule were not a problem. The wolves were introduced by the government and were nothing but problems. The red wolves have not been a problem so far.
What about that pack that took a ton of kids in Turku Finland? Do not underestimate wolves.
I'm glad I live somewhere I'm unlikely to come across a deadly animal unless I step into a field with cattle and a bull doesn't want me intruding or a buck during rutting season.
I've heard that Cougars can be deadly to a man's bank account.
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Cringe
I live in western Mexico and my family is from a rural area, there are many stories of cougars hunting people and there is certainly a bias in the video due to the lack of reported incidents, I don't think they are as non-dangerous and kill that few people in north america as the video suggests.
I agree with you.
A huge amount of missing persons can actually be attributed to cougars. We would never know for sure but they’re stealthy and can swoop someone away and we’d have no idea
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If you make a part 2 you can include the piranha because I think they only kill on an average of 1 people per year (feel free to correct me if I’m wrong)
I have kept a couple black widows and its amazing how strong their webs are.
Only species I kept I could hear their strands break.
Jaguar are observed with trail cameras in Arizona from time to time. Most recently last month.
Jaguars come up into parts of Texas, including near Boca Chica where Elon launches his rockets.
Jaguars don't care what the map says are their boundaries.
It seems to me that sightings of jaguars, along with those of ocelot, margay and jaguarundi would receive encouragement of being reported to the respective, regional conservation departments in Arizona, would they not?
I once was walking around outside and then got in my truck. Not two seconds later, a fully grown mountain lion runs by me and into some bushes. I’m so happy it was waiting for me to get in the truck instead of thinking of me as lunch.
Its like "SAFE!" , but from you
Another vid of yours without ads 😂 thanks for your content. I may know a lot of the stuff already that you post but my son likes your content and the arnie cameos. So yeah, thanks mate 👍
When I was younger I had a leather jacket, I left it on the floor of our coat closet. Put it on one day months later and could feel something wriggling in the sleeve. Shook out the sleeve and a black widow flew out. They don't tend to bite unless they feel threatened. Granted I live in Canada so they might act differently elsewhere.
Makes sense. It's a Canadian spider. Everyone knows how polite Canadians are! :)
Finally, someone defend on cougars.
Very relaxing videos. I very much enjoy your voice it's calming and sounds safe.. like professor Brian Cox
Thank you i really appreciate it and that's a very sweet thing to say. You have made my day :)
The Orca is a Apex predator, but they don't have a taste for human blood and will not attack a human. Another animal is one species of Wolf......... that I can't remember the name of.
Known as a panther but actually* not a panther.
*changed after recommendation by reply comment.
The name panther is used by the old Greek for the leopard so yeah, the Puma or cougar is technically not a panther at all.
Well, I watched the first two, but no way in hell am I watching that much closeup footage of the third. That is one of the only spiders I am actively afraid of. Not necessarily because of how deadly it is, just because they creep me out and where everywhere when I was a kid. Sent some friends and family to hospital a few times as well.
Mountain lions/Pumas should be the flag of California now
Stingrays are still a big nope for me. Ive nearly stepped on a few and those interactions were more terrifying than most of my other “dangerous animal encounters.” They blend in so well I now feel like I’m walking ok a minefield every time I’ve gone to the beach since.
I love this channel so much
Thanks!
I was hiking near San Francisco and around the corner on a trail was a mountain lion about 10 yards away. I stopped in my tracks, lit a cigarette, and we just stared at each other for a few minutes before she just walked off the trail as if without a care in the world. She was quite a beauty, and I was more than a little nervous, but I knew that if I turned my back on her, that it would be inviting trouble. I stayed there for a few more minutes and listed to her slowly walk away through the underbrush before I continued on my way, quite a bit more alert than I was just a little bit prior.
Cougars can often be spotted wearing yoga pants and in college bars.
Can you do squirrel species?
Squirrels are relatively harmless.
@@jfu5222 Tell that to Clark Griswold.
@@jfu5222 not if you piss them off. Squirrels are small, and look harmless. And overall, they are no threat, but if you go out of your way to make them angry. They are fast, have claws, and teeth. And very athletic little creates. Any wild animal can be a threat. Are you going to be killed by one? No. But they have teeth and can bite.
