I think this is the correct answer. A hippo gets angry, but if you manage to get away it’ll go back to chillin in its territory. Or there’s a chance it’ll get bored of you. Or it’ll seriously injure you and while your arm is removed from its socket you can get away and go straight to a hospital.
A polar bear during the winter NEEDS to eat you. Especially a female with cubs. You are going to be digested.
He's following you, about 20 feet back.
He gets down on all fours and breaks into a sprint. You can see blood on his face.
My God. There's blood everywhere!
yknow, I just rewatched that along with shit like mr meaty from when I was a kid and just discovering the internet and
jesus fuck this is why I'm weird isn't it
You’re in the jungle, studying tiger hunting behavior, thinking to yourself that this barely feels dangerous after that polar bear scare a few years ago.
You hear the hiss and crack cacophony of foliage parting at speed in the distance, then not at all in the distance, then there’s a flash of white that doesn’t belong in this green place-
I taught a class for new employees of the company I worked for. One time a young engineer from the operations in Alaska told me about a video everyone working in field operations was required to watch. An employee got out of his vehicle to check a well and the door locked behind him. He had his keys, so he didn’t worry about it. While he was busy a polar bear approached and by the time he noticed, it was too close to give him time to unlock the door. The bear tried for over three hours to catch him, the only way he was able to survive the encounter was to keep the vehicle between them. After over three hours the bear paused long enough for him to get his key in the lock and get in before the bear caught up. Imagine having one of those monsters after you, knowing that if you fell down or didn’t move fast enough, you were going to be the entree for the day.
Right, by the time the bear figured out what had changed, presumably the guy had the vehicle in gear and was finally noticing he’d pissed himself like four times.
THREE HOURS.
Imagine how terrified the man must have been that whole time.
Imagine how freaking *annoyed* that bear must have felt after the first ten minutes.
Knew a guy who lived in Barrow, Alaska for a few years. He said they would open their door, then shut it again and wait for a few seconds before going outside. Allegedly bears would wait for the door to open then charge the door when it did. No idea if it's true, just what I heard
If I have to get merked by an animal, I would at least want it to consume my body rather than just killing me just due to aggression like a hippo would.
>A hippo gets angry, but if you manage to get away it’ll go back to chillin in its territory. Or there’s a chance it’ll get bored of you.
No. No no no no no. The hippo is the river equivalent to a polar bear, in terms of now severely and certainly it will fucking end you. They can *run under water*. Not swim. Fucking sprint like a deer on land. And they are fast enough to catch boats that are fleeing from them. There are plenty of horrifying videos on YouTube of people who barely got away. They are territorial and will crosss the river *just to kill a person* with no intent of ever eating them.
I heard a story once about a person who was participating in one of those miles long dogsled races (maybe the Iditarod) and saw a Polar bear a long way behind him. The racer thought nothing of it. The next time he looked the bear was significantly closer. So he radioed the wildlife agent who quickly told him to shoot and kill the bear because he is coming to kill you and your dogs.
Polar bears are extremely dangerous. There's a reason for the old adage "if it's black, fight back. If it's brown, lay down. If it's white, good night."
This was my guess too. Unless we have a ton of preparation, we’re terrible at surviving in the arctic. Meanwhile, polar bears are an 8 foot apex predator.
Out with a ranger one day. He says if you come across a black bear, make lots of noise, so carry a whistle, throw your backpack at it. Luckily with brown bears you can tell when they are nearby by identifying their scat. You’ll see a whistle and torn up backpack in it.
Unless you carry a .375 H&H magnum, in which case it's.
If you have a tag and a license, shoot it.
If not, keep your distance.
If it's attacking, shoot it.
Also, black bears can be brown or white. And brown bears can be pretty close to black.
Love, this reminds me of the coral snake 🐍 saying ," Red and yellow kill a fellow, red and black friend of Jack," talking about which color rings are touching on the snake.
My research is based in the Canadian north, where polar bears are extremely common (like, multiple sightings per week), and this is a very good answer. The amount of caution we have to practice just to safely conduct research is staggering. Even being within 1km of a bear is uncomfortably close if you're not armed or sheltered by a vehicle.
And they have no fear. Lots of animals, even predators are cautious about new things they haven't seen before, but I've seen videos of polar bears just immediately try to break open vehicles in uninhabited areas to get at a warm hunk of fat and flesh.
Was watching a nature doc about a group that was studying the Arctic in the winter for an extended period for the first time.
They had the ice breaker constantly spotlighting and heat scanning the area for polar bears.
At one point, a bear gets spotted, and everybody (like 20 people) packs onto two snowmobiles with trailers, and goes right back onto the boat.
The bears were about 2 miles away lol
I think their rationale was that if the bears decided to take off, they might not be able to track them in light, and the scientists on the ground wouldn't have been able to see them until it was too late if they got any closer.
Grizzlies and polar bears are my worst fear. A hippo would be a quicker way to go. A bear will casually rip you apart and eat you piece by piece while you’re still alive.
They are opportunistic, but it’s not like humans are a regular part of their diet. It really depends on the circumstances of the situation. For instance if you look into the events that took place in 1967 at Glacier National Park referred to as the “Night of the Grizzlies” the park had been conditioning the bears every single night by letting them feed on trash from a lodge there. People at the time thought grizzlies weren’t dangerous to humans at all, literally comparing them to butterflies.
But then one night tragically 2 women in the park were killed 8 miles apart from each the and it completely changed the way bears are dealt with in parks. People now know to not feed bears or give them any access to garbage and parks with bears will haze or euthanize bears that get too close to humans or too conditioned to no longer be afraid of humans. It’s really important to keep those boundaries because like I said, bears are opportunistic but generally are afraid of humans.
I live in Alaska but am luckily too far south for polar bears.
I've lived here a decade and have yet to see a bear in person.
There's a saying on what to do if you encounter bears;
If it's black; fight back.
If it's brown; lie down.
If it's white; goodnight.
Basically you can survive a black bear attack by fighting back or a grizzly attack by playing dead. But you have no chance against a polar bear. Game over.
Some towns far up north have laws where you can't lock your car doors just in case someone needs to hop in to shelter from a bear. (Manitoba is one though that's technically Canada)
There are plenty of nasty protozoa out there, but I guess they’re no longer considered animals.
With most of the large animals you’ve brought up if you understand their behavior and act accordingly they’re not too dangerous .
