TERRIFIED BRIT Reacts to AMERICAS MOST DANGEROUS ANIMALS
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Bull sharks are extremely aggressive. They have a special gland in their tail that assist them in fresh water. The females have their pups in fresh water. A better chance of survival. In 1916 New Jersey a Bull shark was believed to attack swimmers in a creek there. I did a report on it back in high school. It was also used as a muse in the writing of the book Jaws followed by the movie in 1975.
If you want to see something extremely dangerous watch snake killers. They extract venom from snakes to make antivemon.
Don't go into the woods without a gun
During the buffalo segment, one of the video segments was of African wildebeest, not American bison. And during the moose segment, they also showed elk.
If I see a daddy long-leg I'm out the door, waking up my wife. Black widows where we live, have plenty of them.
Funny thing is in the States we watch Australian videos with equal fear and alarm.
I was thinking that myself. Yet, I have been to friends' cottages on some lake in Ontario, where a trip to the toilet involved a flashlight 🔦 and a shotgun.
im scared of everything
Meh, excluding a few like crocodiles, most deadly things in Aus are because of venom.
Yea we do kangaroo natures boxing wold chapion then there’s the snakes an spiders that creep me out
Home turf vs unknown.
The scariest part about bears, they eat their prey alive. You'll feel everything until you're gone.
Same with coyotes.
@@chainsofscarlet9054 Absolutely, we have coywolves where I live and you have to careful on trails.
@1LostCause Thankfully, the Coyote/Wolf hybrids can't breed. Let's pray it stays that way.
Coyotes are not scary. I’ve lived among them my whole life.
@jamesgirard1090 It's not the Coyote individually. It's their out of control numbers. If you take a hike off the beaten path and injure yourself and can't move, you better hope help finds you before the coyotes bause they will hound you until you exhaust yourself.
I don't think I have to tell you what will happen after that.
Moose are literally walking, modern day dinosaurs. It's absolutely BONKERS just how big they are.
There were many more mega-fauna in North America 13,000 years ago. Even the modern day bison is a runt compared to the bison that existed 13,000 years ago. Moose are the last of the mega-fauna that once existed in large numbers across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
And momma moose is the single worst you can run into-
A bear will quit when threat to young is over, and return..
Momma moose go freaking CRAZY!! They are ON A MISSION now!!!
Oregons Coastal Elk are enormous too…
Moose are scary. I would rather be in a sleeping bag with both spiders and a snake then deal with 1 moose. Atleast with the sleeping bag I might live.
@@AlaskanGlitch It's so cool to me! I personally love the giant sloths that used to roam!
I once had an experienced hunting guide tell me that if you're hiking in the mountains in the USA, there's a 50% chance a mountain lion is either watching you or at least knows you're there.
I've heard similar. They're most likely watching you but you'll never see them. When you do see one it's because they've chosen to engage.
@@thedeviouspanda I've only seen one in the wild, and it was at a great distance and hauling ass in the opposite direction.
Indeed! You won't know they're there until they want you to know!
@@thedeviouspandaif youre even lucky enough to see them before they get ya
In the northwest, yes. They’re also capable of a certain level of mimicry and they say if you randomly hear things like a toddler crying in the middle of the woods, a mountain lion is actively stalking you and trying to lure you further into the woods.
Also fun fact: A Moose can dive up to six meters/Twenty feet underwater, this means if swimming/diving there's not a zero percent chance that a moose won't come ruin your day.
Orcas will also often eat a moose if they dive that low. So you could be scuba diving and see a moose and then that moose gets eaten by an orca. Wtf is this world we live in?
I like how they showed Elk for the Mooses in some of the pictures.😆
When you go to Yellowstone, they hand you a pamphlet that tells you not to mess with the bison. However, there are quite a few idiot who ignore that. I've been the Yellowstone four times, and every time, there was a moron standing in a herd of bison.
yeah they did that with the moose and the bison. there are plenty of videos and pictures they could have used instead lmao
I was thinking the same thing, somebody's editor needs a talking to
Strange, what triggered me was the African wildebeast in the Buffalo segment.
@@waterandsteel4713also, the terms bison and buffalo aren’t really interchangeable, bison are a completely different species than buffalo, and are much bigger, buffalo also are usually more southern while bison are northern
They are called “ touring” , a combination of “tourist” and “morons”
I live in New Mexico, United States.
We have Cougars, Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes, Bears,Black Widow and Brown Recluse Spiders, Scorpions, Deer, Elk, Wolves, Coyotes, Tarantulas (which look scary to people afraid of spiders)pretty mellow fellows, Tarantula Hawks ( which hunt Tarantulas), and the occasional visitor 👽. 😂
I live in KY... We have wolves, copperheads rattlesnakes, coyotes massive amount of spiders , bears and meth heads
Tarantula hawk stings are VICIOUSLY painful. (NM life long resident here)
If I remember correctly, the State with the fewest dangerous animals is Michigan. It has bears, a few spiders, one rattlesnake (that also happens to be rare), coyotes, and maybe wolves.
