Health Hazards
Frightening Encounters
Fictitious Frights
Screeches, Howls, & Growls
Wild Weapons
100

The deadliest vector animal in the world, known for carrying malaria, zika, and Dengue fever, among many other diseases

Mosquito

100

The national park where the 1967 "Night of the Grizzlies" incident occurred, in which two women were killed in separate grizzly attacks

Glacier National Park

100

The fictional character that popularized the association between vampires and bats in the late 1800s

Dracula

100

The term for the eerie vocalization used by the second-largest North American cervid species to attract mates and intimidate rivals

Bugle

100

The weapon found on a number of mammals' heads that is made entirely of bone as opposed to a bone core covered in a keratinous sheath

Antlers

200

The disease known for causing symptoms in cervids that make them appear zombie-like, now closely monitored by many state wildlife agencies

Chronic wasting disease (CWD)

200

The state where the infamous 1916 shark attacks that became a major inspiration for Jaws occurred

New Jersey

200

A mythical serpent that was believed to kill through mere eye contact, featured in one of the Harry Potter films

Basilisk

200

The type of hyena that is known for a vocalization that sounds like evil laughter

Spotted hyena

200

The material most vertebrates' claws are made of

Keratin

300

The animal responsible for the most human rabies fatalities

Bats

300

The species of the animal known as "the devil of Champawat" that killed 436 people in India and Nepal through the late 1890s and early 1900s

Bengal tiger

300

Scottish shapeshifting water spirits that typically appeared as horses and were said to lure children into the water to drown and eat them

Kelpies

300

The primate with the loudest call in the animal kingdom, which vocalizes with a growl or roar up to 140 decibels

Howler monkey

300

The term for the swordlike structure protruding from a narwhal's head

Tusk

400

The animal affected by devil facial tumor disease

Tasmanian devil

400

The names of the "Tsavo man-eaters"--two man-eating lions that killed at least 28 rail workers over the span of nine months in 1898 and inspired a 1996 thriller film

The Ghost and The Darkness

400

Medieval stone waterspouts that typically combined grotesque representations of animals with human characteristics

Gargoyles

400

The vocal structure in wolves that houses the vocal folds which allow low howl pitches for long-distance communication

Larynx

400

The type of snake venom that attacks the cardiovascular system and red blood cells

Hemotoxic venom

500

An animal often associated with evil that was chopped up and applied to the skin of those infected with Black Death based on the medieval idea that evil draws out evil

Snake

500

The unexpected bird that killed a man named Jasper Kraus in Ireland in 2022

Rooster

500

The frightening mythical creature associated with the power of lycanthropy

Werewolf

500

The type of bird in the family Tytonidae that is known for shrieking vocalizations which many be mistaken for a woman's scream

Barn owl

500

The species with the most teeth of any animal

Umbrella sea slug

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