When considering a move to a new location, I'd like to have some idea of what dangerous wildlife I may possibly encounter. I am originally from a large NE city in the US and I don't recall ever having to be worried about poisonous and/or deadly insects or animals while I was growing up. However, all that changed when I move to the SE. For the first time in my life I encountered black widows, brown recluses, ticks, copperheads, rattlesnakes, alligators, water moccasins, etc. All pretty much in my own backyard. So now that we're contemplating a move to the DR, I'm wondering what wildlife, insects, reptiles, etc, I need to be aware of. Please don't tell me about the mozzies as I'm already acutely aware of them. Are there scorpions, coyotes, copperheads, alligators, etc. I read somewhere that there are scorpions, but my Dominican friends insist that's not true. I also assume there are tarantulas, is that a correct assumption?