Good points, but personally in many games that have dangerous animals such as wolves in games, they will attack mostly because humans are easy meals. We're slow, weak, and easy to kill, not to mention we're made of meat. We just have technology to help, and maybe thumbs.
Sharks bite people and things because underwater we do look like seals and other food, they have to bite things to taste them cuz they can't stick out their tongues.
It's always sad to see animals portrahed like that. But I can see situations like that working in games.
Human encroachment will lead them into their territory and they will defend it. Humans are usually easy meals unless they are well prepared. It saddens me more that people become scared of what they don't understand, instead of try to learn more.
Anyway...
People who wake you up specifically to ask you to do something for them. I have a few words to explain my feelings about that...