However, your chances of being dangerously attacked by most animals goes down if you travel in groups, and don't feed the wild animals. For further protection, you can wear snake boots while hiking, and there are other things you can do.
You forgot cockroaches. 😂
Y’all have the occasional jaguar too.
Bad thing about bears, they won't immediately kill you before they snack on you
Stay away from the Bad News variety 😂❤😂
That’s true, they usually stuff you under logs and put leaves and dirt on a kill.. and come back later..once you’re “tenderized”..so to speak
They usually start from your butt too cuz it's tender meat.
@@devinrivers5808yeah that’s how Timothy Treadwell’s girlfriend was found
How often do bears other than polar bears eat people? Wow I never knew that.
In regards to bears, the rules are:
If it's black, fight back
If it's brown, lie down
If it's white, goodnight
We also have so many deer in my area of NJ. And they're completely invisible at dusk and dawn. They just run out of nowhere
In Canada, there are about 40 bear attacks per year. In the US, there are maybe dozen. It's important to know that once you are in the " bush " - any area of untouched forest, that you are not the top of the food chain. In some areas, all you need to carry is a big stick. In other areas, a gun is advisable.
In Alaska there are maybe 3 or 4 bear maulings per year, with maybe one resulting in death. Moose are much worse. Several people are stomped by moose every year, often resulting in a fatality or two. The "bush" in Alaska covers the entire State. Even the city of Anchorage has over 400 bears and 1,200 moose living within its city limits. Bears are like dogs in demeanor, and their behavior is easily predictable. Moose, however, are psychotic. They can be completely docile, or overly aggressive. You never know how they are going to react, and it is that unpredictability that makes them especially dangerous.
Not only animals, maybe it's me but I have had the misfortune running into the weirdest people out in the American bush, like make the hair on the back of your neck stand up and make that little primal portion of your brain go "haha I'm in danger." kind of weird. To my amygdala's credit some aren't just weird, they are dangerous, be they mentally ill homeless, drug farmers/cooks/runners, illegal squatters, or fugitives. There are a lot of people who don't want to be part of or seen by society in BFE, and a lot of no good goes down in the rural US away from prying eyes.
I rarely carry in the city, but I always have one on my hip in the backcountry, sometimes a larger one on my pack or vehicle if I'm feeling particularly spicy.
My family has a cottage in Northern Ontario Canada. When out picking blueberries, I make noise, and carry bear spray. No grizzlies however. We have black bears.
Carry a stick you say.
A thunder stick say I!
I know you think the deer part was silly but it’s honestly true. Not even a week ago I almost hit 2 driving home. Luckily I was ready for it. However I have never seen a bear or cougar in the wild, so even tho they are technically more intimidating, I’m not ever in fear of them. However with deer it’s a daily worry in some parts of the country. Keep up these videos I’ve been loving them lately!
There was a cougar in our yard. Kinda spooky it's eyes glowed in the flashlight. It was up the hill just laying down and watching us.
@@garycamara9955 Stalking you. Be careful. Even if you don't see it, be wary because if it perceives you, your children, or your pets as an easy meal, it will stick around. They remember routine
Moose are especially bad to hit with a sedan. Since they stand so tall all the vehicle does when it hits them is take out their legs. The 1,200+ pound body of the moose goes straight into the windshield of the vehicle. They have been known to take the roof complete off a vehicle, and end up in the backseat of the sedan after killing everyone in the front seat.
im not watching this guy anymore he's so dismissive like it's not effing real lol i literally live here, other british RUclipsr just is astonished not denys everything lol
I've had a few near-misses with deer in the car over the years. Last year was coming home in the dark, crossed a bridge at about 50mph, and saw a deer cross the road about 40 feet in front of me. I knew there would be another and realized that the first one was not likely to double-back (as they often do), so I aimed a little towards it. I split the gap between the first and second, with the car following close behind likely grazing the second. Scares the hell out of you. You learn where they like to roam at different times of year and pay extra attention, especially when the males get stupid during the rut.
What's the most frightening thing about Moose is that you don't really *get* how big they are until
A.) You either see one in RL or
B.) You see one *next* to a human on youtube to get an idea of the scale.
I've found lots of Black Widow Spiders around my property in Mississippi. Saved one in a jar to show to my great grandsons. I then left it up to the middle great grandson to decide the spider's fate. Having the huge heart he has, he wanted to let the spider go free. We drove about 4 miles away and released the Black Widow into the woods! This particular spider came out of a rose bush that my daughter and I were planting. Glad we saw it before it saw us!
It would probably run away if it saw you first being that you aren't so much another animal to them as a force of nature, a walking earthquake pretty much,
And widows are actually fairly harmless and non aggressive to the point they are actually easily handled(but don't, please don't), unless it's a female and it's protecting it's eggs.
Then it brought there bc they dont just run around gardens. They are damp dark dwellers that hate light.
Was
Aw, my kinda kid
When it comes to moose and bison, people are warned to stay away from them. You can get pictures from a distance, but you do not approach them. Both will charge, and both are described as being tanks on legs.