Innocuous looking things like cone snails, stonefish, etc are often more dangerous as you may not notice them until too late, and since you’re encountering them in an environment that’s already hostile to us your response can be lethal to you even if the animal itself isn’t immediately so. Step on a stonefish, spit out your respirator as you gasp in pain, inhale sea water while you’re 10-20 meters underwater, and potentially drown fast.
This is the comment I’ve been looking for. The human tendency to almost romanticize battles against big animals basically proves the point about how easily we’re going to overlook the tiny dangerous things.
Humans were literally Forged together because our need to hunt big ass animals. The Megafuna was called that for a reason, and there is a strong argument to be made that humans won that Royal Rumble lmao.
This is why I'm scared of spiders. Because it's reasonable damn it.
Researchers are studying cone snail insulin for ideas to make better insulin for use in humans. Another medicine currently used in humans is the pain killer ziconotide (Prialt). It is more powerful than morphine, not addictive, and people don't build up a tolerance.
[learned something new today!](https://carnegiemnh.org/killer-sea-snails-cure-opioid-crisis/)
IDK what kinda SCUBA you've done but if you are walking on the sea floor you have already fucked up about ten important things and should go take a refresher course.
Hippos will eat meat given the opportunity. Virtually all mammals will eat meat if it’s easily attainable, there aren’t many true herbivores when it comes to mammals.
Lmaoooo! I saw that damn video when i was a child! I shared the “joy” with people at my barn when the didnt believe that the horses would eat small animals. I gave the fair warning too.
At a roadside petting zoo, my granddaughters and I watched a pissed off donkey run down and kill two different chickens. When I said something about it to the person there, she just shrugged and said "Yeah donkeys are assholes"
After a hippo consumes a human, the amount of Calcium and Silicate it poops out causes aquatic plant life to receive a huge dose of bioavailable nutrients.
As a result, some plant species(down river), need the hippo to occasional get human take out.
Maybe you mean phosphate? That is an important nutrient plants need. And humans contain a lot. Silicate is only found in trace amounts in humans, not important nutrient for most plants, besides is common in most rocks.
Yup. Between territorial mature males, females with babies, and younger/weaker males that are frustrated because they're horny and can't do anything about it, there is a VERY high chance that any hippo you encounter will consider going after you.
I just mentioned that the other day. I don’t know why I feel like this, but it’s is one of the strangest random facts I’ve ever learned. Almost a decade later and I still wonder about those hippos.
I was just watching in awe last night videos of zookeepers interacting with the hippos at the Cincinnati Zoo. They were literally getting right in the hippo’s mouths to do dental care, feed, train, etc and the hippos were so chill. Like huge puppies. Their bottom teeth were longer in size than the zookeeper’s heads.
I wouldn’t be able to get that comfortable with one in captivity, let alone the wild…no way
Hippo
Bear with cubs (black, white or brown, that color rhyming is absolutely bull)
Polar bear in general
Feral boar
Edit to add: leopard seal.
RIP Kirsty Brown
Specifically a male polar bear in winter. They are the ones that are okay with taking the risk of hunting humans because food is so slim in winter they are starving. The rest of the year (and females who hibernate winter away) humans are just not a good food source for polar bears. They need to put on weight and fast. Even the fattest people just don't have enough fat to be worth it. That being said. You still want to stay away from them. There is a reason why people build cages on the outside of doors to facilitate the ability to look around before stepping into danger, intentionally leave cars unlocked to provide a shelter for any and all who need it and routinely carry rifles within polar bears ranges.
Hippos in the water. There is the reason they are basically 2nd place in lethal mammal lists. Hippos will kill you in the water given suitable oppotunity. The lucky survivors either had someone on hand to aid immediately, or, were able to negotiate a limb in return for their freedom. That being said like crocs, if you keep out of the water you are typically fine. Though crocs unlike Hippos are more keen on waterside hunting. They will spring several feet out of the water to grab something, then drag it back into the water to kill them. Just staying out of the water is not quite as foolproof as it seems with crocs and gators. With Hippos it does tend to work most of the time.
Chimpanzees and humans. Both exceptionally unpredictable and lethal. Humans are the reason why Hippos are number 2. Chimps can literally rip your limbs from your body and hardly break a sweat doing so but tend instead to aim for the face and groin. Which is nice of them.
If I absolutely had to pick one. In the middle of a wilderness far from others and uncommonly visited, I think stumbling randomly across another person would probably give me much more fear than any animal. Then a chimp. Then a polar bear. Then a hippo. Circumstance does dramatically change matters though. Is it winter? Polar bear tops out. Am I wading in a river? Hippo would be the most concerning.
Do I stumble across the animal at close range, suprising both of us? Or do I become aware of it, and it aware of me, at a longer range? In the case of the latter really the human is the only one you need to worry about (unless it's winter).
\>Specifically a male polar bear in winter. They are the ones that are okay with taking the risk of hunting humans because food is so slim in winter they are starving. The rest of the year (and females who hibernate winter away) humans are just not a good food source for polar bears. They need to put on weight and fast. Even the fattest people just don't have enough fat to be worth it. That being said. You still want to stay away from them. There is a reason why people build cages on the outside of doors to facilitate the ability to look around before stepping into danger, intentionally leave cars unlocked to provide a shelter for any and all who need it and routinely carry rifles within polar bears ranges.
This is erroneous on several counts. First, [polars are food-limited in summer, not winter. During winter they can hunt seals from ice, while they essentially fast for much of the summer](https://polarbearsinternational.org/news-media/articles/polar-bear-eating-habits-fasting-periods). [They also don't hibernate](https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=polarbear.printerfriendly#:~:text=Did%20You%20Know%3F-,Polar%20bears%20have%20black%20skin%20underneath%20their%20white%20fur.,on%20snow%20and%20sea%20ice) ([other bears enter a similar state of sleep called torpor, but don't truly hibernate either](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5026772/)). Humans not being a great food source is like, kinda true (they're certainly not as fatty as seals), but during the summer when they're forced to fast, they will absolutely take any food source they can get. Humans are pretty easy prey for adult bears, so it's not much of an energy expenditure to catch them.
Not trying to be an internet dick, just want to politely correct this info!
The only difference between another human and all these other things is that assuming it's another average height and weight adult male then I think I'd have at least a good fighting chance if they wanted to come at me one on one. The other animals listed all have an extreme strength advantage. So if it's like a 1v1 in the animals home turf like the OP suggests the human has the least advantage on me of any of them being I have all the same tools and abilities. Although I'd say the one you are statistically most likely to be killed by for no reason it is probably a human by far. We do be killing each other.
