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I am comforted by the thought that anything strong enough to survive Canadian winters is either prey and a predator. All those nuisances like flies, poisonous snakes, spiders and annoying small creatures that other countries suffer with, don't live through our cold and snow. Whatever does emerge in spring is really worth avoiding (bears, wolverines, coyotes, bison, etc), or worth shooting and stuffing.