There's a recent gif on here about someone screaming at tourists to get away from wild deer because that deer will beat them to death. Your PREY animals are deadly
We do have some pretty venomous and aggressive snakes though. But mostly it's the things in the water that are the problem. Sharks, box jellyfish, Irukandji (which is a very small and deadly jellyfish), water snakes and the blue ring octopus. The platypus has a venomous spike under it's flipper. Our bats were killing people by transferring Nipah virus to humans via horses long before COVID was invented.
Florida has three types of rattlesnake, water moccasins (cottonmouths, coral snakes, copperhead, and now, sea snakes). There are also alligators, fire ants, black widow spiders, various types of dangerous caterpillars, wasps and hornets and even African honey bees, and mosquitoes (which carry a range of diseases), Portuguese Man o’ war and other jelly fish, sharks, barracuda, stingrays, lionfish, and more.
A kid in my school lost an arm to an alligator attack in Oscar Scherer State Park.
We've just got bears and moose. Feels more authentic to get brutally murdered by something much larger and stronger than you. A black widow is just a venomous tictac with 8 legs that will body you.
Here in Western Australia we have dugites ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugite ) but after 24 years living here, I've never seen one outside a zoo. When living in NSW for almost 20 years only encountered snakes 3 or 4 times. Largely depends on where you live. They don't like lots of noise/vibrations.
Never seen one really? I'm surprised! Admittedly I've been here much longer than 24 years but I've seen at least 5 that I remember - mostly in urban areas. That includes one baby dugite that my mother found in our backyard, caught and kept in a jar until we got home from school so that she could show us. We'd only been in Australia for a few years by this stage but school had taught me what the babies look like so I knew but mum didn't. (we took it to a nearby scrubland and let it go)
Nope, haven't seen one. Red backs and other spiders (some really big garden spiders and golden orb) but no snakes at all. I came across a couple of Funnel Web spiders in NSW
Well if you're in the Perth area I can recommend the dog beach just south of Scarborough beach, they're easy to see when they're on the sand. Morning is the best time I suspect, just as they are warming up and still a bit soporific. I've even seen one at the water's edge, apparently getting a drink of the salt water! At their worst they aren't as aggressive as their Eastern cousins so you just need to stand back a little and let them go about their business (and keep your dog under control)
Imagine a black widow (same family), that has decided sticking to bugs is for chumps, and is known for catching and eating small lizards and other animals in their webs?
SilverFoxChaser
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ByronGetronfree
‘Look with your eyes, not your hands’ is just good advice wherever you are. Good on ya
RElGNMAN
Don't stand, don't stand so, don't stand so close to me.
Fargus57
Yes, the venomous North American Elk and infamous Poison-clawed Grizzly Bear populations have been soaring past few years.
earthlingextraordinaire
revasseur
It's just a snike!
SauronsLeftNut
Which is why the moron who taught kids its ok to fuck with australian wildlife got killed when fucking with wildlife.
Traust
I would have been screaming 'cunt' at it for several minutes
Tallywhacker3000
"Neauerogh"
Resistance1000
If unicorns existed, they would be Australian and the horn would be the most deadly venomous thing on Earth.
AgamemnonsMemes
It was probably just a shark.
doobiedoobop
There's a recent gif on here about someone screaming at tourists to get away from wild deer because that deer will beat them to death. Your PREY animals are deadly
FluidExchangeProgram
“Ya never know” 🤣
cjorl
There is no defense for the Newcastle Big Boy
MorgulTheFriendlyDrelb
We do have some pretty venomous and aggressive snakes though. But mostly it's the things in the water that are the problem. Sharks, box jellyfish, Irukandji (which is a very small and deadly jellyfish), water snakes and the blue ring octopus. The platypus has a venomous spike under it's flipper. Our bats were killing people by transferring Nipah virus to humans via horses long before COVID was invented.
UNHchabo
(This one has also been photoshopped in the past to have an angry face with sharp teeth, but this is the original photo)
ironiclast
i want one!
dirtmarker
AgamemnonsMemes
Sure, but if you sleep out in the bush you have to make sure to keep your tent tight otherwise they crawl up your urethra.
Lurch1911
I hate snakes and spiders. That’s why I live where the wind hurts my face.