Not too long ago, my step-father and little brother had seen a teenage cougar in the thumb of Michigan. Seems like Cougars are returning to the Midwest and Eastern US. 😁
I would like a video of sharks. How they are mistreated and not that deadly as media and film has shown. And that humans kill a lot of sharks because fins. ❤️🌱
What a delusional comment. They are deadly , so deadly that one bite in the wrong area can kill. If we lived in the water instead of on land we’d be on the menu a lot often
Have you been to Africa before
What’s your favorite antelope in Africa
Have you seen the great wildebeest migration
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7 rarest predator mammals
Asian lion
Sumatran tiger
Andean bear
Sun bear
Red wolf
Ethiopian wolf
please make a video doing the opposite, animals that are more dangerous than you think. people underestimate moose, for example
You are right there are no deadly animals in Australia. American TV has blown our wildlife way out of proportion 😂
Kangaroo killed a man in 2022
Most of Australia's reptiles, including the Saltwater crocodile, are pretty dangerous.
Maybe not deadly animals as such, but certainly unpleasant ones that can cause a lot of discomfort. The blue-ringed octopus, box jellyfish, funnel-web spider, red-backed spider, the white-tailed spider (prick of a thing that one, take it from me), a whole bunch of the most venomous snakes in the world. Then you've got your crocs and your white-pointer sharks. But when you look at annual death rates, you're right -- very few actual fatalities.
The definition of “apex predator” means that it has no natural predators, not that it will lose a kill to another apex predator
idk if i see a cougar when hiking alone i wd probably shit my pants
Puma attacks are rare, because they've been wiped out over half their range! You're more likely to get struck by lightening than to even SEE a puma!
1) Mountain lions also live in the mountains and deserts, at least out here in the west. They're big housecats, behaviourally, as dangerous as any feral cat + the size, but easy to spook.
2) I've been bitten by three black widows in my life, two before the age of 5. I never even had to go to the hospital, though my parents did take me twice. That's not to say don't be scared of 'em, but the thing people really need to know is black widows hardly ever wander so if they're in one spot you can bet they'll stay there.
3) Good video. I like your improvements. ♥
Wolves aren't as dangerous as people think either. These creatures are just territorial and people don't give them enough space, not to mention running away will trigger their animal instinct.
There is no such thing as less deadly or more deadly. There's only DEADLY , because the ranking system of how deadly doesn't mean a damn thing if you are dead.
Tsuki has done more for conservation awareness than most governments
I thought that sharks might make the list, because many times that sharks bite humans, they back off after one bite, and people usually survive the bite.
And other times they consume people, so no they don’t belong on this list ………
Sharks only attack people when they start swimming in their territories.
Leopards are more dangerous than cougars and jaguars, despite the similar size.
Has anyone seen the disgusting stuff that happens to human flesh after being bitten by a black widow? I have. It's horrifying. Could result in amputation of a limb. Awesome video. I live with bears, cougars, black widows, wolves and coyotes. I'm cautious around mother moose, elk and grizzlies with young. Otherwise, have fun!! Dog attacks are more frequent, lol. Mine protects me!
If _Red Dead Redemption 2_ has taught me anything, it's that cougars are incredibly deadly.
I have come across all three of those here in socal.
In South America, freshwater rays are the most feared fish in the water, other than the legendary "candiru"- which is a tiny Cetopsis Catfish that can get lodged in a human's urinary tract if someone is foliage enough to hop into the Amazon butt neck-Ed.
The rays are feared not for their aggression, but rather because they can so easily hide unseen in the shallows where indigenous people bath, work, and play.
I have kept many freshwater rays as pets. They demand extremely clean water and a large tank footprint, but they are actually very personable, and can learn to eat right from your hand. However, all rays continuously shed their stingers as they grow- the old stinger molts off much like a feather in birds, or a skin shed in reptiles. The stingers do t lose their potency when shed, so it's imperative for ray keepers to be aware of where their fish is at in its molting cycle. While I have never been stung, nor known a keeper who has been stung by their pet, I DO know many keepers that were accidentally stung by cleaning their pet's sand bed, and inadvertently came across a shed stinger. Luckily, the stings of the freshwater rays are painful but not dire. It'll ruin your day, but not end your days if you get on the business end of one. At least a shed stinger. There are plenty of arguments over the freshwater rays sting potential, with some claiming the animal can regulate how much juice it gives its target, and others saying that the animal has little to no control over this. I can tell you from experience that rays are for the most part gentle and curious animals, and that they are astoundingly intelligent for such a seemingly simple lifeform...and they certainly don't want to sting you if it can be helped. If your ray is afraid, it would much rather flap itself into the sand bed, and then kick up a cloudy substrate smoke screen to flee if disturbed....
