Danger | Where to find | Class | Threat to Humans | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Teeth and claws, defending offspring, predatory | Statewide | Mammal | Not usually aggressive, keep distance | Largest carnivoran in the state | American Black Bear | 100%
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Car collisions, disease vector | Statewide | Mammal | Not aggressive | State mammal | White-tailed Deer | 90%
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Venomous bite | Western Pennsylvania | Reptile | Not dangerous to healthy adults | Mostly lives in the Midwest, closely related to Pygmy Rattlesnake | Massasauga | 67%
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Quills | Northern Pennsylvania | Mammal | Not usually aggressive, keep distance | Quills are barbed | North American Porcupine | 67%
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Claws, teeth, spray | Statewide | Mammal | Not usually aggressive, keep distance | Spray can cause great pain if it gets in the eyes | Striped Skunk | 67%
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Venomous bite | Central Pennsylvania | Reptile | Dangerous | Former symbol of the U.S. colonies, featured on the "Don't Tread on Me" flag | Timber Rattlesnake | 67%
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Disease vector | Statewide | Insect | Dangerous | Spreads West Nile virus, introduced from Asia | Asian Tiger Mosquito | 62%
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Disease vector | Statewide | Arachnid | Dangerous | Often found on deer, spreads Lyme's disease | Black-legged Tick | 62%
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Venomous sting | Statewide | Insect | Not usually aggressive | Introduced for honey production, sting can induce anaphylaxis | Western Honey Bee | 62%
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Teeth and claws, disease vector | Central Pennsylvania | Mammal | Not usually aggressive, keep distance | Only cat species in the state | Bobcat | 57%
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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 | 57%
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Teeth, disease vector | Statewide | Mammal | Not usually aggressive | Formerly found in the Midwest, now found all over the continent, can spread rabies | Coyote | 57%
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Talons, defending offspring | Statewide | Bird | Not usually aggressive | Named for it's tail color | Red-tailed Hawk | 57%
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Territorial, defending offspring | Statewide | Bird | Not usually aggressive, keep distance | Has domestic relatives that are often eaten | Wild Turkey | 52%
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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 | 43%
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Disease vector | Statewide | Mammal | Not aggressive | Spreads hantavirus and Lyme's disease | Deer Mouse | 43%
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Car collisions, defending offspring | North-Central Pennsylvania | Mammal | Not usually aggressive, keep distance | Reintroduced in the state, largest mammal | Elk | 43%
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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 | 24%
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