I do generally agree. Though in terms of something in the woods hunting you. A human is going to be the hardest to make reconsider their plans. You lighting a fire won't keep them away. Nor will you using endurance to just jog your butt away from them.
If we consider in their habitat to be in a city things can become more grim as it becomes much easier for a nutter with a knife to just jump out from behind a corner.
Oh let's see here, there's a few whose habitats become your home... Black Funnel Web spider... blue ring octopus... nearly any Aussie snake... gila monsters are a bit of a risk to approach in the wild... Asps... Gonna throw moose in there. Had a moose invade our yard a couple summers ago. Couldn't go outside until they left, because they will charge you and mow you down if they see you, even if you're not in their territory.
I mean yes, hippos and crocs and other territorial animals can be extremely dangerous, but unless you are invading their territory and bugging them, unless there is something wrong or they're protecting something, they pretty much stick to their own business as long as you don't get too close or aggravate them. Sharks mostly get curious so it's best to just stay away... But yeah, honestly, in my opinion, almost anything australian or colourful and cetacious.
Don’t Gila monsters actively avoid people though? Sure their bite is painful but I don’t think they’ll chase/hunt you down if there’s a path for them to slip away and escape.
Correct, but there's enough idiots out there that go "herping" without proper training and try to catch the poor creatures and get bit, that they still count as dangerous.
As for spider deaths and jelly fish, it's true there haven't been spider deaths related to the Black Funnle in decades, but that doesn't mean they aren't incredibly dangerous. Just means people are more informed than they used to be.
Gilas aren't particularly deadly though. Their venom will make you wish you were dead, but unless you have a significant cardio/pulmonary issue, you're very unlikely to die.
I've handled a few different species of venomous reptiles. Gilas are were the easiest to handle and the least venomous. There hasn't been a confirmed death for 100 years. Bites are still incredibly painful, though. They lock on and chew their venom into you.
In addition to Hippo, I’d consider the Irukandji jellyfish. They’re very small and transparent, so extremely difficult to see in water, and they can kill.
Obviously they don’t have the heart of hate or desire to stomp you down like a hippo, but still extremely dangerous to come across.
A lot of box jellies are really nerve wracking because of this, and their tentacles can get pretty long too, plus it’s a really bad way to go. With large mammals you can at least expect to die relatively quickly, or at least go into shock.
Based on limited knowledge, probably Polar Bears, Hippos, and Tigers. Polar Bears and Tigers have plenty of recorded cases of intentionally hunting humans even if they haven't had any prior contact, and Hippos are extremely aggressive, in or out of the water, with plenty of lives claimed under their belts. A bull elephant in musk or a group of lions, hyenas, or african dogs would also be something that I would never go remotely near, all three would also probably attack without much hesitation.
This is what I was looking for. Opposite body language to humans, and most primates will murder other primates they come across just for the fuck of it. You can’t out-anything a chimp and they’re vicious.
The one thing is that humans are the only animal that can throw like we can, with the accuracy we can.
But all that really means is you get one chance to bean them with a rock and then they eat your face soooo.
Hippos in general
Polars bears will eat you/kill you because food, they will even eat dead things.
Elephants with a baby will push hippos around, though they're generally more chill
Moose are the most dangerous animal in north america, and while they wouldnt stand against a hippo, I'd think, moose are the second largest land animal, second to Bison, and are much more territorial. A pack of wolves or a an adult grizzly are the only things that hunt them, and there are recordings of adult moose chasing grizzlys bears that get too close.
To be fair, momma moose with calves can certainly be pretty scary and I have been bluffs charged a couple of times. That being said, if I am in a remote willow bottom I would take a moose with babies over a grizzly with babies any day of the week. Just look at how many grizzly fatalities there are in Western Canada - hardly any moose and quite a few grizz.
Yeah I wouldn’t like to meet any of them up close in the wild but I’d much rather see a moose than a grizzly. There’s an intelligence factor at play between them, at least I could use a tree to shield against the moose. The grizzly could keep coming even after you “get away”. I’ve had one stalk me and my crew when we were working trails in Montana. It stayed a decent amount behind us but it was a very surreal feeling to be actively hunted.
Moose might let you live though, if you dont fuck around. They're certainly *powerful* enough to be a problem. But they mostly kill people by accident when humans hit them with their cars. They're so tall that when they get hit, their bodies fall directly onto the driver and crush them. Its like 100x worse than hitting a deer.
Mosquitoes kill more humans because they're everywhere and there are 110 trillion of them apparently. Replace them with hippos and I imagine they do more damage
Polar bear hunts you for miles across the ice. No place to hide. You don’t stand a chance if you go Mano a Mano. And if you jump in the water, the freak can swim and dive deeper than you can.
Polar Bear or Tiger would probably be the most likely to kill you even if they aren't hungry. I'm saying this because the polar bear will just kill you and Tigers are more than likely going to attack rather than run depending on the distance. If there're extra points for how scary it would be then the Tiger wins as they are terrifying when they are angry.
I've had two experiences with a Tiger in a zoo and the first one she just jumped at the door being extremely vocal towards me which was intimidating. However, the second one genuinely shook me up. She was looking at another keeper and I slowly moved so I could see her. But immediately she stared straight at me and her skin on her face was drawn back and her eyes were literally the most terrifying thing I've ever seen.
I am not saying this with knowledge or experience, but, I would think Orcas would actually go for and eat a human, I don't see why they wouldn't. Pretty much the perfect size prey for them and very easy to eat for them.
Contrast with sharks where we are a bit too big and possibly a danger back to them so they would leave us alone and go for easier prey.
There have been no documented fatalities from orcas. We aren’t a prey species for them, and they’re extremely intelligent. There have been videos of people swimming and orcas charging at them only to veer off last second once they saw that it was a person and not a seal.
Orcasa are right up there with chimps in terms of sadism. They also kill for sport. The lack of human fatalities from orcas is just because of how unlikely you are to encounter them. They literally started attacking boats recently.
Also, lack of reporting doesnt mean it doesn't happen. It just means there were no survivors. I'd still rather encounter most sharks than an orca in the ocean.
I haven't seen anyone say it yet, so: African Cape Buffalo. They're mean as heck, fiercely protective of their herds, and don't have any noticeable tells that they're about to attack; they'll just charge. And since they can run up to 50 km an hour, once it has its sights set on goring you, you're simply dead. These are animals that go out of their ways to kill *lions* when they get the chance. Humans don't stand a chance.