I've had friends not from the states ask about the stats regarding attacks with moose and bison, and my answer is always "people are dumb"
@@peachyykeen80right. The stats dont matter when you dont take into account the stats on how many of those attacks were instigated BY the people who ignored the signs...
Finally, a video that mentions Kodiaks. Almost all nature and animal productions seem to always forget them.
I was terrified of spiders for 40 years. Then I took time to learn more about them and to be able to ID the bad ones (widows, recluses). Now, when I encounter a wolf spider, I'm not afraid; when I see a jumping spider (adorable), I actively try to play with them (they're very curious about us). Knowledge crushes paranoia.
When we moved to Florida, my father once stuck his hand in a hole while checking a water meter...afterwards, his new co-workers informed him that the red spots he saw in the hole were a bunch of black widows...none of them bit him. You have to really force them (or be super unlucky) to get bit by a black widow.
Walk away from the bear. Not run. The bear can outrun you.
Not only outrun you it can out climb you and out swim you as well 💀
@@Arctic-qr9eh Very true. We've had hunters smacked out of their tree stands around here.
@@summersands8105 that terrifying 😰
That's not exactly true. Yes, bears are faster than us. Walking would trigger the bear. If it's black, fight back. If it's brown, lay down. If it's white, goodnight.
@@mattscheible6071 how is it not true? Bears can run up to speeds of 30 - 40 mph with brown bears being the fastest for reference even the fastest human Usain Bolt Can't out run a bear Usain Bolt can run up to speeds of 27.5 mph and that's for a brief period. They can for sure out climb you with Black bears being the best climbers hell they can climb 100 ft in 30 seconds and then you have no where to go Brown bears are slower but not slower then a human. Bears can average a 6 mph swim with Polar Bears swimming up to speeds of 6.2 mph that tops Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps's fastest recorded swimming speed. And I'm using people who are at peak physical condition a normal Joe has no chance that's why it best to stay calm back away slowly unless it's a black bear but if that black bear wants to maul you it can absolutely 💯 take you out.
I grew up in south Texas. We were always dealing with the water moccasin, My husband got stung in our house when a scorpion ran into a shirt sleeve. In New York state I had a black bear banging on my back door. While living in South Caroliba we would stop and watch the gators sunbathing aling the road. While living in Florida, I had to stop while a huge gator passed in front of my car. We now live in West Virginia where we have foxes, copperhead snakes, and coyotes. A mother black bear and cubs were spotted crossing our property. Years later, a black bear destroyed my neighbor’s bee hives. At night you can’t see anything around our house (we live in the country), I am mindful of bears but not really worried.
Them goddamn sand spurs tho! I lived in ingleside for a few years
I was driving late at night on a country road at 55 mph, and 5 deer jumped in front of my car and two deer slammed into the side of my car totaling it…..then they just scampered off into the woods like it was no big deal.
I HATE when they hit you. Like, I avoided hitting your friends and you just smacked into the side of my car for no good reason instead of going around.
I live in Arizona where we have mountain lions, bears, coyotes, wolves, javelina, brown recluse, black widow, scorpions, rattle snakes, Gila Monsters, tarantula, Sonoran Desert toad and coral snakes.
I was born and raised in AZ and only got my first scorpion sting last year. Rookie move, I didn't check my shoes. Hurt like a motherfucker.
Javelinas are misunderstood. They have poor eyesight and people get too close to them before they realize the human is there and they react appropriately. Imagine you turned around and there was something 6 times your size a foot away.
Don't forget the most dangerous the "Winter Snowbirds"
@@spuds416 🤣🤣🤣
@@spuds416Or Californians. 😂
I live in the Mojave Desert and there are always Black Widows hanging out in my garage in the summer.😃
I would give the bear the sandwich, then RUN! RUN AWAY!!! 😂Don't forget about the most lethal animal in America, the Jackalope. This spicy little hell raiser is a jack rabbit with deer antlers. Given the chance, it will induce laughter by humping your leg until you go into cardiac arrest. VERY dangerous creature.
I'd give him the whole pic-a-nic basket.
@@mrmustangman1964: Mr. Ranger's not gonna like it. . . . .
Though its not advisable to feed wild bears, I have heard if they are engaging throwing something in their path like your backpack ir even your shoes will distract them.. causing them yo stop and investigate and giving you a chance to get awsy.
You run from a bear your dead
As an American citizen, black widows are everywhere. The second most common is rattlesnakes. I have come across rattlesnakes several times.
And brown recluse!
Come to Arizona, we have the bark scorpion and some of the most venomous rattlesnakes in the country.
@@SchruteFarms ha! I was in Arizona this month! Went to see the Grand canyon, but I was quite sheltered on a tour 😁
We also have alligators, saltwater crocodiles, copperheads, water moccasins, black bear, and bobcats/lynx that can all do some damage. And coyotes & raccoons that can mess you up if they're rabid.
