Dangerous Animals in Pennsylvania - Statistics

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Danger	Where to find	Class	Threat to Humans	Hint	Answer	% Correct
Teeth and claws, defending offspring, predatory	Statewide	Mammal	Not usually aggressive, keep distance	Largest carnivoran in the state	American Black Bear	98%
Car collisions, disease vector	Statewide	Mammal	Not aggressive	State mammal	White-tailed Deer	93%
Claws, teeth, spray	Statewide	Mammal	Not usually aggressive, keep distance	Spray can cause great pain if it gets in the eyes	Striped Skunk	79%
Quills	Northern Pennsylvania	Mammal	Not usually aggressive, keep distance	Quills are barbed	North American Porcupine	74%
Disease vector	Statewide	Arachnid	Dangerous	Often found on deer, spreads Lyme's disease	Black-legged Tick	72%
Teeth and claws, disease vector	Central Pennsylvania	Mammal	Not usually aggressive, keep distance	Only cat species in the state	Bobcat	72%
Disease vector	Statewide	Insect	Dangerous	Spreads West Nile virus, introduced from Asia	Asian Tiger Mosquito	67%
Venomous sting	Statewide	Insect	Not usually aggressive	Introduced for honey production, sting can induce anaphylaxis	Western Honey Bee	65%
Venomous bite	Western Pennsylvania	Reptile	Not dangerous to healthy adults	Mostly lives in the Midwest, closely related to Pygmy Rattlesnake	Massasauga	63%
Talons, defending offspring	Statewide	Bird	Not usually aggressive	Named for it's tail color	Red-tailed Hawk	63%
Venomous bite	Central Pennsylvania	Reptile	Dangerous	Former symbol of the U.S. colonies, featured on the "Don't Tread on Me" flag	Timber Rattlesnake	63%
Teeth, disease vector	Statewide	Mammal	Not usually aggressive	Formerly found in the Midwest, now found all over the continent, can spread rabies	Coyote	56%
Car collisions, defending offspring	North-Central Pennsylvania	Mammal	Not usually aggressive, keep distance	Reintroduced in the state, largest mammal	Elk	53%
Venomous bite	Statewide	Arachnid	Not usually aggressive, keep distance	Venom is more toxic than a rattlesnake but fatalities have not occurred in many years	Black Widow Spider	49%
Venomous Bite	South, central, and east of the state	Reptile	Not dangerous to healthy adults	Venom is usually not dangerous, close relative of the cottonmouth	Copperhead	49%
Territorial, defending offspring	Statewide	Bird	Not usually aggressive, keep distance	Has domestic relatives that are often eaten	Wild Turkey	49%
Disease vector	Statewide	Mammal	Not aggressive	Spreads hantavirus and Lyme's disease	Deer Mouse	44%
Territorial, wings, defending offspring	Statewide	Bird	Not usually aggressive, keep distance	Wings are powerful enough to break human bones, but is only aggressive when its young are threatened	Canada Goose	26%

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