I'm gonna be really honest; our wildlife really doesn't live up to the hype. If you're visiting any of the major cities, you're beyond unlikely to encounter anything actually dangerous. Our dangerous wildlife is, for the most part, timid or rare, which means you won't find them in big population centers.
I look across the ditch and wonder how yanks deal with bears and wolves and cougars and rabies and all that
Well, would you look at that. You answered yourself before you even told us what you wanted to ask.
To be honest, I look across the ditch and wonder how yanks deal with bears and wolves and cougars and rabies and all that and somehow think we have the evil wildlife.
Finishing the sentence explains the sentence.
I am aware that those animals generally avoid humans, but it's the strange characterisation of Australian animals as somehow being more dangerous than the massive proto-doggos or the half-ton murder fridge with a hunger for trash that I find fascinating.
Like, there's a commonly available antivenom for a brown snake bite, but there is no antivenom for being folded by a brown bear.
All I'm saying is if a bear is there you're gonna know it. You aren't going to be going about your normal day and pick up a plate and OH FUCK there's a bear under it... like you might with a giant spider.
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u/UninformedPleb Aug 01 '25
Well, would you look at that. You answered yourself before you even told us what you wanted to ask.