The problem with most wild animals is that nobody considers the thousands of years of survival instincts bred into them until they are on top of you biting, kicking or clawing the crap out of you. Nature only has one rule and this is that survivors create the next generation.
Most people think wild animals are cute. An adult male chimpanzee looks nice enough, but can lift 600 pounds (and easily tear off a woman’s face). And don’t ever corner something as cute as a raccoon bare-handed. Both zebras and hippos kill more people in Africa each year than lions. My boss had worked with Michael, the sign-language gorilla. She showed me the puncture marks on her upper thigh where Michael was “just playing around.”. Gorillas have big, pointy teeth!