The real danger in 1.0 wasn't from the aggressive Antlings and whatnot near Black Brush. No, the real danger was that if you were a Conjurer and you went to AOE spell mode (which was a circle for conjurers) and cast Fire on a mob, and it hit the five goats that you didn't realize have been following you because of their curious nature, and then they all stomped you.

I will admit that was hilarious, not least because I played Thaumaturge (cone AOE FTW!), but it didn't improve the game in any way. And they got rid of "curious" mobs before 1.0 was even done, I think.