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Is there a scarier predator on earth than big cats?
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I'm from beyond the wall in Canada. I spent my summers on a farm deep in the woods. I've come face to face with a bear a few times in my life and I've never been more terrified.
It's sad that people are so terrified of sharks. Media has ruined their image.
Vast majority of the different shark species aren't dangerous to people and attacks against humans are very rare.
That doesn't make them any less scary. Especially in video games where they ARE going after you.
Humans.
We're the only predator species that's intentionally wiped out other species, either for shits & giggles or because they got in our way or because someone thought (wrongly) that eating certain parts would give them a boner. Hell, sometimes we've accidentally wiped out entire species. Whoops. To the rest of the Animal Kingdom, we may as well be an eldritch abomination.
Imagine how pants-shitting terrifying we would be to them if they were truly capable of understanding what we're capable of. Just this totally inscrutable and innumerable horde of hairless apes that can spit death and fire at long range, can outlast and out-think you, can raze entire forests, level entire mountains, and otherwise significantly alter the landscape at will, can change the very composition of the air, and can even intentionally alter the evolution of a species at an insanely fast pace (geologically speaking). They are super-persistent, unquestionably dominant, and can exterminate anything they want on a whim, or even without thinking about it. Yet despite being the deadliest species on Earth, between their acts of wanton destruction, they'll sometimes show acts of kindness and nurturing to other species just because they feel like it.
We're the only predator species that's intentionally wiped out other species, either for shits & giggles or because they got in our way or because someone thought (wrongly) that eating certain parts would give them a boner. Hell, sometimes we've accidentally wiped out entire species. Whoops. To the rest of the Animal Kingdom, we may as well be an eldritch abomination.
Imagine how pants-shitting terrifying we would be to them if they were truly capable of understanding what we're capable of. Just this totally inscrutable and innumerable horde of hairless apes that can spit death and fire at long range, can outlast and out-think you, can raze entire forests, level entire mountains, and otherwise significantly alter the landscape at will, can change the very composition of the air, and can even intentionally alter the evolution of a species at an insanely fast pace (geologically speaking). They are super-persistent, unquestionably dominant, and can exterminate anything they want on a whim, or even without thinking about it. Yet despite being the deadliest species on Earth, between their acts of wanton destruction, they'll sometimes show acts of kindness and nurturing to other species just because they feel like it.
True.
Don't know the story though, but could it be that he unknowingly passed the jaguar, and that the jaguar heard him pass and came to look. When I visited the Amazon in Peru the guide stressed how curious jaguars are and that they'll come and have a look when they hear humans. (Didn't see one myself though, sadly. Did see a couple of snakes the guide offhandedly remarked that if we got bitten we would never get help in time, lol. But I was most afraid of the bullet ants, because fuck those)
Everyone knows this, do you think you really are the only person to have thought of this? Do you really think a species capable of leaving their planet for space, creating nuclear weapons, and destroying the planet doesn't know this?
Clearly this is a simple off topic question about what animal people would find scary. Let people have their fun.
Sydney Funnel Web spiders. Stuff of nightmares.
It's pretty terrifying to think about encountering a Saltwater Croc of Great White Shark in the wild too
It's pretty terrifying to think about encountering a Saltwater Croc of Great White Shark in the wild too
Fortunately bears are scared of downslopes, if you are lucky to be near one
Saltwater crocodiles are terrifying. All the potato cam footage of them on youtube is so fascinating. Even in captivity they can grow to immense size. And their range stretches from northern Australia all the way up to India. The crocs in the Philippines and in parts of India can get especially huge.
Giant croc in captivity
Croc catches shark
Some comments say these are two crocs, but I still think this is just one large one
Giant croc in captivity
Croc catches shark
Some comments say these are two crocs, but I still think this is just one large one
Hippos are the most dangerous animals imo, they attack you because they can and they'll fucking rip you to shreds in seconds.
In a vacuum I'd say an angry afican elephant has no match, but yeah, he has to be angry.
Also don't understimate a pack of hyenas. The fuckers are fierce and ruthless and they don't live only on carrion
In a vacuum I'd say an angry afican elephant has no match, but yeah, he has to be angry.
Also don't understimate a pack of hyenas. The fuckers are fierce and ruthless and they don't live only on carrion
Grizzly bears are certainly up there, but yeah the big cats will fuck your day up just as easily.
Sharks, gators, orcas, all certainly frightening, but easy enough to avoid; just stay the fuck out of the water (or don't get close to the water's edge, in the case of gators).
Sharks, gators, orcas, all certainly frightening, but easy enough to avoid; just stay the fuck out of the water (or don't get close to the water's edge, in the case of gators).
Tony's been lifting.Of the big cats Tigers are the perfect example of speed and power.
Equal parts scary and majestic.
Same, channel is so good.
God that clip, one thing so brutal about Lions and Leopards is the slow suffocation, but at least with leopards you aren't getting eaten alive during the process,
I'd rather be eaten by Wild Dogs.
I think bears (specifically brown/grizzly) are on the top of my list of things I may actually encounter one day that actually scare me. I've been face to face with black bears and while scary, they didn't do much to me in terms of fear. A 600+ pound animal running at you full speed with its teeth and claws, yeah, that'd make me poop myself.
Big cats are definitely up there in terms of fear, but I never expect to come across one. Same with sharks, I don't swim where the bigger sharks are known to be.
Big cats are definitely up there in terms of fear, but I never expect to come across one. Same with sharks, I don't swim where the bigger sharks are known to be.
What's interesting is it isn't as much about the size of the predator or the strength of their bite or size of their claws. Its the fact their mouths are bacterial cesspools that they're totally immune to but nothing else is. Even a small bite that does little major damage will kill most things in a few days time from the infection that results. The whole time the Komodo Dragon is just hanging back waiting for the bacteria to do its job.
i've been putting it on as background noise while i play Hades recently. did something happen with James? i remember he said he was gonna leave, he had a tearful goodbye and everything, but then he just kept showing up. him and Trishala are the best
also, on the opposite side of this, one of the recent episodes had a cheetah cub being taken down by a crocodile while its mother watched. i screamed when this happened
Should you throw a rock at it or something? What do you even do here?
I accept that Hippos are brutal, but I'm still nowhere near as scared of them as I am sharks.
It has nothing to do with their temperament, and everything to do with how these ugly teeth could be the last thing I'd see.
It has nothing to do with their temperament, and everything to do with how these ugly teeth could be the last thing I'd see.
They seem to be, but reality is that they're generally pretty chill. I've taken pictures with them on Komodo itself where I was within a few feet. Definitely wouldn't do that with a tiger.
Of course, there are rangers with you, but reality is that they're only armed with a stick as the Komodo Dragons are endangered. Supposedly hitting them on the nose scares them off. Plus they don't really kill their prey directly, but simply bite and then wait for the prey to succumb to bacteria that 's in their saliva. This can take a few days and can be treated pretty well.
