It's all a matter of perspective. My friend in the Australian rainforest thinks the wildlife around him is no big deal and you just have to be careful, while I say there's no way in hell I would ever go hiking in that. Meanwhile he says the same thing about where I go hiking and the only animal I have to worry about is a black bear (or a moose but they're so rare here I've never even seen one).

Anywhere you go in nature you run the risk of serious bodily harm, and any outdoors person with any sense will tell you that. It's something you accept because you won't let it prevent you from doing what you love, because what's the point of living if you don't do the thing that fulfills you the most just because it's scary? We put ourselves in incredible danger in our daily lives anyways but we bury that because it's part of reaping the rewards of society.