Ticks with Lyme Dx are bad here. Infested actually but where I am they are just becoming a problem over the past few years. We were at one time too cold and high altitude but I guess they have migrated and ignored this reasoning.

Now snakes....growing up we always went barefoot and I seemed to forever step on them running around. Yea, I have scars. Mostly garter snakes though so it was harmless. Except for the one time with a copperhead. Now that hurt.

Stepping on rocks in a creek barefoot is dangerous too. Those rocks are sharp.