We have American crocodiles. Saltwater crocodiles are much more aggressive
@@CouncilofCharles Florida has both types of crocs along with Alligators
@@missakite5678 Where are you getting that? Saltwater Crocodiles only live in southeast Asia and northern Australia
I grew up in the southeast US, and we had a lot of these animals around us. It was no big deal, we were just taught from a young age how to deal with them. We had a black widow spider make a web between the outside wall of our house and the steps leading to the front door. We just let it live there. We fed it crickets. It never harmed anyone.
4:23 Come on Adam, those spiders are kinda gross, but jumping spiders are super cute. There's always one that shows up every spring to live in my window. 🕷
A cool little quote about animals:
"Herbivore doesn't mean friend, it means survivor."
Predators will back off if you pose enough of a fight since they will spend more energy than they gain from eating you.
Herbivores need to live their whole lives being constantly attacked by predators. They *need* to be tough to survive. That's why herbivores are so dangerous and deadly.
Predators don't really want to kill you, they just need food. If you anger a herbivore, they're not going to stop, they *want* to kill you.
I live in the mountains of northern California. I drove a friend home one night and coming back to my house I spooked a black bear. He then decided that I was a threat so came at me. I turned my head and all I saw was shoulder out my driver's side window. I was doing 55 mph and he was keeping up with me, so I hit the gas. Black widow spiders are common up here too. They are immediately put out of their misery when found. Cougars, or mountain lion are also common up here. They however, are not a threat if not hungry. I have had a mountain lion decide to take a nap in the shade right next to my chicken pen. Not one chicken was lost to that mountain lion.
I live in the Western mountains. I have had bear,moose,elk and deer on my property. Neighbors about a half mile away had a cougar coming through. Thank goodness no brown recluse,scorpions or rattlers.
@@marywinn8953 I live in the mountains of PA. Ask a game warden and you'll be told "we don't have big cats in PA." Well, trail cams don't lie. I've see black and tan. I actually saw a young black playing with leaves in my lane one winter. I looked out my front door and saw it and thought that's the biggest cat I've ever seen, so I got my binoculars...definitely NOT a domestic cat. It had a nice set of round ears, a very long tail, and was way too big...lol
You're a fool if you think cougars or mountain lions are only dangerous when hungry. They don't even eat the people they attack, proving being hungry has nothing to do with it.
Brow Recluse Spiders, when they bite you, there venom rots your skin away. 😅 Brutal
My brother got bit by one and had a gash he could dig his fingers into🤢🥴
as a floridian, there are scary critters in every crease and crevice you can come across, but they’re more terrified of you as you are of them
Them gators, tho
@@makaimaukahasopinions848 Swamp puppies are pretty chill. Don't mess with Crocs tho.
My husband & I both have been bitten by brown recluse spiders. Both wounds turned necrotic.
Neither one got over an inch in diameter. Now deer are another matter. Four times, fronts of our cars were damaged. We luckily not harmed. I was so glad when I retired and could drive in daylight. Love your reactions to things in US. Come to Iowa sometime.
I got toxic shock from a brown recluse one of the times I was bitten.
2 weeks of puking, body pain, and a worst migraine you could imagine. Even turned my skin a greenish color.
Good times.
Yeah they are nasty I almost lost my right foot from a brown recluse as a little kid, the top of my foot was all black and had these gross “skin bubbles” is only way I can describe it, thankfully they were able to treat the nasty infection and save my foot but I’ve hated spiders ever since lol
I've been bitten on the hand by a Black Widow, but it the brown recluse that I'm scared of.
Fun fact, we have, and I've seen, a Brown Widow, it's not as bad as the black.
New to your channel, but i feel that as a rural midwesterner i should say...we occasionally have black bears, and we do now have cougars..but it is white tailed deer that we warn each other about daily.
During the sunrise and sunset hours, it is extremely dangerous to be on rural roads.
Lots of injuries, totaled cars, and at least a couple of deaths per year.
I know they aren't fearsome and exciting, but they are the animal We Fear the most here
6:15
I like wolves too Adam they are my favourite animal. I actually own a wolfdog, and she is just so adorable.
Wolves don't deserve the hate they get, and I'm completely against poachers/ hunters killing them.
I had a central Asian Shepherd, which had a genetic hatred for wolves if you were watching TV with wolves in it and busting in the room looking for them
That is the best friend/ally you could EVER have.. xo
I had a German shepherd that was 1/8 grey wolf. He was the sweetest thing. He didn't bark but had wolf like vocalizations.
I had a low content wolf hybrid for a while. They smell completely different from dogs and are very protective of their chosen human.
When you face off against bears there’s a saying, “if it’s black fight back (make yourself big as possible and yell) if it’s brown lie down (play dead and cover the back of your neck).
If it's white, say goodnight
Don't lie down, it will just see you as easy prey, that advice is dangerous and outdated, just walk away slowly while facing the bear.
"Who decided that spiders were a good idea bro?!?"
I have never more related to a human being in my life hahahahaha
Hey speaking of bears, you should watch The Great Outdoors with John Candy ❤❤
That movie was hilarious!! 😂😂
I briefly encountered a Rattle snake and it was terrifying. I live in Northern California and in my town there used to be a Hilton hotel on top of a big hill. The hotel burned down in the 2018 tubbs fire. One day me and my buddies were smoking on top of the hill. It’s a really grassy/rocky area. As I am walking down I hear a rattling sound. I didn’t see the snake but immediately sprinted down the hill and almost fell. It told me to back off and I did lol.
