• rbits@lemm.ee
    8·
    11 months ago

    I don’t get how Americans are more scared of Australia’s animals when they have goddamn bears! You can get an antidote for a spider or snake bite, you can’t get an antidote for a bear bite.

    • The Barto@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      11 months ago

      They also have coyotes that wander into towns, an animal that’s bigger than a large SUV aka the moose.

      I live in a country town and I saw a fox walking around for the first time in my life and he looked as confused as to why he was there as was.

    • SkippingRelax@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      Every time I watch Alone or other shows I am so glad I live in Oz. I can go camping and not get stomped/mauled in my sleep by a huge mammal! You can deal with spiders and snakes no problem, particularly in your sleep but a hungry bear or a wolf? That would put me off sleeping outdoors

  • Ethalia@feddit.ch
    2·
    11 months ago

    Huntsman spiders are disgustingly large. Thanks for the reminder to never step foot into Australia.

    • pHr34kY@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 months ago

      They’re the friendliest ones.

      I have stopped and set fire to three redback nests this week, but there’s a huntsman happily living in my garage right now who isn’t going to harm anyone.

      • SkippingRelax@lemmy.world
        3·
        11 months ago

        I have let huntsman live in my house all my time in Oz! Only rules of engagement are not in the bedroom and stay high up on the wall/ceiling (they do that anyway). I’ve shared my living room with some of them for months at a time, they love watching movie with us.

        Now we have infants around. Unfortunately when found inside they get humanly captured and released in the backyard.

  • 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    0·
    11 months ago

    Yeah, sometimes I think those people will probably be the only ones left alive on the planet after a nuclear war… plus no one will drop anything there… most probably…

    • flambonkscious@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      0·
      11 months ago

      They’ve already for drop bears, so hopefully not…

      These days they’re all laced with chlamydia, too, so it doubles as germ warfare

      • SkippingRelax@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 months ago

        Koalas carry chlamydia. Tasmanian tigers have face cancer. Drop bears give you super aids, but it doesn’t matter because they have already killed you by the time you are having sex.