Fuck sting rays, RIP Steve Irwin
I think sharks have the most sad story with how Jaws ruined their reputation and had humans hunt them without end.
You should make one with animals that are deadlier than you think!
The mosquito is #1. Deadliest on the planet by a mile.
Mountain lions can absolutely kill a person, but they are very elusive and generally choose to stay away from people. They live nearby, you just don't see them unless you are very vigilant. The only way they are going to attack a human is if they are starving and acting impulsively.
7:50 ok, the exact opposite applies to the Arnie. He may look sweet and cute and cuddly, but in actuality he’s the deadliest organism this planet has ever seen
Suicidal maniac: I’ve come here (forest) to die!🫡
Puma: I … I can make arrangements with a Grizzly Bear to ensure your demise. 😔
I agree with the Florida panther not being deadly. If they were I wouldn't be writing this. Out one night doing some guerilla gardening sneaking thru the swamps I walked up on a pair of panthers only a few feet away. The male growled and ran,but the female stood her ground and hissed. It was a few minutes of a stand off before she slinked away. She tracked me for about a half a mile as I continued . I had only a walking stick with me.
I was on board for the whole thing until you showed the spider 😅
I was literally shocked when conservation expert Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray. A man that has spent his lifetime handling dangerous animals but he really didn't know anything about stingrays so it probably wasn't a good idea and it wound up costing him his life. Terry once said and it is true that she would feel safe with Steve Irwin even if a T-Rex was rumbling around. It makes me mad when people try to say he wasn't good at his job he was an expert he simply was handling animals that he was not familiar with. When he died the animals lost the best friend they ever had.
Idk man cougars may avoid us but I still think I got a better chance with a bear than a cougar
Sting rays immediately jumped to number one spot when they took out Steve Erwin .
I've been bitten 3 times by a black widow at this point (I'm very unlucky). And it will make you feel like crap and your chest will feel heavy. But, generally you have to have some other medical issues for it to be a problem.
This is insane, you have two relatively safe animals to be around and then the cougar….
None of these are "deadly" right up until the moment that they are. What they are is unpredictable, which makes the "deadly" part a possibility and so worthy of caution.
I think at least part of the reason a lot of animals are less deadly than we think is due to the infrequency of human contact. For example, the total breeding population for cougars is around 50,000 individuals in the Americas. Based on the places they tend to live, contact with humans that could potentially lead to an attack are relatively uncommon. I think a better way to demonstrate an animal isn't as deadly as we think would be to show numbers like were shown for the black widow; total number of bites per year and total number of deaths. I don't believe the video gave a total number of cougar attacks per year, only citing the total number of fatalities. The list shown at 4:42 is from Wikipedia, and according to the article from which that image was taken, there have been a total of 126 cougar attacks recorded since 1868; 27 of those attacks were fatal. That means 21.4% of cougar attacks are fatal. Contrast that with the numbers for black widow bites; 2500 bites per year, 4 - 8 fatalities. If we use the maximum fatality number, that means only .32% of black widow bites are fatal.
In reality, you are incredibly unlikely to be attacked by a cougar, but if you *ARE* attacked by a cougar, you have more than a 1:5 chance of being killed. It's like saying flying is safer than driving; there's almost no chance you will ever be involved in an airline accident at all, and even less that you'll be involved in a crash from altitude, but if you are involved in an airline crash from altitude, there's basically a 100% chance that you will die. This is simply an example of how we can use data to support the claim we want, depending on how we present the data.
The American Mountain Lion(i refuse to call it a cougar) is kinda a joke in many circles as it is North America's only big cat but it is smaller than most other big cats and is far less aggressive than many others as well. Both of those traits are good things of course.
And the cougar isn't even a big cat
It's just a very big small cat
You know what i mean?
I read about one that attacked a little girl and her dog saved her. A dogo argentino. I didn't really believe it till my brother got a dogo. The dog is a beast
honestly depends on the mountain lion. their size vairies. some can be close to as big as jaguars while other size of dogs. but even tho they are size of jaguars they arent as strong. jaguars are built like tanks but no dog could take it down tho@@johnm3907
I note dropbears are not on the list. Probably because they eat honey badgers for breakfast.