ChewyTheWookie
~°`
TheLastCircusBunny
Florida has three types of rattlesnake, water moccasins (cottonmouths, coral snakes, copperhead, and now, sea snakes). There are also alligators, fire ants, black widow spiders, various types of dangerous caterpillars, wasps and hornets and even African honey bees, and mosquitoes (which carry a range of diseases), Portuguese Man o’ war and other jelly fish, sharks, barracuda, stingrays, lionfish, and more.
A kid in my school lost an arm to an alligator attack in Oscar Scherer State Park.
thundercactus
We've just got bears and moose. Feels more authentic to get brutally murdered by something much larger and stronger than you. A black widow is just a venomous tictac with 8 legs that will body you.
Kilo11
Now can we focus on saying "no" properly?
0xDEC0DE
TankTrain
Sure. It's pronounced, "Fuck off, cunt."
Kilo11
Acceptable
PerthAussieMike
Here in Western Australia we have dugites ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugite ) but after 24 years living here, I've never seen one outside a zoo. When living in NSW for almost 20 years only encountered snakes 3 or 4 times. Largely depends on where you live. They don't like lots of noise/vibrations.
DarwinsAgain
Never seen one really? I'm surprised! Admittedly I've been here much longer than 24 years but I've seen at least 5 that I remember - mostly in urban areas. That includes one baby dugite that my mother found in our backyard, caught and kept in a jar until we got home from school so that she could show us. We'd only been in Australia for a few years by this stage but school had taught me what the babies look like so I knew but mum didn't. (we took it to a nearby scrubland and let it go)
PerthAussieMike
Nope, haven't seen one. Red backs and other spiders (some really big garden spiders and golden orb) but no snakes at all. I came across a couple of Funnel Web spiders in NSW
DarwinsAgain
Well if you're in the Perth area I can recommend the dog beach just south of Scarborough beach, they're easy to see when they're on the sand. Morning is the best time I suspect, just as they are warming up and still a bit soporific. I've even seen one at the water's edge, apparently getting a drink of the salt water! At their worst they aren't as aggressive as their Eastern cousins so you just need to stand back a little and let them go about their business (and keep your dog under control)
cheshiredat
America has republicans, school shooters, trigger happy police klansmen…
EddyWantok
Dont forget us Aussies have Medicare an Social Welfare here as well.
GBMaker
Government sponsored Death squads...
IAmLeegion
Poisoned food, no right to clean water, unaffordable housing...
NunyaBizness
A 34 time felon, rapist, pedophile, war criminal, shit bag ...
NunyaBizness
"Incandescently stupid": Former DHS official says he had to "dumb" down classified memos for Trump
NunyaBizness
cxmpxsxd
Now imagine that snake had a gun... that's why Americans are afraid of Australia.
Bohrdumb
It's Australian, it would have a knoife.
JimmyWalkerTexasRanger
Snake with a knoife?
Gotcha, chief. https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1bGYyZmo3cHViM2xsc2kybHRudGxjamY0ZHowM3ZsbzhxNmN0NG04cCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/4KV5qnwFRdLqCZ7lL2/200w.webp
Lowland
Thats not a knoife, this is a knoife
Resistance1000
TankTrain
Killer crocs on the NSW Victoria border? You're dreamin, mate.
Resistance1000
It's a joke, mate, not a David Attenborough documentary.
TankTrain
Sigh. I guess you've never seen The Castle.
thundercactus
Cassowaries, Emu's and drop bears not pictured
Resistance1000
Feel free to create your own meme that includes them.
ImJustHereAtThisPoint
20 to 21 of the top deadliest snakes are native to Australia. Just for the record.
rbdj
Not anymore. Spiders ate them all
1reallyhappydude
Ah yes, but she did say Look with your eyes not your fn hands.. good life lesson there
JesaraB
Yes but the snakes weren't taught that lesson
PauliePlaysPoorly
That's actually a true thing. I can remember my mum drilling that into me after she found me playing with a nest of redbacks behind the garage door.
RedWingedBlackbirds
Wtf is a redback?
PauliePlaysPoorly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_EFJBhOFCw Reddies are sociable - you can get groups of 30-50 living in a great big tangle.
JesaraB
Imagine a black widow (same family), that has decided sticking to bugs is for chumps, and is known for catching and eating small lizards and other animals in their webs?
JesaraB
https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/03/1200/675/53283372_2027152697594383_2983191942004736000_n.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 (I apologize for the link being fox, it is just a redback eating a snake)
PauliePlaysPoorly
Thanks, saved me some typing ;-)