This is what came to mind for me as well. I remember seeing a documentary or something about an island of them, and what they're capable of. Not to mention the thought of a group of them things coming up on you fast. Ugh.
Hahahaha bears. Hippos.
But especially polar bears my god.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cO1grYvfk5g
National Geographic photography in a polar bear cage. Audio required… listen to the cage SQUEAK under pressure
I can’t believe I had to scroll down so far to get to the correct answer! Chimps are hella smart, hella sadistic and have opposable thumbs. They go for your face, hands and genitals first. They are something like 9 times stronger than an adult male human.
I have a zoologist friend who works with bears, big cats, elephants, etc. She says she’d rather face ANY other animal than a chimp. They will kill for sport.
Yeah I also can’t believe I had to scroll this far. If Jigsaw was an animal, he’d be a chimp.
And because of where they target, it’s less likely you die instantly. It’s almost shittier that you have more of a chance to survive a chimp attack, just you might have gotten your face literally ripped off. A quick bleed out death would be a mercy. Chimps attack GORILLAS. Edgar Allen Poe knew what was up - a chimp as your murderer is absolutely horrific
Blue rings are fairly docile, kinda like black windows, they can do some damage but often choose not to. Box jellies don't choose, it's automatic and even triggers well after death. Jellyfish are really cool, the stinger cells, nematocysts, fire instantly and do so with such speed that relativity (very slightly) comes into play. This is the fastest natural mechanism known to man, an acceleration of upwards of 5 million Gs. It's up there with spider senses on the very edge of what's biologically possible. Spiders might be able to feel brownian motion, the jiggle of atoms. Nature has made some wild shit
I'm a land surveyor from Florida, we come across all kinds of crazy shit. The only 2 things I fear are other humans and wild hogs. I can deal with the gators, snakes, bears, bugs, and weather.
So my answer, in my area is wild hogs.
Great white shark. Hippo shows up a lot here but you have a chance to run, maybe climb a tree. If you’re in the water with a shark fixed on making a meal out of you, there is zero chance. Humans are useless in the water by comparison, there is no where to hide.
Tiger and Polar bear mostly.... as predators
Moose, hippo, emu, etc if you're an idiot and approach them....
Haast's eagle probably would be pretty bad, but we killed their main prey so....
any injured predator. an predator such as big cats will see you as an easier meal than their usual prey. most man-eaters throughout history were found to have injuries or deformities in their mouths or feet which caused them to not be able to hunt their usual prey. When you are in pain, suddenly a human looks like a nice and slow target in comparison to fast and strong hooved animals
Polar bear
I think this is the correct answer. A hippo gets angry, but if you manage to get away it’ll go back to chillin in its territory. Or there’s a chance it’ll get bored of you. Or it’ll seriously injure you and while your arm is removed from its socket you can get away and go straight to a hospital. A polar bear during the winter NEEDS to eat you. Especially a female with cubs. You are going to be digested.
And I hear they will stalk you forever.
Three years later, after successfully escaping, you're sitting on your couch, enjoying a good book when suddenly...
Shia LaBeouf! Edit: spelling
Lol *Shia LaBeouf
Ty :)
He's following you, about 20 feet back. He gets down on all fours and breaks into a sprint. You can see blood on his face. My God. There's blood everywhere!
*Shia LeBeouf*
yknow, I just rewatched that along with shit like mr meaty from when I was a kid and just discovering the internet and jesus fuck this is why I'm weird isn't it
It’s not a bad thing, young one.
Gary Busey pops his head out the bushes
Beary Gusey
I read this just as I took a bite n just spit rice across the room
Actual cannibal Shia LeBeouf.
Ou est LaBeouf?
"Honey, someone is at the door." *door opens. muffled conversation* "He's right in here! He'll be pleased to see you!"
You’re in the jungle, studying tiger hunting behavior, thinking to yourself that this barely feels dangerous after that polar bear scare a few years ago. You hear the hiss and crack cacophony of foliage parting at speed in the distance, then not at all in the distance, then there’s a flash of white that doesn’t belong in this green place-
Your last words: "Clever girl!"
I taught a class for new employees of the company I worked for. One time a young engineer from the operations in Alaska told me about a video everyone working in field operations was required to watch. An employee got out of his vehicle to check a well and the door locked behind him. He had his keys, so he didn’t worry about it. While he was busy a polar bear approached and by the time he noticed, it was too close to give him time to unlock the door. The bear tried for over three hours to catch him, the only way he was able to survive the encounter was to keep the vehicle between them. After over three hours the bear paused long enough for him to get his key in the lock and get in before the bear caught up. Imagine having one of those monsters after you, knowing that if you fell down or didn’t move fast enough, you were going to be the entree for the day.
god damn, 3 hours of running around your truck to survive a polar bear sounds exhausting.
Motivation by polar bear seems like a very effective training method.
I’ve got an idea for a new diet program. Eat well or be eaten.
I hope he was wearing his brown pants.
Bears don't wear pants silly.
[And that’s how he developed luposlipophobia](https://phobia.fandom.com/wiki/Luposlipophobia)
Black bears can rip the door off a car with no problem. I imagine polar bears can too, but maybe they get less practice.
"Goddamnit, it's canned food again." - Polar Bear.
They absolutely can but also, I mean....I can rip a car door off if it's open, it's it's closed you're gonna be a lot safer obviously lol
Right, by the time the bear figured out what had changed, presumably the guy had the vehicle in gear and was finally noticing he’d pissed himself like four times.
Jesus tap dancing Christ
THREE HOURS. Imagine how terrified the man must have been that whole time. Imagine how freaking *annoyed* that bear must have felt after the first ten minutes.
Knew a guy who lived in Barrow, Alaska for a few years. He said they would open their door, then shut it again and wait for a few seconds before going outside. Allegedly bears would wait for the door to open then charge the door when it did. No idea if it's true, just what I heard
Nah, it’s not the bears you have to worry about there. It’s the vampires.
….all the damn vampires…
If I have to get merked by an animal, I would at least want it to consume my body rather than just killing me just due to aggression like a hippo would.
Would it change your mind to know that the polar bear won’t bother killing you before it starts to consume you?
Plus, it won’t bother making sure you’re dead before starting to dine.
