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It seems like the whole continent of Australia is just filled with dangerous things that cause excruciating pain or death. Irukandji jellies, weird looking bird

It seems like the whole continent of Australia is just filled with dangerous things that cause excruciating pain or death. Irukandji jellies, weird looking birds that kick you to death... even the world's only venomous mammal. A friend's cousin visiting from Australia years ago would not put down his soda can without covering it with paper or something and when I asked why, he said there is some kind of bug back home that flies into your drink and kills you. I hope I'll make it there one day because it looks so beautiful, but I'm going to be nervous the whole time.

cfontes 6y ago
You forgot about white sharks, Super venous spiders and snakes, salt water crocodiles, wild dog packs, big oil filled forests (great for mega fires), the desert and the worst of all Drop Bears. But jokes aside, it's not that bad. Lived there at the most remote big city in the country and it was not a problem at all.
fmakunbound 6y ago
I still beat the crap out of my shoes against the ground before putting my feet in them.
EdwardDiego 6y ago
Loved this song about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrRAO_vG_K4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrRAO_vG_K4
pvaldes 6y ago
Another way to see it is that a lot of dangerous animals are missing and were erradicated in other parts of the planet, from European rhinos to tigers in temperate forests, Australia is very creative in terms of poison makers, this is true, but America has tiny letally poisonous frogs, trees that release a sap that corrodes flesh and have a sweet fruit that will kill you later, and grizzly bears that can measure more than 3m when standing erect. If I'm not wrong there are similar species in South America mountain's rainforests. I had seen a photo some years ago, with similar berries, and linking yummy looking jelly-pink berries with stinging nettles was very shocking.
nineteen999 6y ago
> It seems like the whole continent of Australia is just filled with dangerous things Everywhere pretty much except in the cities, which is about where 90% of people in Australia live.
friendlybus 6y ago
Yeah most of them are easily avoidable. Polar bears are scary, they'll hunt you down for sport.

cfontes 6y ago

You forgot about white sharks, Super venous spiders and snakes, salt water crocodiles, wild dog packs, big oil filled forests (great for mega fires), the desert and the worst of all Drop Bears. But jokes aside, it's not that bad. Lived there at the most remote big city in the country and it was not a problem at all.

fmakunbound 6y ago

I still beat the crap out of my shoes against the ground before putting my feet in them.

EdwardDiego 6y ago

Loved this song about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrRAO_vG_K4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrRAO_vG_K4

pvaldes 6y ago

Another way to see it is that a lot of dangerous animals are missing and were erradicated in other parts of the planet, from European rhinos to tigers in temperate forests, Australia is very creative in terms of poison makers, this is true, but America has tiny letally poisonous frogs, trees that release a sap that corrodes flesh and have a sweet fruit that will kill you later, and grizzly bears that can measure more than 3m when standing erect. If I'm not wrong there are similar species in South America mountain's rainforests. I had seen a photo some years ago, with similar berries, and linking yummy looking jelly-pink berries with stinging nettles was very shocking.

nineteen999 6y ago

> It seems like the whole continent of Australia is just filled with dangerous things Everywhere pretty much except in the cities, which is about where 90% of people in Australia live.

friendlybus 6y ago

Yeah most of them are easily avoidable. Polar bears are scary, they'll hunt you down for sport.