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Unread 07-11-2010, 12:31 AM
 
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Someone can run into bears while hiking in nature in the Pacific Northwest?

Well, if yes, I wont let that discourage me from hiking with friends, family, the person Im going out with etc. in nature, as well as being in nature
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Unread 07-11-2010, 01:30 AM
 
Location: Downtown Seattle!
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One word: Sasquatch
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Unread 07-11-2010, 07:47 AM
 
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Unread 07-11-2010, 07:48 AM
 
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Nah, no cougars (not the animal type).
SOOOOO got it...
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Unread 07-11-2010, 07:56 AM
 
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Currently live in Southeast (husband from upper of MI) and he says that the southeast has everything that can kill you, including the plants.

A stump attacked him when we went camping recently too! destroyed his big toe. ha!

No seriously...
between copperheads, other snakes, biting flies, fire ants, and mosquitoes that apparently love me, it sounds like heaven in the northwest!
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Unread 07-11-2010, 07:20 PM
 
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We have the hobo spider (but I've never seen one). Sidenote: We have the giant house spider (non-lethal) that is actually the fastest spider in the world travelling at 1.7 feet per second.

Black bears are fairly common (even occasionally in the city!)

We have a few grizzlies in the North Cascades and the Pend Oreille region.

Lone elk have been known to charge at you if stumbled upon.

Cougars are rare in the lowlands and more common in the alpines. But you will almost never see them, though they have probably seen you.

Bobcats in the mountains.

Other than that, Western Washington does not have dangerous animals.
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Unread 07-11-2010, 08:02 PM
 
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Well there are those newborn vampires terrorizing seattle lol
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Unread 07-12-2010, 08:51 AM
 
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The most dangerous animals around here are the drivers chatting away on the phone, driving 10 mph below the speed limit in the left lane and oblivious to the traffic back up they are causing. Also, the tourists and transplants who cause increases in blood pressure every time they mention "Pike's Market".
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Unread 07-12-2010, 09:04 AM
 
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The most dangerous animals around here are the drivers chatting away on the phone, driving 10 mph below the speed limit in the left lane and oblivious to the traffic back up they are causing. Also, the tourists and transplants who cause increases in blood pressure every time they mention "Pike's Market".
Chatting on phones is benign compared to the "weaving drunk" texters. This applies to the entire country not just the northwest.
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Unread 07-13-2010, 08:05 AM
 
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Probably brown recluses and black widows...just like anywhere. Only garter snakes west of the Cascades to my knowledge. Definitely rattlers east of it. Very small amount of mosquitos as well. You will get your fair share of bear and cougar sightings...

Coming from TX all of the above was a welcome relief.

I would have to agree with NUB that people complaining about the weather is the most annoying thing about the NW.
Brown recluse spiders are primarily in the south and don't come this far north:

Brown Recluse Spiders | Rolling T Stores

The local venomous spider is the hobo spider

Hobo spider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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