Quite the lively thread! Thought I’d add an excerpt about sloth bears and why we should all be thankful we don’t live in India:
“According to Robert Armitage Sterndale, in his Mammalia of India (1884, p. 62):
[The sloth bear] is also more inclined to attack man unprovoked than almost any other animal, and casualties inflicted by it are unfortunately very common, the victim being often terribly disfigured even if not killed, as the bear strikes at the head and face.”
Further reading on a disturbing individual of this species:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth_bear_of_Mysore?wprov=sfti1 