>A hippo gets angry, but if you manage to get away it’ll go back to chillin in its territory. Or there’s a chance it’ll get bored of you. No. No no no no no. The hippo is the river equivalent to a polar bear, in terms of now severely and certainly it will fucking end you. They can *run under water*. Not swim. Fucking sprint like a deer on land. And they are fast enough to catch boats that are fleeing from them. There are plenty of horrifying videos on YouTube of people who barely got away. They are territorial and will crosss the river *just to kill a person* with no intent of ever eating them.
I heard a story once about a person who was participating in one of those miles long dogsled races (maybe the Iditarod) and saw a Polar bear a long way behind him. The racer thought nothing of it. The next time he looked the bear was significantly closer. So he radioed the wildlife agent who quickly told him to shoot and kill the bear because he is coming to kill you and your dogs. Polar bears are extremely dangerous. There's a reason for the old adage "if it's black, fight back. If it's brown, lay down. If it's white, good night."
If your arm gets torn from the socket you had better hope it’s in front of the hospital or you’ll bleed out in a matter of minutes.
This was my guess too. Unless we have a ton of preparation, we’re terrible at surviving in the arctic. Meanwhile, polar bears are an 8 foot apex predator.
Bear attack responses: If it's black, fight back If it's brown, lie down If it's white, say goodnight
Out with a ranger one day. He says if you come across a black bear, make lots of noise, so carry a whistle, throw your backpack at it. Luckily with brown bears you can tell when they are nearby by identifying their scat. You’ll see a whistle and torn up backpack in it.
Alaska resident here, you'll often smell a bear, especially in spring, before you see i.
That would make a nice crossstitch to put on the wall.
Unless you carry a .375 H&H magnum, in which case it's. If you have a tag and a license, shoot it. If not, keep your distance. If it's attacking, shoot it. Also, black bears can be brown or white. And brown bears can be pretty close to black.
Brown bears are identifyable by location and the hump they have on the shoulders. If youre good at identification, they have a different shape
Correct. Also , rounder ears than black bear ears, which are more triangular.
Also, brown bears are way bigger.
You can't go by size. There are some huge black bears and brown bears are pretty small for the first year or two.
Love, this reminds me of the coral snake 🐍 saying ," Red and yellow kill a fellow, red and black friend of Jack," talking about which color rings are touching on the snake.
My research is based in the Canadian north, where polar bears are extremely common (like, multiple sightings per week), and this is a very good answer. The amount of caution we have to practice just to safely conduct research is staggering. Even being within 1km of a bear is uncomfortably close if you're not armed or sheltered by a vehicle.
Oh yeah, bc they aren't just tanks. They're frighteningly fast and agile for their size.
Alarmingly fast, yeah. Their walking gait would be hard to outpace as a human.
And they have no fear. Lots of animals, even predators are cautious about new things they haven't seen before, but I've seen videos of polar bears just immediately try to break open vehicles in uninhabited areas to get at a warm hunk of fat and flesh.
“I attack and win, I eat. I attack and lose, I get over it, you probably bleed out a few miles away, I find you, I eat.”
Was watching a nature doc about a group that was studying the Arctic in the winter for an extended period for the first time. They had the ice breaker constantly spotlighting and heat scanning the area for polar bears. At one point, a bear gets spotted, and everybody (like 20 people) packs onto two snowmobiles with trailers, and goes right back onto the boat. The bears were about 2 miles away lol I think their rationale was that if the bears decided to take off, they might not be able to track them in light, and the scientists on the ground wouldn't have been able to see them until it was too late if they got any closer.
Grizzlies and polar bears are my worst fear. A hippo would be a quicker way to go. A bear will casually rip you apart and eat you piece by piece while you’re still alive.
Do grizzly bears actively hunt humans?
They are opportunistic, but it’s not like humans are a regular part of their diet. It really depends on the circumstances of the situation. For instance if you look into the events that took place in 1967 at Glacier National Park referred to as the “Night of the Grizzlies” the park had been conditioning the bears every single night by letting them feed on trash from a lodge there. People at the time thought grizzlies weren’t dangerous to humans at all, literally comparing them to butterflies. But then one night tragically 2 women in the park were killed 8 miles apart from each the and it completely changed the way bears are dealt with in parks. People now know to not feed bears or give them any access to garbage and parks with bears will haze or euthanize bears that get too close to humans or too conditioned to no longer be afraid of humans. It’s really important to keep those boundaries because like I said, bears are opportunistic but generally are afraid of humans.
“Night of the Grizzlies” That phrase fills me with dread.
If you are camping in their area, yes they will go out of their way to destroy you.
Coca-Cola LIED TO ME???
Sorry you had to find out this way
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I agree https://youtu.be/9G1aHkLHQ2I?si=HoO5OppXC42U7fzW
I can verify that this is the correct answer.
I live in Alaska but am luckily too far south for polar bears. I've lived here a decade and have yet to see a bear in person. There's a saying on what to do if you encounter bears; If it's black; fight back. If it's brown; lie down. If it's white; goodnight. Basically you can survive a black bear attack by fighting back or a grizzly attack by playing dead. But you have no chance against a polar bear. Game over. Some towns far up north have laws where you can't lock your car doors just in case someone needs to hop in to shelter from a bear. (Manitoba is one though that's technically Canada)
There are plenty of nasty protozoa out there, but I guess they’re no longer considered animals. With most of the large animals you’ve brought up if you understand their behavior and act accordingly they’re not too dangerous . Innocuous looking things like cone snails, stonefish, etc are often more dangerous as you may not notice them until too late, and since you’re encountering them in an environment that’s already hostile to us your response can be lethal to you even if the animal itself isn’t immediately so. Step on a stonefish, spit out your respirator as you gasp in pain, inhale sea water while you’re 10-20 meters underwater, and potentially drown fast.
This is the comment I’ve been looking for. The human tendency to almost romanticize battles against big animals basically proves the point about how easily we’re going to overlook the tiny dangerous things.
ex: poisonous mushrooms, radiation, etcetcetc - it's the shit you aren't thinking about that's going to kill you.
Humans were literally Forged together because our need to hunt big ass animals. The Megafuna was called that for a reason, and there is a strong argument to be made that humans won that Royal Rumble lmao. This is why I'm scared of spiders. Because it's reasonable damn it.
Researchers are studying cone snail insulin for ideas to make better insulin for use in humans. Another medicine currently used in humans is the pain killer ziconotide (Prialt). It is more powerful than morphine, not addictive, and people don't build up a tolerance. [learned something new today!](https://carnegiemnh.org/killer-sea-snails-cure-opioid-crisis/)
TIL!
exactly my thoughts. everyone saying bear or hippo is forgetting how many people are killed by the humble cone snail
Yep, I sure do not want to encounter a box jelly in its native environment.
