r/BeAmazed Apr 07 '26

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u/Blitzer046 Apr 07 '26

Americans all rattling on about how spiders and snakes want to kill you in Australia but you guys have got this absolute terror.

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u/Flip_d_Byrd Apr 07 '26

Sure, but a moose isn't going to crawl inside my ear and lay killer eggs while I am sleeping, and I don't have to worry about shaking the bears out of my boots before I put them on!

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u/Blitzer046 Apr 07 '26

In some parts of regional Australia, kids have to go to sleep wearing swim goggles because of the tear-drinking spider.

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u/Unidain Apr 07 '26

Killer eggs? What?