These enchanting forest-covered mountains make you feel like you are lost in another world as you explore winding trails and waterfalls.
Compared to all of the other bear species in North America, black bears seem to have a better temperament.
Elk, endemic to the Smokies, were overhunted to the extent that they disappeared by the mid-1800s.
Among the numerous snakes in the Smokies, only timber rattlesnakes (also known as timber rattlers) and northern copperheads are poisonous.
Because red wolves were hunted to extinction in the Smoky Mountains by the 1980s, coyotes are now the park's largest and most dangerous canine.
Out of all the Smoky Mountain animals on this list, bobcats are the ones you are probably least likely to encounter or be attacked by.