Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling has named the mosquito as the world's scariest animal. He has a point. David Gannon/AFP via Getty Images; Paul Sarosta/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David Gannon/AFP via Getty Images; Paul Sarosta/Getty Images Goats and Soda Ryan Gosling has the correct answer to Colbert's question about the scariest animal May 10, 2024 Spoiler alert: It's a bug. It flies. And it bites. There's no "Ken-fusion" about the fear factor of a mosquito's bite.