"We (humans) are the scariest animal in the woods. We’re the scariest animal anywhere. At any time, in any location, under any circumstances, if there’s a human present then that’s the scariest motherfucker in the woods."
A desperately hungry tiger might go for a human, but on average they are not interested in that fight. They would much prefer going for something like deer. The calories per unit of risk are much higher with non-human food sources. Wildlife tends to be very efficient at this economy.
Anything smaller than a human is absolutely terrified of us. I used to be afraid of things like snakes and spiders, but they want nothing to do with humans. They will get the hell out of your way when you are walking through the woods. You have to do something really stupid to get bitten. Keeping animals as pets is where most of the trouble happens.
> Has this guy not heard of the Bengal tigers of the Sundarban forests, which kill ~50 humans per year?
How many tigers have been killed by humans? How many would be killed if humans did not restrain each other from killing tigers because we have killed so many that they are endangered. That population could be entirely wiped out by humans in the area.
Mosquitoes kill far more people than tigers. So do venomous snakes. The fact is that when a human faces either of these they are far more likely to end up dead than the human.
This isn't about what humans have done at other times or in other places. The author wrote "At any time, in any location, under any circumstances", so the statement can be proven false with one single counterexample - e.g. a lone human without a firearm encountering a tiger in the Indian Sundarbans.
Has this guy not heard of the Bengal tigers of the Sundarban forests, which kill ~50 humans per year? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_attacks_in_the_Sundarban...