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Australian here. What you say is true, but avoid long grass (snakes) when out walking and check under the toilet seat (spiders) before sitting and you'll be fin
by mb_72 10y ago
Australian here. What you say is true, but avoid long grass (snakes) when out walking and check under the toilet seat (spiders) before sitting and you'll be fine. More importantly, make sure you look up constantly when around gum trees to avoid sudden and violent drop-bear attacks. The exact number of deaths and injuries caused by drop-bears is keep secret by the Australian government to avoid putting off tourists, but could well be more than zero.
- enraged_camel 10y ago"Spiders under toilet seats" sounds terrifying.
- shitgoose 10y agoi had to google 'drop-bear'... are spiders under the toilet seat also part of australian folklore or they are real?
- HeyLaughingBoy 10y agoConsidering that I live in rural Minnesota and if my shoes are left outside in summer, I check them for wasps or snakes before putting them on, I'd go for them being real.
- vacri 10y agoMostly folklore - there's even a song: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/redback-on-the-toilet-seat-lyrics-famed-aussie-poem/ http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/redback-on-the-toilet-seat-ly... A normal clean toilet is no danger, same as everywhere else in the world, but if you're going to the loo in one of those ramshackle open-to-the-elements rustic outhouses, you might want to check the seat.
- enraged_camel 10y agoThey are real: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/27/venomous-spider-bite-sends-man-sitting-on-the-toilet-to-hospital/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/27/venomous-spider-b...
- mb_72 10y agoReal, but usually only if you have an 'outside toilet'; I had one of these in a WWII-era home located in a country area of Australia, and there would often be red-back spiders + eggs under the seat. Still, easily checked for and destroyed.
- vacri 10y agoIf you smear toothpaste on the back of your neck when walking through forests, the dropbears will slide right off.