A friend’s neighbor had a golden retriever. It lived up to her name and grabbed a deer stomach a hunter gutted and brought it back. We all got out of there before she licked us to death.
I think the scariest thing I have ever seen was a foot long centipede in my campsite near Oolagah, Oklahoma. Each segment was the size of a quarter.
I believe Smokey had a little bull dog in him. Most dogs kill snakes by grabbing them in the middle and immediately shaking them to pieces.
Smokey would jump in and out and when he got his chance he would clamp down right behind the snake’s head. He would grip them until they were dead.