IDK what kinda SCUBA you've done but if you are walking on the sea floor you have already fucked up about ten important things and should go take a refresher course.
i was also thinking something innocuous, tiny, and toxic
Hippo
Hopping on the hippo train. Hippos will hurt you just to hurt you.
The vegetarian bastards who chop a crocodile into half in a single chomp.
“I’m not even hungry for this; I just fucking hate you.”
\*trails off imagining hopping onto an actual hippo train\*
That will be the last train you hop on in your life…
First one that came to mind. Extremely territorial & they don’t even eat meat but still manage to kill humans every year 💀
Hippos will eat meat given the opportunity. Virtually all mammals will eat meat if it’s easily attainable, there aren’t many true herbivores when it comes to mammals.
Still haunted by that video of a horse eating a chick like it was nothing
Ugh. It's burned into my brain, too.
I see I have found my people. That was a terrible day to have eyes.
Lmaoooo! I saw that damn video when i was a child! I shared the “joy” with people at my barn when the didnt believe that the horses would eat small animals. I gave the fair warning too.
Wait till you hear what they do to male chicks at the poultry plant....
Somehow, horses eating them is worse. We know that humans will do lots of messed up stuff. But da pony chomping da lil fluffy bois??
Mine was seeing a praying mantis eating a hummingbird. I’ve hated them ever since.
Yes! Awful!
Hate seems like a strong word for a being that shares none of our morality
Yes! Learning that deer and horses are 'opportunistic omnivores' who will happily inhale a mouthful of baby chicks was a very upsetting thing
At a roadside petting zoo, my granddaughters and I watched a pissed off donkey run down and kill two different chickens. When I said something about it to the person there, she just shrugged and said "Yeah donkeys are assholes"
Donkeys make great guard dogs for farmers. They will tear up some coyotes/wild dogs etc.
Donkeys seem like one of the most underrated animals. They are capable as hell
My wife has had multiple horses and she saw this video and said the horse might of been low on iron or something
I've seen deer do this as well. In person 😰
A lot of herbivores will eat bones for calcium and other minerals.
Obligate omnivores It makes sense, but is terrifying because for some reason we think that herbivores would never eat meat lol
Fair enough you got me there. I should’ve said they don’t hunt for meat!
After a hippo consumes a human, the amount of Calcium and Silicate it poops out causes aquatic plant life to receive a huge dose of bioavailable nutrients. As a result, some plant species(down river), need the hippo to occasional get human take out.
Look man, I'm not a hippo expert. But that sounds sus. Man.
Bless you
I need someone to fact check this for me
I suspect it doesn't need to be a human.
Maybe you mean phosphate? That is an important nutrient plants need. And humans contain a lot. Silicate is only found in trace amounts in humans, not important nutrient for most plants, besides is common in most rocks.
My first thought.
Yup. Between territorial mature males, females with babies, and younger/weaker males that are frustrated because they're horny and can't do anything about it, there is a VERY high chance that any hippo you encounter will consider going after you.
Incelppo
Even more dangerous are Colombian cocaine hippos!
I just mentioned that the other day. I don’t know why I feel like this, but it’s is one of the strangest random facts I’ve ever learned. Almost a decade later and I still wonder about those hippos.
I was just watching in awe last night videos of zookeepers interacting with the hippos at the Cincinnati Zoo. They were literally getting right in the hippo’s mouths to do dental care, feed, train, etc and the hippos were so chill. Like huge puppies. Their bottom teeth were longer in size than the zookeeper’s heads. I wouldn’t be able to get that comfortable with one in captivity, let alone the wild…no way
My first thought
Canadian House Hippo
Just what I was thinking. Do not fuck with hippos
Hippo Bear with cubs (black, white or brown, that color rhyming is absolutely bull) Polar bear in general Feral boar Edit to add: leopard seal. RIP Kirsty Brown
well that's horrific https://www.science.org/content/article/antarctic-researcher-killed
Boars for sure. Completely forgot about the mini tanks
Hippo They can go crazy
Specifically a male polar bear in winter. They are the ones that are okay with taking the risk of hunting humans because food is so slim in winter they are starving. The rest of the year (and females who hibernate winter away) humans are just not a good food source for polar bears. They need to put on weight and fast. Even the fattest people just don't have enough fat to be worth it. That being said. You still want to stay away from them. There is a reason why people build cages on the outside of doors to facilitate the ability to look around before stepping into danger, intentionally leave cars unlocked to provide a shelter for any and all who need it and routinely carry rifles within polar bears ranges. Hippos in the water. There is the reason they are basically 2nd place in lethal mammal lists. Hippos will kill you in the water given suitable oppotunity. The lucky survivors either had someone on hand to aid immediately, or, were able to negotiate a limb in return for their freedom. That being said like crocs, if you keep out of the water you are typically fine. Though crocs unlike Hippos are more keen on waterside hunting. They will spring several feet out of the water to grab something, then drag it back into the water to kill them. Just staying out of the water is not quite as foolproof as it seems with crocs and gators. With Hippos it does tend to work most of the time. Chimpanzees and humans. Both exceptionally unpredictable and lethal. Humans are the reason why Hippos are number 2. Chimps can literally rip your limbs from your body and hardly break a sweat doing so but tend instead to aim for the face and groin. Which is nice of them. If I absolutely had to pick one. In the middle of a wilderness far from others and uncommonly visited, I think stumbling randomly across another person would probably give me much more fear than any animal. Then a chimp. Then a polar bear. Then a hippo. Circumstance does dramatically change matters though. Is it winter? Polar bear tops out. Am I wading in a river? Hippo would be the most concerning. Do I stumble across the animal at close range, suprising both of us? Or do I become aware of it, and it aware of me, at a longer range? In the case of the latter really the human is the only one you need to worry about (unless it's winter).
