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I guess we'll all be some variation of "it depends" lol.
Most stuff wants to continue living and will not risk having a go at us. So really it's just out hiking that I have to be careful. Not in populated areas. Humans are pretty dangerous on their own though.
There's Grizzly bears and big cats around here, but pretty rare to see them in the river valley so near the city. I know of a friend who once had a Coyote snatch his puppy and kill it, but that's about it besides inconsiderate homeowners letting their cats outside. I find a few half eaten house cats every year. It's further away where I start to take precautions. Moose are territorial as well, worse when a mom. The wolves would probably leave me alone, but they've stalked my mother when walking her dog at a campground once which scared her pretty good. However, they probably just wanted to eat the Golden Retriever and still decided not to go for it after she put him back on leash after noticing them.
I've never run into a bear, not counting black bears. Carry bear mace and jingly loud stuff. I don't hike solo. It's been fine. Spiders and snakes don't worry me. I'm more worried about ticks here in west Canada and annoying fucking flies that bite you if I visit east Canada.
Can't speak to the oceans since I live landlocked and don't really have any desire to visit the coast. Once I traveled to Scotland and walked along an ocean beach in the Highlands. It was covered in the corpses of dead purple jellyfish, pretty gross. That's my general vibe of the Oceans: Gross water full of brainless alien looking stuff that might kill me or inflict extreme pain. I wouldn't be at all worried about stuff like Sharks. More so rip tides. I'd rather just not swim in it and feel no draw to.