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True, but I wasn't advocating doing silly things with dangerous animals. I was replying to a comment suggesting that their presence indicates that .. > Inhabit
by crispinb 9y ago
True, but I wasn't advocating doing silly things with dangerous animals. I was replying to a comment suggesting that their presence indicates that ..
> Inhabiting Australia is a testament to man's arrogance
.. whereas the stats indicate that the dangers in practice are minimal, and the measures to obviate them are largely obvious, easy to implement and almost universally observed.
Rare's the week I won't come across a brown snake or redback. Never's the week that either is the most significant danger I face.
- YeGoblynQueenne 9y agoOK, fair point. What are the most significant dangers you face, if I may pry? What's worse than snakes and spiders on a weekly basis?
- crispinb 9y agoWell, excellent though our ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) is, I can't claim to peruse their data that often! But from what I remember from news reports that come out on slow news days, my weekend ladder-foray onto the roof in bush fire season to remove leaves & branches is far more dangerous than any animal. Then although I don't have pets, there's a dog on the shared property I see most days - she's more likely to kill me than a snake is. But far and away my most dangerous daily encounter will be with other road users. If I drove a car, that would be my highest risk of death. And that's multiplied by about 30 (IIRC) because instead I ride a motorbike. It's Japanese, not Australian, and poisonous to nothing but the atmosphere.
- YeGoblynQueenne 9y agoThanks for satisfying my curiousity. I don't know the statistics about motorcycles but I always did think riding one was more dangerous than driving a car.