I was at Camp Pendleton doing a land nav course and there was one in the porta John when I opened the door. Just one more reason I hate cali.
I was hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia and almost stepped on a Copperhead.
@@charlesbryson7443 It’s almost as bad in Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington as in Cali regarding Western Diamondback rattlers.
"If it bites through me, it's gonna be like biting through butter".. OMG, I couldn't stop laughing! Had to Subscribe! ❤❤❤😂
I love the animations. The wolf "chasing" the jogger was hilarious.
In the last town I lived in someone was killed by a deer collision a couple years ago. It's a real hazard.
I know people who have lost loved ones to car accidents involving deer because the deer went through the windshield. I barely saw a deer come out of a deep ditch with brush on the other side and right next to a deep creek i was about to go over on a bridge with no siding. I had my two younger siblings in the car with me (they were minors at the time). I wasn't able to slow down in time. We came out ok after being hit but i was missing a mirror and you couldn't roll the windows on that side of the car up or down after because of how bad the dents were. It was like I got t-boned by a car. We could have easily ended up in the creek and died and no one would have known. It was farmland country.
As for bison, I think the video paints the near extinction of the species poorly. It wasn't really commercial hunting. It was government-sponsored extermination in an attempt to kill the indigenous populations who relied on the bison for every part of their lives. Herds used to be so big the land would shake and it sounded like thunder when they moved. I rode past a bison farm going to school every day as kid and even with the number they had, they're movements still made enough noise to picture what the herds used to be like. I know some national parks have some wild herds but i've never been.
I live in Maine, where we have loads of moose, (we have a lot of other animals on this list too, but that is very common in the US) and during COVID tourists were coming here to not be around other people (thereby making it more populated.) So many of them got out of their cars to get close to a moose for a photo, the game wardens had to make a special ad for the news paper to tell them not to try and get close to the moose. We had a few injuries and calls to 911 over an aggressive moose. I know I am from here but who looks at a moose and thinks "i'm gonna take a selfie with it!"
A couple of days ago, I read about the Joro spider here in America. It's primarily in North Carolina, but is now popping up in other states. Their webs can get up to 10 feet, 3 meters, wide. The spider can also grow up the size of a human hand.
noooo please stop! lol
Coral snake looking at the diamondbacks being called the most venomous snake in North America 👀👀👀
List data is a bit inaccurate but yea; it's said the most dangerous thing in the woods is a baby moose, because momma's not far behind!
-Black Bears are found all over the United States but you can find Brown Bears in a lot of North Western states as well, not just Alaska. If you're eating and one comes up, you're better off dropping your food on the floor - don't throw it at the bear; make noise and back away slowly without turning away from it or running.
-Mountain Lions aren't mostly west, they're mostly north from west to east and can be seen as far south as those states shown and on the east coast, as far south as Florida. I live in North Carolina, we get them a lot on trail cameras here! Not just one but often mothers and cubs.
Alligators and Crocodiles should've been on this list. We do get both as well as poisonous water snakes.
A lot of Europeans question why so many American's don't know how to swim; that's why. Between the Gators, Crocs, Bull Sharks on the East and Great Whites on the West and Poisonous Snakes, if you don't have your own pool with crystal clear water, you're not swimming!
Forest Facts!
If you hear the sound of a little girl being brutally murdered in the Forest; 50/50% it's just a Fox. The other 50% you're gonna wanna call the cops.
If you hear a woman being brutally murdered in the Forest; 50/50 it's two mountain lions getting it on -- the other 50% call the police.
Heck, not even in the forest! I heard a fox's mating call in the dead of night on my street! I genuinely was out of bed with my phone recording, trying to determine for certain if I was recording a potential crime in action or just the local wildlife.
Everyone I know can swim. Spyders are afraid of people. We had a mountain lion (cougar) on our property, it got hit by a car , it was stuffed and is now on display at the local school.
My daughter's boyfriend has a wolf dog.
We have several lakes near here, I am also on the Russian River, lots of resorts and beaches. Oh and the Pacific is 15 or 20 miles west.
@@garycamara9955 I know a lot of people who can swim and a lot of people who can't. Oddly enough, I can swim like a pro diving under the water but I can't tread water or swim on the water. If I'm not wearing gear I'll swim like a dolphin; under water and up for air then back down.
That being said I'm in the South West, we got Gators, Crocs and Bull Sharks in our water ways. Funny story, growing up my momma use to tell us "Keep your boots on or a gator gonna bite yer pecker off!". Literally, word for word.
