Dangerous Animals in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has some surprising species that could bring harm to humans. These animals are not out to get humans, and attacks often occur out of defense or accidents.

Wild animals only, no domestic animals

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Danger	Where to find	Class	Threat to Humans	Hint	Answer
Car collisions, defending offspring	North-Central Pennsylvania	Mammal	Not usually aggressive, keep distance	Reintroduced in the state, largest mammal	Elk
Car collisions, disease vector	Statewide	Mammal	Not aggressive	State mammal	White-tailed Deer
Teeth and claws, defending offspring, predatory	Statewide	Mammal	Not usually aggressive, keep distance	Largest carnivoran in the state	American Black Bear
Teeth and claws, disease vector	Central Pennsylvania	Mammal	Not usually aggressive, keep distance	Only cat species in the state	Bobcat
Teeth, disease vector	Statewide	Mammal	Not usually aggressive	Formerly found in the Midwest, now found all over the continent, can spread rabies	Coyote
Claws, teeth, spray	Statewide	Mammal	Not usually aggressive, keep distance	Spray can cause great pain if it gets in the eyes	Striped Skunk
Disease vector	Statewide	Mammal	Not aggressive	Spreads hantavirus and Lyme's disease	Deer Mouse
Quills	Northern Pennsylvania	Mammal	Not usually aggressive, keep distance	Quills are barbed	North American Porcupine
Talons, defending offspring	Statewide	Bird	Not usually aggressive	Named for it's tail color	Red-tailed Hawk
Territorial, defending offspring	Statewide	Bird	Not usually aggressive, keep distance	Has domestic relatives that are often eaten	Wild Turkey
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
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
Venomous bite	Central Pennsylvania	Reptile	Dangerous	Former symbol of the U.S. colonies, featured on the "Don't Tread on Me" flag	Timber Rattlesnake
Venomous bite	Western Pennsylvania	Reptile	Not dangerous to healthy adults	Mostly lives in the Midwest, closely related to Pygmy Rattlesnake	Massasauga
Disease vector	Statewide	Arachnid	Dangerous	Often found on deer, spreads Lyme's disease	Black-legged Tick
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
Disease vector	Statewide	Insect	Dangerous	Spreads West Nile virus, introduced from Asia	Asian Tiger Mosquito
Venomous sting	Statewide	Insect	Not usually aggressive	Introduced for honey production, sting can induce anaphylaxis	Western Honey Bee

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