Which animal terrifies you the most?

I have a few (A lot of this is a little exaggerated tho):

Chimpanzees:
Chimpanzees are essentially humans but overpowered. Male chimpanzees will sometimes kill and eat infants. These guys are the CEOS of gang violence, as they'll attack and kill rival groups, and then just eat them.

Let's not forget that some people keep these killer monkeys as pets, and one named "Travis" just ripped a woman's face-off, because his owner tried to give him an anti-anxiety drug, but it obviously had side effects, and he just lost it.

Hippos:
For an animal that puts more people to sleep than sharks, you know you don't wanna mess with this thing. And this Dahmer tank can run faster than your mental health is prepared for, and those jaws can snap a crocodile into two, so yeah, don't mess with these guys.

Also, don't try and keep these guys as pets. We already have wild hippos in Columbia, and we don't need any more wild hippos outside of Africa.

Tigers
First off, don't be some redneck with a Netflix series who is now in jail. Don't keep tigers as pets. When you buy a pet tiger, you're essentially signing someone's death certificate, because no matter how friendly it seems, it will attack.

And they can jump high. 3 idiot brothers decided to mock a tiger once, and the tiger jumped a 13-foot moat, ended 1 of the brothers, and injured 2 of them. So yeah, you don't want to mess with the true king of the jungle.
 
I love most animals, but there are some that test my limits.
Botflies
Ewwwww. One of the last things I want to experience in my life is having one of those disgusting maggots growing inside me. Gross.
Scorpions
Not-so-fun-fact: my mother has been sent to the hospital after being stung my a scorpion. Twice. And both times I was certain that my mother was going to die. Thanks a lot, scorpions. Is it any wonder that I’ve come to dislike them? Any time a scorpion comes into my parents’ house, I bequeath to them a boot to the head.
Greater Galagos
Perhaps the most oddly specific animal on this list. I don’t know, there’s just something weirdly unsettling about Greater Galagos. I think it’s the small ear and eye size compared to the body, which is why I’m fine with lesser galagos and even aye-ayes. Plus the Wildlife World Zoo kept them in a dark corner of their small mammal house and it creeped me out when I was younger.
Goats
There are so many things about goats that make me feel uneasy. There’s the rectangular pupils (which are far more noticeable on goats than on other ungulates), the uncanny human-like noises they make, their general disregard for the laws of physics, their connection to demons like satan and krampus, and there’s all the weird mutations they can have (two faces, 8 legs, four eyes on a wild Serow). What is it about mutant farm animals that makes them so off-putting? And of course there’s my new least favorite prehistoric mammal, the Dwarf Cave Goat. They were only a foot tall, were cold-blooded like a crocodile, and even had forward-facing eyes like a predator. Go look them up under Google images and see the horrors for yourselves.
I know a lot of people here put animals that can kill people, but I respect those animals because of what they can do, plus they’re still pretty cool. I don’t have much respect for animals that want me to have their babies, or have attempted to kill my mom, or just creep me out due to circumstances.
 
Scolopendra centipedes. Not fear exactly, but definite heebie-jeebies.
 
Mice and rats but only as pests, though more as a symbol of lack of cleanliness than of the animals themselves. I'm completely fine with domestic (fancy) mice and rats.
 
Sloth bear: I like them visually and from very far away, but that all-or-nothing, “I’m calm, I’m calm, I’m ca- enjoy your facial reconstruction” response makes them living, breathing action potentials. The ferocity doesn’t change; only the frequency does. Sloth bears remind me of the monster in the Temple Run games.

Guinea worm: Likely never going to encounter these, but females are human parasites that can grow to 80cm long and burrow through subcutaneous tissue. Removal involves a pencil and too much pain.

Tarsier: Their size and their eyes. No behavioural issues or anything, just not an animal I’d want to encounter while cleaning a church at 02:00.
 
RIPPompadour said:
Sloth bear: I like them visually and from very far away, but that all-or-nothing, “I’m calm, I’m calm, I’m ca- enjoy your facial reconstruction” response makes them living, breathing action potentials. The ferocity doesn’t change; only the frequency does. Sloth bears remind me of the monster in the Temple Run games.

Guinea worm: Likely never going to encounter these, but females are human parasites that can grow to 80cm long and burrow through subcutaneous tissue. Removal involves a pencil and too much pain.

Tarsier: Their size and their eyes. No behavioural issues or anything, just not an animal I’d want to encounter while cleaning a church at 02:00.
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I just googled Guinea Worm as I was not familiar with them and now I have some new nightmare fuel.
 
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