So, this happened almost 50 years ago, but my parents went on a camping trip in Northern Minnesota in the early 80s and didn't secure their food well when they went into town to have dinner with my aunt and uncle. It started to storm while they were at dinner and so my dad and uncle went back to the campsite to pack stuff up and found the tent demolished and the cooler they had been using had had the lid ripped off. The cooler belonged to my grandma and she decided it was still worth keeping after being cleaned out. But it had claw punctures in the lid until the day she finally got rid of it (sometime in the early 2000s). The tent had been one of my uncle's and had this MASSIVE rip down one side. My folks bought it from him and my dad repaired it and we used it for camping until I was in high school.
Good thing about rattle snakes is they tend to give you a warning. Was picking black berries when I heard the rattle from the bush. I backed away slowly. Brown recluse spiders are dangerous because they like to hide in dark places like shoes or boots. Uncle got bit in the big toe and nearly lost his toe to the bite. Some people have such a severe reaction that they’re in the hospital for weeks as their flesh begins to rot and is surgically removed.
Why do think Americans love their guns. A bear, wolf, or cougar doesn’t stand a chance against a scared American with a .308 hunting rifle.
Adam, you’re one of my favorite RUclipsrs man. Bears, Mountain Lions, Coyotes, etc. we have have so many animals roaming around the US but 8/10 times the animals will run off when they hear us around.
love this, thanks man!
@@MoreAdamCouser I’m still watching this video and I love your reactions! You look petrified 😂
toes are still curling from those spiders bro hahaha
@@MoreAdamCouser I get it, spiders are absolutely off limits. I’ll burn my house down before I try to even attempt to kill one.
“Grizzly bear attacks on humans are extremely rare, and statistically don't show an upward trend. In fact, visitors to Yellowstone National Park are more likely to be killed by a falling tree than a grizzly bear. Bears will usually retreat before humans are aware of their presence, and will only attack if provoked or caught off guard.”
My brother got bitten by a brown recluse spider. He survived, he had a knarly scar. Wanna see
Adam finally realizes that the real RUclips money is on Europeans react to US videos. 😂😂 But PLEASE don't feel pressured to do all the military videos. Those folks are annoying af. We are never going to ride a B2 bomber. Just let it go, people.
I take exception to the Fat Electrician. He is so funny and entertaining while telling well-researched military stories.
You hate the military huh?
@@allen480 I don't hate the military. I hate people obsessed with making foreigners watch videos about it. Like what even is the point? They already know we spend a ton of money on it. Majority of them most likely are not involved in the military. They're not going to relate to them like they do with food, travel, and geography videos.
Canadian here, Cougars are the most terrifying animal to me. I've been near wild grizzlies and black bears and they're usually predictable and mostly harmless if unprovoked, however if you see a cougar in person you are ALWAYS in trouble. We had one on our deck one time and it was cool and terrifying despite the glass between us. It sounds like I'm making this next one up but my family was driving near a town in Alberta and came across one on the side of the road that was longer than the vehicle we were in. Granted it was a Chevy Tracker, and they're not very long but still - this thing was gigantic and completely unafraid of us in the vehicle.
We have a couple of snakes in the U.K., the adder is mildly venomous, we have these weird little yellow scorpions too, they live near the docks though and a few of our spiders are venomous but don’t do any damage other than the false widow. One of my sons was bitten by a false widow when he was 11 and he was sick for a week and still has the scars from the bite 12yrs later. Cows kill more people per year than sharks. We also now have bison here now, only a small herd at the moment, we have wallaby’s, the odd raccoon dog, Chinese water crested deers (vampire deer) and a few other animals that have made their way to the U.K.
We have a few different species of deer where I life. Mostly White-tail and Mule deer, but we also have the Elk and the occasional moose. You DO NOT want to mess with Elk or Moose under any circumstance. Everyone thinks that deer are pretty and flighty, like Bambi, but no...they will fight you if you provoke them. Bucks and bulls will fight anyone if its rutt season, and if there is a doe or a cow with a fawn of calf...you'd best be wearing a hockey mask, because they will go for your face with their sharp hooves, and they also BITE! They don't have fangs, but with teeth designed to act like scissors to grass, you might lose a few fingers if you're not careful.
A relative of mine lives in Texas, he told me one time, when you get out of bed, you put slippers on so you don't step on scorpions, however before you put the slippers on, you make sure there isn't a scorpion inside the shoe. Apparently the kind of scorpion they have the most of, likes to make a house out of your shoes. So if you don't check, you will probably put your foot into an already occupied shoe, and get one helluva sting. That's what he told me. I don't have a reason to not believe him, but I've only met him once, so I don't know if he mainly truthful, or not.
He's telling the truth.
Ayup. Always good practice to shake your shoes (though I forget sometimes), especially out in the boonies.
The saying for bears is if it’s black fight back, if it’s brown lay down (curl up in a ball), if it’s white then good night (because you won’t survive a polar bear attack)
I just love your commentary! You are cracking me up! I haven’t laughed like this in awhile, thank you! 😂
Good video. I like the comments about the shark "he looks nice" and the one about the moose " why is he so angry?"
What’s really funny about the rattlesnake is that some other snakes adopt the “rattling” despite not having a rattle. I have a cornsnake who “rattles” his tale when he gets pissed off or stressed. It’s fascinating
Love the channel Adam! So happy you're interested in how we live over here. Like to make a couple suggestions....
