With me the only animal I truly fear......
is the American politician.
No really, I don't know if I fear the animal but what an encounter with that animal would be like. I've walked upon bears and foxes herping and just turned around and went the other way. But there is a panther running around Polk Enviromental Center and I worry about hiking there. If a panther wants a piece of your butt, you won't know it till 5 seconds after he has it.
I fear stepping on a stone fish in the ocean. I don't plan any trips to Seattle or Australia where they have those Blue-ringed octopi and their kin that will paralyze ya for months or years at a time.