Most dangerous creatures you ever saw. In a zoo doesn't count. has to be wild.

[TheDarklite]

There was this one time I saw a manbearpig. You could tell because it was half man, half bear, half pig.

I almost died.

 

[The Shade]

I was out in my yard one night when a bear came tumbling through the forest. It was dark and I only heard it, but I darted back into the house and stayed there 'til morning. We found the signs of a bear near our birdfeeder (which it had destroyed). At least it didn't steal my camera, which I'd left outside, as I was photographing the night sky.

Also, I've seen plenty of coyotes around here, even in the middle of the day.

Yeah... thas 'bout it.

There was this one time I saw a manbearpig.

I'm super cereal you guys!

 

[Dango]

A copperhead snake. It slithered away under some branches before I could get a good look at it.

 

[BlackEagle95]

Pretty much any reptile in the Florida Everglades.(Alligators, snakes, etc.) Or does that not count since it's a U.S national park?

 

[Johanthemonster666]

Everything in Florida practically- alligators, venomous snakes, disease carrying parasites, black bears, and of course sharks (though I've only seen sandbar species of shark that have only been known to bite hands and feet thinking their fish).

I hope to never run into a bull or tiger shark, those are pretty nasty and will go after you if you look appetizing to them.

Alligators are surprisingly safe and usually bolt away unless you swim to close to one , or don't use common sense when walking near a pond, river, swamp or when you're swimming in designated areas where alligators are known to inhabit.

 

[RyokenX5]

I once looked at myself in the mirror. SCARYYYY!

 

[solemnwar]

Bears.

I have luckily never been in an area of Canada that has cougars, because I think I would probably end up dead... >>

 

[Shoqiyqa]

I froze, and it looked at me for a moment before just continuing on its way to the small forest area near my apartment. I was proud when I realized my only thought when it happened was "How am I going to take this bear down if it attacks?" not "Oh got I gotta run!"

Both are, last I heard, correct. Bears are pretty fast runners and do eat things that try to run away, but are usually inclined to avoid humans unless the humans bug them, so just stop and be unthreatening, and try to quietly back away, but if the bear goes for you batter the **** out of its face until it decides you'd give it more indigestion than you're worth.

Then again, that's just one version of the advice. The other version [http://dsc.discovery.com/survival/plants-animals/how-to-fight-a-bear.html] is pretty much the same but "curl up and play dead until it goes away" instead of "try to take its eyes out."

 

[Shoqiyqa]

Squirrels. They're like little furry raptors.

Nah, we mammals are not that closely related to the sauria. If you're looking for something like a raptor, look in Australia, of course! [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/8318367/Australians-hit-by-Cyclone-Yasi-warned-to-stay-away-from-deadly-giant-birds.html]

According to some [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/avians.html], it's closer than you might at first suspect. There are objections to that, but the serious-sounding ones just say it was the other way round [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100209183335.htm] and the more total denials are in such rags as the Daily Hate Mail [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1192019/Why-birds-NOT-descended-dinosaurs.html], which pretty much automatically discredits them and any other organ that quotes them.

So, as a silly little additional claim, I've had a large specimen of a species related to Velociraptor [http://www.tiritirimatangi.org.nz/images/Birds/BlackbirdFemale.jpg] sitting on my thumb and eating from my hand, and warmed a more colourful one [http://cherrytreewood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Greater-Spotted-Woodpecker-credit-DeansFamily.jpg] in my hands after it stunned itself on a window. That second one couldn't half move once it got over the shock.

 

[Aleate]

When I was... lets see, 4? I got my entire right leg grappled by a Box Jellyfish. I swear the thing was so big it went from my foot to my waist, wrapped all the way around (Yes I was 4, but that's still fucking huge!) Took my parent and the life guard about an hour to get it all the way off. I'm not really scared of the water, but when I see a bubble coming towards me... I do kinda back away a bit.

Other than that... Crap idk I saw a bat in a cave once... I kinda sat there and looked at me and I was like "...kay" and left.

 

[Mr Shrike]

Worst I've seen is probably an adder.

If he bits you, chances are you'll DIE be absolutely fine.

I do rather like living in the UK, where none of the fauna actually goes out on a limb to murder you and rape your wife.