Kent Rollins- He's a cowboy cook who makes incredible food out on the prairie. I really like the chicken sandwich video
Bob Ross- Super relaxing painter
And bluegrass music in general. Has roots in Scotch Irish music that came here with early settlers from Europe.
Best place to start would be Old Old House by IIIrd Time Out, or I Call Her Sunshine by The Kody Norris Show for the authentic experience.
Keep up the fantastic work!
Fun story about mountain lions. I'm originally from central Illinois. Far from the cougar's natural habitat. So, when I was a kid, I would camp at my grandparent's farm. They had some of the rare hilly land in Illinois, so it was covered in beautiful forest and densely grown. Basically, you couldn't see too far into the trees in most cases.
In their woods was a creature that we all just called 'the screamer.' Some nights, you'd hear this awful screaming. It was something that just chilled your blood and sent those primitive instincts DIRECTLY into 'flight' mode.
I heard that awful screaming nearly every time I camped out there, which must have been dozens of times over the years.
Fast forward to the advent of RUclips and I discover that the screaming sound was actually a mountain lion.
I and my friends were being circled and sized up for dinner by a massive cat.
So, I'm a city bus driver in an overgrown small town of 200,000 people. Literally the same day you filmed this, ON MY CITY BUS ROUTE, a motorist struck a deer that was crossing the street. Both survived, but the car didn't.
Here in Nashville we had a black bear wandering the neighborhood last summer. The tv station came out to do a story, and the bear just sauntered across the street.
We have brown recluses in the house, but they don’t mess with us. Occasionally one may visit me while I’m reading in bed, it just stops on my arm, hangs out a bit, then leaves.
One of my neighbors photographed a grey wolf in her back yard (they’re not native to this area)
We have loads of snakes, but they hide away from humans.
We have coyotes in the city, as well as foxes. They put out warnings on the news to bring in pets and small kids, because coyotes will carry them off.
😂😂😂 I looked away, during the spider section 😂😂😂.
Spiders are at the top of my "AW HELL NAW!" list.
So I’ve watched a few of your videos this evening and liked them (clicked the button and truly enjoyed them). But when you started talking about spiders in this one, i thought “yep, I can relate. He’s good people.” Cheers ! Glad I found your channel. I’ll be watching and much success.
For a year after our office was built, I found about a dozen black widow spiders under our door handles and toilet seats. Yep, toilet seats.
Enjoying your channel brother! Cheers! 🎉
1:25 There's a rhyme for safety when it comes to bears: “If it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's white, goodnight”. If you encounter a Polar bear it's goodnight because you're already dead. It's the only one that will hunt/kill you for sport and enjoy it.
Apparently, we have more endurance than any other animal. And if you run after and hunt prey for 3 or 4 days, they become exhausted and easy to catch or kill.
I can confirm that the bark scorpion sting is about as bad as getting shocked. Worst one I've had is on one of my little toes. That pain latest almost 48 hours, but the itch was 10x worse.
The best saying for bears is “If it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's white, goodnight”
This video reminded me of a news cast back in... I think it was the 90s?... about a bull shark being spotted in the Delaware river (ugh I'm old). Bull sharks definitely range far and wide here.
I was working in the Appalachian mountains building a house with my boss. The french doors, and the windows were slated to be delivered at 5 a.m. so we decided to sleep in the cabin...in the mountains...in heavily wooded area....with a sheet of plastic for a door. We had fold out cots, about 3 am i wake to a cold wet sensation on my exposed feet...it was the nose of a mountain lion snifffing my feet and I couldnt move an inch fearing it would chomp down on my foot if i did...so I just laid there awake for about an hour without hardly blinking or moving at all while it checked stuff out before it left.
We called the customer the next day to notify him that it is likely stalking the property and to be careful with kids or pets up there.
Remember the Golden Rule: Just because it is friend-shaped, does not mean it is a friend.
Just found your channel. LOVE your style so I had to subscribe. I'm in Georgia, USA. 👍
As someone who is born and raised in Arizona, Bark Scorpions and Rattlesnakes (specifically the diamondback) are quite common here. Anti venom for a rattlesnake bite costs over $10,000. Good times.
Bears
Black: fight back. Make a lot of noise, make yourself look big, and fight like hell. You'll probably take some damage, but more importantly, you'll still be alive and the black bear is gonna be like "This is too much work, I'm leaving."
Brown: Lay down. Literally play dead. Most of the time they only attack if their cubs are around. If you can show that you're no threat, they may leave. Don't run, they're big, but they can MOVE and they will absolutely run you down with zero effort.
White: Goodnight. There's nothing you can do to deter or fight off a polar bear. Your best bet of survival is to take off an article of clothing and throw it on the ground behind you as you run. Most likely the polar bear will stop to investigate the item thoroughly giving you more time to get out of the area.
