What animals have you been “ attacked” by

I added 9 new little scars to my arm in August, a house cat that I was trying to protect from my too friendly puppy. 5 are claw marks, 4 are from teeth, which I didn't realize were a bite until I saw my dad the next day and he said my arm looked infected. Hooray for antibiotics.
 
Bitten by snakes (my pets), conures, a cat, convict cichlids, and a plethora of insects (along with a sting here and there). None really are true "attacks" save for the cichlids (who were guarding their young while I was working), but oh well. An alligator also almost slammed me against a door while transporting the animal with multiple other people.
 
Oh, I've been bruised and scratched over the years, my cats, Mostly. (Dere still iddy biddy widdle kittys do), (sorry sounded Like Elmer fudd there), But I've been pinched by lots of Crayfish, and dogs have certainly given me bites over the years(domestic), but that's pretty much it. I'm always assuredly vigilant when I handle animals in the wild at any rate. However the grasshoppers resistance mechanism to me seizing them up sometimes is moderately stinky.
 
I've had the pretty common ones that have been mentioned here, bitten by my cockatiels, swooped by magpies, chased by a pelican etc.

I've also had three pretty serious encounters with animals, that a lot of people don't fully believe when I tell them, but they always make good stories to tell kids when I'm teaching.

In Thailand I worked at a refuge for a period of time, mainly with Asian Elephants. We were cleaning the habitat of a trio of elephants that didn't like people at all and had to be fed at the far end while we went in a picked up their mess (probably about 500 metres away or so.) One of the elephants snuck off when they were being fed and somehow snuck up and appeared about 20 metres in front of us all and charged. Everyone was able to escape in time, as it was probably just a warning charge, but there were a few injuries from people trying to jump through the thick wire fencing.

In went to a animal park in South Africa that I immediately regretted. It was 8 am on New Years day and I was the only visitor their, so I got my own personal tour on the safari van. In one of the paddocks was a large pride of lions, with one of the females holding back as we went past. As we went through the paddock, I heard a loud scream, then all the lions in the park begin to roar, it was a fearsome sound. I looked up and saw the lioness had a park attendant by the throat and the pride was running towards her and the attendant was quickly being pulled at by his arms and legs. A van ran out and the lions dropped him and spread, except for the lioness, who then came to the van and started to sniff at the door and pushing against it, trying to get in. Luckily the door was more secured then the gate, and we drove off, leaving the lions still roaring. Thankfully the attendant wasn't killed, not sure the offer of a free tour another day was exactly the best way help someone who had just witnessed an attack.

Lastly I was in Uganda for a gorilla trek. When visiting the family, a three year old male started jumping on us and starting to wrestle, while none of the others in the group were fussed with us. We got to see a three week old baby gorilla pretty close too which was amazing and the guides decided to takes us a bit deeper in to have a different look at it. Unfortunately we walked in between the eyeline of the baby and the massive silverback, who wasn't to happy. He stood up, beat his chest, bellow (sounding exactly like Donkey Kong in Mario Kart) and ran straight at us, shoving over the person directly in front of me. He then calmly went and sat back down where he was and continued to eat. Once my heart beat slowed down I realised what an amazing display I had just witnessed.

The elephant and gorilla charges were pretty amazing to witness, mainly after the fact, as I'm pretty sure they were both warning charges.
 
Only been “attacked” by some lorikeets but only pecked and then my golden retriever “Bruno” is way too playful. That’s why I don’t like the command “Paw!” .
 
I was attacked by my Grandmas friends cat. The cat was very old and grumpy so as soon as i tried to pet her she scratched me in the eye.
 
Mosquitos, wasps, and a stray cat. If my friends guinea pig trying to eat me counts, then that as well. For some reason the geese where I live don’t attack, though they do hiss, to which I hiss right back.
 
Mai Thai said:
The rhino Johnny bit me.
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How did Johnny bite you? Accidentally with his incisors or his back teeth? How did the zoo handle the situation? I fed Johnny in Zoo Miami in 2011 and Suru later in 2012 and 2016 with no problems.

I was bitten by sand gnats aka "no-see-ums" on my hand about a month ago when going down by a river to watch the sunrise. The bites swelled up and I had to take a med to ease the swelling. Two weeks later they went away. Not fun at all!
 
Sarus Crane said:
How did Johnny bite you? Accidentally with his incisors or his back teeth? How did the zoo handle the situation? I fed Johnny in Zoo Miami in 2011 and Suru later in 2012 and 2016 with no problems.

I was bitten by sand gnats aka "no-see-ums" on my hand about a month ago when going down by a river to watch the sunrise. The bites swelled up and I had to take a med to ease the swelling. Two weeks later they went away. Not fun at all!
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He gave me a nibble with his back teeth. No blood was drawn and there was only a very tiny bruise. The zoo was very nice about it and asked if we would like some of our money back but I said no.
 
Mai Thai said:
He gave me a nibble with his back teeth. No blood was drawn and there was only a very tiny bruise. The zoo was very nice about it and asked if we would like some of our money back but I said no.
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You must've reached in with browse really far to get a nip from those molars. Glad everything turned out ok.
 
I was at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo with my grandmother, cousin, and sister in the summer. July to be exact. We were at the Amur tiger exhibit, the enclosure with their big male.

He was laying down. He looks at me. I didn't like the way he was looking at me.

I looked down at my shirt with a tiger's face on it. Now I'm like "Okay PLEASE don't charge at me, please don't charge at me!"

My cousin: "Relax there's glass"

Me: "I don't care! I still don't wanna be charged at!"

He almost got up. I wasn't charged at or anything and he stayed in place. Probably realizing the tiger on my shirt wasn't a real one.
 
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