Hey Tink
I spent most of my early childhood in Africa and you're just a bit more aware of your environment when you live in a country like that. We had all kinds of wild visitors to our compound. A Leopard in one of the trees once and a Black Mamba on the drive... All a bit exciting I can tell you!
A Bat got into my Dad's mosquitto net at night once. It's not that the Bat was dangerous in itself but there is always a rabies threat to consider. Even so it was all very funny at the time though Dad was not happy
On the whole wild animals even the great big dangerous ones are more afraid of you than you are of them, you just have to be careful not to surprise or be surprised by them at close quarters. You always shake your shoes out in the morning before putting them on, little things like that but after a while it all becomes second nature.
It's kinda like crossing the road, you know cars are dangerous you just make sure you don't step out in front of them