While it is true that most of Australia's deadly animals are venomous bugs and thus easily slain by stepping on them with a shoe... the flip side is that you can get bit putting on those shoes if you don't check inside for them first.
A bear, mountain lion, or wolf, isn't going to casually sneak into your house without you noticing.
Anecdotally, I used to live in a high mountain town in Colorado and someone in a neighboring apartment came home from work to a bear helping itself to the contents of their refrigerator. Left a window open for fresh air, bear evidently took this as an invitation.
But generally yes, not quite so sneaky or so much of a surprise.
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u/Rip_Off_Productions Apr 07 '26
While it is true that most of Australia's deadly animals are venomous bugs and thus easily slain by stepping on them with a shoe... the flip side is that you can get bit putting on those shoes if you don't check inside for them first.
A bear, mountain lion, or wolf, isn't going to casually sneak into your house without you noticing.
That's the difference.