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It's really sad that (most) animals don't understand when we want to save them from a perilous situation, and instead get frightened, and/or aggressive. Always

It's really sad that (most) animals don't understand when we want to save them from a perilous situation, and instead get frightened, and/or aggressive. Always lessens the feeling of having done a good thing to realize that the animal probably thought I was trying to eat it, with all the stress and panic that entails. But then again I might be humanizing them too much. P.S. I can't imagine the stress of having small kids in an area with deadly animals. It's bad enough here in Austria, were there aren't as many dangers by far. Kids are too curious for their own good.

hugh-avherald 5y ago
Here's some good images to simulate the stress: https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_375/t_resize_width/q_86%2Cf_auto/2eb9dd00a27407bd03c8eef8fcb44176f3fe8f36 https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_375/t_resize_width/q_86%... https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/NINTCHDBPICT000428584337.jpg?w=620 https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/NINTCHDB...
- rstuart4133 5y ago
  I'm an Australian, North Queensland native no less. I've lived amongst snakes all my life. Still, those photos scared the bejesus out of me.
BLKNSLVR 5y ago
I was intending to reply saying that it's not something that we're constantly, or really ever, on alert for, primarily because I live in suburbia. However, and I don't think this is entirely representative, we live across the road from a gully (and the other side of the gully is a big main road, we're not out in the sticks or anything) and a couple of our neighbours have seen brown snakes in their backyards. Brown snake may be a boring name, but they're no joke [0]. One neighbor lost a dog to a brown snake, and have since moved because of that. Thankfully, we've never seen one in our yard. We do have a couple of blue tongue lizards though, but they're beautiful[1]. Coincidentally, my daughter, right just now while I was writing this, pointed out a huntsman spider on the outside of the kitchen window[2] - don't often see them out and about in winter. Seriously though, these animals don't factor in to the average Australian's daily life - even as a parent. The mortgage and school and sport fees, they're the universal killers. [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_brown_snake https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_brown_snake [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-tongued_skink https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-tongued_skink [2]: https://imgur.com/gallery/aWwz3zx https://imgur.com/gallery/aWwz3zx
s5300 5y ago
Very rarely strange things happen. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocho_(crocodile) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocho_(crocodile)

hugh-avherald 5y ago

Here's some good images to simulate the stress: https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_375/t_resize_width/q_86%2Cf_auto/2eb9dd00a27407bd03c8eef8fcb44176f3fe8f36 https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_375/t_resize_width/q_86%... https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/NINTCHDBPICT000428584337.jpg?w=620 https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/NINTCHDB...

rstuart4133 5y ago
I'm an Australian, North Queensland native no less. I've lived amongst snakes all my life. Still, those photos scared the bejesus out of me.

BLKNSLVR 5y ago

I was intending to reply saying that it's not something that we're constantly, or really ever, on alert for, primarily because I live in suburbia. However, and I don't think this is entirely representative, we live across the road from a gully (and the other side of the gully is a big main road, we're not out in the sticks or anything) and a couple of our neighbours have seen brown snakes in their backyards. Brown snake may be a boring name, but they're no joke [0]. One neighbor lost a dog to a brown snake, and have since moved because of that. Thankfully, we've never seen one in our yard. We do have a couple of blue tongue lizards though, but they're beautiful[1]. Coincidentally, my daughter, right just now while I was writing this, pointed out a huntsman spider on the outside of the kitchen window[2] - don't often see them out and about in winter. Seriously though, these animals don't factor in to the average Australian's daily life - even as a parent. The mortgage and school and sport fees, they're the universal killers. [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_brown_snake https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_brown_snake [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-tongued_skink https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-tongued_skink [2]: https://imgur.com/gallery/aWwz3zx https://imgur.com/gallery/aWwz3zx

s5300 5y ago

Very rarely strange things happen. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocho_(crocodile) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocho_(crocodile)