We had a mating pair of cougars living around one of the houses I lived in when I was younger. It killed one of my neighbors pregnant horses, and killed a bunch of baby cows at the dairy farm across the street from us. I'm also about 95% sure that our whippet was attacked by one of them and only survived cuz he's fast and was able to get to the house before he could get caught again. He had 4 extremely deep gashes on both his sides that needed a bunch of stitches. I don't know if they ever found the cougars. We kept lights on all around our pastures and had radios going 24/7 to try to keep our horses safe. Luckily we didn't lose any like our neighbours
"I would rather fight a bear than be in a room with a spider"
As someone who knows a survivor of a grizzly bear attack...no you don't. Guy literally got violated 3 times by the same bear and emptied a can of bear spray on the stupid thing. Broke out his phone and recorded himself all gored up like, "Yeah, I dunno if I'm gonna make it, so..." Dude got bit on the head, had a broken arm, was covered in blood from head to toe, and still drove himself to the nearest hospital. Several hours away. Only way you survive a bear attack is by out-BAMF-ing the BAMFs.
Bears:
If its black, fight back
If its brown, lay down
If its white, goodnight
Thing with insects and snake though is if you leave them alone you have nothing to worry about. Plenty of videos of people handling spiders in particular with no issue.
I live in Arizona. Earlier this week a disabled 15 year old boy was in his family's cabin playing video games and a bear wandered in and attacked him. Fortunately his older brother heard him screaming for help and was able to chase the bear away. The boy is expected to live. The bear was killed. It's an unfortunate story all around. Bears don't play, only animal I am truly afraid of...and there's a diamond back rattlesnake living by my back door😅
I'm a Brit who's been living in America for 15 years and I've come across every single one of those animals in the wild except a brown bear and mountain lion.
I was bitten by a black widow too, most unpleasent.
Adam, here are two videos you might like. I was amazed by both. Elk Rut in Estes Park, Colorado. Also, Giant Bull Elk Got Inside Our Store | Bull Elk Inside Water Wheel Gift Corner In Estes Park. I hope you will watch them...even if you don't react to them. Well worth watching.
Spiders are one of the first 3 animals to ever exist. Fish, spiders and scorpions started things off in the oceans. Fish evolved lungs to get away from the 2 and so they evolved to have lungs as well to go after their food. Then came cephalopods and such.
Beat attacks are actually pretty rare, there were only 3 recorded cases of bear fatalities in the US in 2023. We average about 2 recorded fatalities a year to bears
A few notes:
If you see a mountain lion, it's already too late
You have to go out of your way to be bitten by a black widow. However, that is not the case with the brown recluse
Rattlesnakes in California and Arizona are incredibly docile creatures. They only strike when they feel threatened or are startled. And even then they will give you a warning. Very often you only hear the rattle in that case stay completely still do not breathe wait and they will usually Slither away from you
Having a cat is your best line of defense when it comes to scorpions. That and keeping the area around the foundation of your house clear of any bushes or leaves or any dead foliage
Never ever go to Australia or South America if you hate spiders
My grandpa went black bear hunting up in Canada and after a week of not seeing one he went back to camp to find one in his food cooler. Needless to say he now has a beautiful blackbear rug.
My grandfather was bitten by a brown recluse spider when he was 95 years old. The doctor told him if he was going to survive, he would lose his leg. 5 years later, he is still going; with both legs.
Some say “One in 20 bears will bother you.”
I say, “Which one is #19?”
As a south central Texas resident I am EXTREMELY grateful for the rattle on our diamond backs- have kept me from getting bit countless times. When you hear it you stop moving, look 👀 to see where it is coming from and slowly move awayyyyyy
Interesting fact about moose is that one of their main predators are actually orcas because they love swimming to the bottom off bodies of water for vegetation down there and that’s when orcas strike.
When I was a kid I remember my Grandpa having to call Fish & Game because there was a mountain lion in one of his trees in this back yard! 🤩 We live in Idaho & I hate Hobo Spiders. We always get them big time around August!! 😬 We’ve seen Moose on our front yard before as well!
Those creepy 8 legged hellspawns are the reason i love living where air sometimes hurts my face..The spooders we got here are tiny.
According to the North American Bear Center, fatal bear attacks in the United States average about one per year. However, the National Park Service estimates that the odds of being injured by a bear are about 1 in 2.1 million. In general, bear encounters are usually nonviolent, and most attacks by black bears are defensive reactions to a person who is too close. Injuries from these defensive reactions are usually minor. Black bears are also more likely to run away from people than engage in conflict
In USA we have Sasquatch's in our forestlands, I saw a huge male Sasquatch stood at least ten feet in height just walking doing his thing minding his own business not bothering anyone, and another time whilst I was harvesting white cedar tree boughs near Oregon Caves I spotted a younger juvenile one squatting next to my car peering into my car and as I approached my car it scampered quickly away disappeared into the dense forest.
I’ve never been bite by a rattlesnake, thankfully, but once while I was on a hike and suddenly I heard that telltale rattle and it was the single most scared I have ever been.
Actually saw a timber wolf near a ski hill, reported it and they shut down the ski hill for the day. It wasn't a Grey, but still, the fact it was so close spooked the people in charge.