This guy absolutely needs to redo his list. No dropbears? I'm with you.
love your vids btw
While the stingray might not be one of the deadliest fish in the sea they've certainly made quite the reputation for themselves after killing Steve Irwin.
finally some time to relax and watch the new Tsuki video
*Javelinas* -- the only reason people think these animals are dangerous is because of the movie, "Ol' Yeller" - Javelina attacks are extremely rare, and they are typically very shy animals that run away from humans. This is demonstrated by the fact that *we* are actually the predators to the Javelina.
You forgot piranhas and sharks they are also misrepresented in media. There are fatality cases but are not as much as they show in movies. My younger brother and many others in my family believe that piranhas are evil and should be killed even if they are not evil 😢.
Great video
0:21 Any of these animals is absolutely dangerous if you are the one attacked. And "Reader's Digest" published an article not too many years ago about people and pets attacked by cougars in Boulder Colorado, including a high school student named Scott Lancaster who was killed in 1991 as prey for 0:23 one particular, literal maneater.
* I believe the Reader's Digest article was taken from a book titled, "The Beast in the Garden" by David Baron.
Wolves. The last person killed by a wolf was in 2010 and before that it was 2005.
We heavily target 🐺 in old days
Those are not the same 🐺 but we probably taught them to avoid humans
We are more dangerous to them
But they did go after humans in the past.
There hasn't been any attacks on children because children are basically house cats now. When I grew up in the 1970s and 80s children played outside unsupervised. Half my childhood was spent hiking the mountains around my home. No parent today would just let their ten year old walk out the front door alone with instructions to be back before dark.
Grizzlies run damn FAST ! I've seen one run after a jeep and it was keeping up with the jeep too. They out run you and out climb you .
Wolves! I think there were only two fatalities in North America and none in Europe over the past 18 years.
I think it’s a little higher in Asia but that’s because rabies is much more common and they get blamed for rabies deaths that could be caused by any animal
what to do when the top 3 deadliest animals attack you
1: get a fly swater and a bug repellent spray
2: call the police
3: call the police on number 2
7:52 Beautiful German Shepherd ❤️🔥
What if I’m willingly try to find “Cougars” in my area ? 😂😂
I was swimming with a family of stingrays last year.
The Stingray has its weapon at the rear. Unless you’re a crab you have to be attacking it before it will attack you… 2:17
Don't conflate recorded attacks with total attacks & disappearances. Cougars are absolutely some of the deadliest animals to Humans, growing up around them we had to come in before dusk because of how many children went missing in areas where Cougars prowled.
Mountain lions are the perfect example of mighty creatures that are very afraid of humans, I mean these things have been recorded killing adult moose, But they are horribly afraid of humans, Kind of hilarious to think about
I'm 6'3"and 225 lbs and feel like in one on one hand to hand combat, I'd have a chance against a cougar.
Please make a snake list. Actually deadly and perceived to be deadly
Because of the variety of snakes species in general, putting together such a list is always a subjective process.
If you want to make a list based on the number of bites or fatalities caused by species, the saw-scaled and Russell's vipers of Southern Asia, the Puff Adder in Africa, and the barba amarilla or Fer-de-Lance in Latin America, tend to own the short list.
If you want to base a list on the lethality from a bite, it tends to be a tossup between the Black Mamba of Africa and the Coastal Taipan of Australia and PNG. These are among the largest, fastest and most agile venomous snakes in the world. They are fast, can strike repeatedly, and when it comes to 'dry bites', there is no such thing; not with these snakes. Immediate access to anti-venin for the bites by either of these snakes is vital if a bite is not to be fatal.
Finally, if a snake list is to be based on venom potency, Australian elapids would all but monopolize it. The champion is the Inland Taipan which can kill over 200 healthy adult humans with one bite. Unbelievably, this snake has never been credited with a human fatality. The reason being it lives in the desolate regions of the Outback where people don't.
Meanwhile so many people die from dog attacks....
This makes me wonder about the most underrated threats to humans in fauna...
Cougars prey on young people at the bars all the time.
The folks that died fron the black widow bites were alergic to insect venom. Pumas are scardy cats that attack from behind. A Halloween mask worn backwards, iike they do in India for tigers, will give a puma pause if they get desperate enough to hunt humans.