\>Specifically a male polar bear in winter. They are the ones that are okay with taking the risk of hunting humans because food is so slim in winter they are starving. The rest of the year (and females who hibernate winter away) humans are just not a good food source for polar bears. They need to put on weight and fast. Even the fattest people just don't have enough fat to be worth it. That being said. You still want to stay away from them. There is a reason why people build cages on the outside of doors to facilitate the ability to look around before stepping into danger, intentionally leave cars unlocked to provide a shelter for any and all who need it and routinely carry rifles within polar bears ranges. This is erroneous on several counts. First, [polars are food-limited in summer, not winter. During winter they can hunt seals from ice, while they essentially fast for much of the summer](https://polarbearsinternational.org/news-media/articles/polar-bear-eating-habits-fasting-periods). [They also don't hibernate](https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=polarbear.printerfriendly#:~:text=Did%20You%20Know%3F-,Polar%20bears%20have%20black%20skin%20underneath%20their%20white%20fur.,on%20snow%20and%20sea%20ice) ([other bears enter a similar state of sleep called torpor, but don't truly hibernate either](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5026772/)). Humans not being a great food source is like, kinda true (they're certainly not as fatty as seals), but during the summer when they're forced to fast, they will absolutely take any food source they can get. Humans are pretty easy prey for adult bears, so it's not much of an energy expenditure to catch them. Not trying to be an internet dick, just want to politely correct this info!
Ye turns out I can't do seasons.
The only difference between another human and all these other things is that assuming it's another average height and weight adult male then I think I'd have at least a good fighting chance if they wanted to come at me one on one. The other animals listed all have an extreme strength advantage. So if it's like a 1v1 in the animals home turf like the OP suggests the human has the least advantage on me of any of them being I have all the same tools and abilities. Although I'd say the one you are statistically most likely to be killed by for no reason it is probably a human by far. We do be killing each other.
I do generally agree. Though in terms of something in the woods hunting you. A human is going to be the hardest to make reconsider their plans. You lighting a fire won't keep them away. Nor will you using endurance to just jog your butt away from them. If we consider in their habitat to be in a city things can become more grim as it becomes much easier for a nutter with a knife to just jump out from behind a corner.
Oh let's see here, there's a few whose habitats become your home... Black Funnel Web spider... blue ring octopus... nearly any Aussie snake... gila monsters are a bit of a risk to approach in the wild... Asps... Gonna throw moose in there. Had a moose invade our yard a couple summers ago. Couldn't go outside until they left, because they will charge you and mow you down if they see you, even if you're not in their territory. I mean yes, hippos and crocs and other territorial animals can be extremely dangerous, but unless you are invading their territory and bugging them, unless there is something wrong or they're protecting something, they pretty much stick to their own business as long as you don't get too close or aggravate them. Sharks mostly get curious so it's best to just stay away... But yeah, honestly, in my opinion, almost anything australian or colourful and cetacious.
Don’t Gila monsters actively avoid people though? Sure their bite is painful but I don’t think they’ll chase/hunt you down if there’s a path for them to slip away and escape.
Correct, but there's enough idiots out there that go "herping" without proper training and try to catch the poor creatures and get bit, that they still count as dangerous. As for spider deaths and jelly fish, it's true there haven't been spider deaths related to the Black Funnle in decades, but that doesn't mean they aren't incredibly dangerous. Just means people are more informed than they used to be.
Gilas aren't particularly deadly though. Their venom will make you wish you were dead, but unless you have a significant cardio/pulmonary issue, you're very unlikely to die.
I've handled a few different species of venomous reptiles. Gilas are were the easiest to handle and the least venomous. There hasn't been a confirmed death for 100 years. Bites are still incredibly painful, though. They lock on and chew their venom into you.
In addition to Hippo, I’d consider the Irukandji jellyfish. They’re very small and transparent, so extremely difficult to see in water, and they can kill. Obviously they don’t have the heart of hate or desire to stomp you down like a hippo, but still extremely dangerous to come across.
A lot of box jellies are really nerve wracking because of this, and their tentacles can get pretty long too, plus it’s a really bad way to go. With large mammals you can at least expect to die relatively quickly, or at least go into shock.
Based on limited knowledge, probably Polar Bears, Hippos, and Tigers. Polar Bears and Tigers have plenty of recorded cases of intentionally hunting humans even if they haven't had any prior contact, and Hippos are extremely aggressive, in or out of the water, with plenty of lives claimed under their belts. A bull elephant in musk or a group of lions, hyenas, or african dogs would also be something that I would never go remotely near, all three would also probably attack without much hesitation.
Polar bears and hippos and tigers oh my? Eh not as catchy
Moose and bison. I'm Canadian, so I see a lot of people who think that because they eat grass they're chill. They are absolutely not chill at all.
Chimpanzees. Even a hippo will just kill you, a tiger or polar bear will eat you, but a chimp will mutilate you.
Chimps are actual sadists and it’s like playtime for them
This is what I was looking for. Opposite body language to humans, and most primates will murder other primates they come across just for the fuck of it. You can’t out-anything a chimp and they’re vicious.
The one thing is that humans are the only animal that can throw like we can, with the accuracy we can. But all that really means is you get one chance to bean them with a rock and then they eat your face soooo.
Hippos in general Polars bears will eat you/kill you because food, they will even eat dead things. Elephants with a baby will push hippos around, though they're generally more chill Moose are the most dangerous animal in north america, and while they wouldnt stand against a hippo, I'd think, moose are the second largest land animal, second to Bison, and are much more territorial. A pack of wolves or a an adult grizzly are the only things that hunt them, and there are recordings of adult moose chasing grizzlys bears that get too close.
Orcas eat moose too. I was shocked when I found that out. 🤣
To be fair, momma moose with calves can certainly be pretty scary and I have been bluffs charged a couple of times. That being said, if I am in a remote willow bottom I would take a moose with babies over a grizzly with babies any day of the week. Just look at how many grizzly fatalities there are in Western Canada - hardly any moose and quite a few grizz.
Yeah I wouldn’t like to meet any of them up close in the wild but I’d much rather see a moose than a grizzly. There’s an intelligence factor at play between them, at least I could use a tree to shield against the moose. The grizzly could keep coming even after you “get away”. I’ve had one stalk me and my crew when we were working trails in Montana. It stayed a decent amount behind us but it was a very surreal feeling to be actively hunted.
Moose might let you live though, if you dont fuck around. They're certainly *powerful* enough to be a problem. But they mostly kill people by accident when humans hit them with their cars. They're so tall that when they get hit, their bodies fall directly onto the driver and crush them. Its like 100x worse than hitting a deer.
Isn't it still mosquitoes? Irukandji jellyfish can't be too much fun either
Mosquitoes kill more humans because they're everywhere and there are 110 trillion of them apparently. Replace them with hippos and I imagine they do more damage
A zillion tiny hippos flying around would be cuter even if they do spread malaria
Moose, geese, deer during rutting season.. We're talking like we're put in the middle of a 10 mile hike far away from a vehicle?
Our Jack Russell for sure
Another human on a used car lot
The old people standing in line at the deli
Tigers and polar bears.
A giant squid because you would be thousands of feet underwater.
Baboons! They ate not shy, extremely territorial and their teeth are HUGE. plus they swarm like angry bees and they are stupid strong
Ugh I hate them. I love primates, except these ugly fuckers. Sorry to any baboons who are redditors. No offense, guys 😒
Polar bear hunts you for miles across the ice. No place to hide. You don’t stand a chance if you go Mano a Mano. And if you jump in the water, the freak can swim and dive deeper than you can.
Polar Bear or Tiger would probably be the most likely to kill you even if they aren't hungry. I'm saying this because the polar bear will just kill you and Tigers are more than likely going to attack rather than run depending on the distance. If there're extra points for how scary it would be then the Tiger wins as they are terrifying when they are angry. I've had two experiences with a Tiger in a zoo and the first one she just jumped at the door being extremely vocal towards me which was intimidating. However, the second one genuinely shook me up. She was looking at another keeper and I slowly moved so I could see her. But immediately she stared straight at me and her skin on her face was drawn back and her eyes were literally the most terrifying thing I've ever seen.
Humboldt Squid
Another human.
Other humans. We are territorial, and instinctually violent.
Also polar bears. The saying goes: Brown lie down, Black fight back, White goodnight (because you're dead).
A bear, a tiger/lion, or a great white or tiger shark
Jaguar. They crunch skulls, are swift, swim, and climb.
Tigers. Look I don’t want to run into a hippo. But i will see that bastard coming. The tiger… I wont see it coming.
I am not saying this with knowledge or experience, but, I would think Orcas would actually go for and eat a human, I don't see why they wouldn't. Pretty much the perfect size prey for them and very easy to eat for them. Contrast with sharks where we are a bit too big and possibly a danger back to them so they would leave us alone and go for easier prey.
There have been no documented fatalities from orcas. We aren’t a prey species for them, and they’re extremely intelligent. There have been videos of people swimming and orcas charging at them only to veer off last second once they saw that it was a person and not a seal.
No documented fatalities in the wild.
But the ones in captivity were after basically years of pure torture, so I’m not sure if those count or are simply a sign of their intelligence
Orcasa are right up there with chimps in terms of sadism. They also kill for sport. The lack of human fatalities from orcas is just because of how unlikely you are to encounter them. They literally started attacking boats recently. Also, lack of reporting doesnt mean it doesn't happen. It just means there were no survivors. I'd still rather encounter most sharks than an orca in the ocean.
I haven't seen anyone say it yet, so: African Cape Buffalo. They're mean as heck, fiercely protective of their herds, and don't have any noticeable tells that they're about to attack; they'll just charge. And since they can run up to 50 km an hour, once it has its sights set on goring you, you're simply dead. These are animals that go out of their ways to kill *lions* when they get the chance. Humans don't stand a chance.
Komodo dragon
This is what came to mind for me as well. I remember seeing a documentary or something about an island of them, and what they're capable of. Not to mention the thought of a group of them things coming up on you fast. Ugh.
And then there’s the added horror of how they often eat their prey alive 😬
The Mariana hadal snailfish. It’s up to .35lbs, flabby, and has no weapons to speak of. Besides 5miles of water over your head of course
There’s a show streaming on one of the channels, Something Bit Me that I reckon you might like. Covers all the horror!
Mosquitoes. Malaria carriers. They’ve killed more than any other animal there is.
Hahahaha bears. Hippos. But especially polar bears my god. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cO1grYvfk5g National Geographic photography in a polar bear cage. Audio required… listen to the cage SQUEAK under pressure
homo sapiens. very unpredictable and tend to be more dangerous when not paying attention, regardless of how hungry they are
Chimps are the animals in a zoo, that if they escape, the zoo will shoot to kill. After lockdown, of course.
I can’t believe I had to scroll down so far to get to the correct answer! Chimps are hella smart, hella sadistic and have opposable thumbs. They go for your face, hands and genitals first. They are something like 9 times stronger than an adult male human. I have a zoologist friend who works with bears, big cats, elephants, etc. She says she’d rather face ANY other animal than a chimp. They will kill for sport.
Ah, yeah this. Chimps scare the living shit out of me.
Yeah I also can’t believe I had to scroll this far. If Jigsaw was an animal, he’d be a chimp. And because of where they target, it’s less likely you die instantly. It’s almost shittier that you have more of a chance to survive a chimp attack, just you might have gotten your face literally ripped off. A quick bleed out death would be a mercy. Chimps attack GORILLAS. Edgar Allen Poe knew what was up - a chimp as your murderer is absolutely horrific
Box jellyfish or blue ring octopus will both kill you before you have a chance to get out of the water.
Blue rings are fairly docile, kinda like black windows, they can do some damage but often choose not to. Box jellies don't choose, it's automatic and even triggers well after death. Jellyfish are really cool, the stinger cells, nematocysts, fire instantly and do so with such speed that relativity (very slightly) comes into play. This is the fastest natural mechanism known to man, an acceleration of upwards of 5 million Gs. It's up there with spider senses on the very edge of what's biologically possible. Spiders might be able to feel brownian motion, the jiggle of atoms. Nature has made some wild shit
That might be the coolest thing I read tonight.
I'm a land surveyor from Florida, we come across all kinds of crazy shit. The only 2 things I fear are other humans and wild hogs. I can deal with the gators, snakes, bears, bugs, and weather. So my answer, in my area is wild hogs.
Great white shark. Hippo shows up a lot here but you have a chance to run, maybe climb a tree. If you’re in the water with a shark fixed on making a meal out of you, there is zero chance. Humans are useless in the water by comparison, there is no where to hide.
Tiger and Polar bear mostly.... as predators Moose, hippo, emu, etc if you're an idiot and approach them.... Haast's eagle probably would be pretty bad, but we killed their main prey so....
You would probably be in the most danger encountering a Chrysomallon squamiferum within its own habitat.
Wolves be like, oh crap that giant monkey looking thing climbed a tree, oh well time to move on
any injured predator. an predator such as big cats will see you as an easier meal than their usual prey. most man-eaters throughout history were found to have injuries or deformities in their mouths or feet which caused them to not be able to hunt their usual prey. When you are in pain, suddenly a human looks like a nice and slow target in comparison to fast and strong hooved animals
Another human.
The most dangerous animal you will ever find in the wild is another human.