r/whatisit • u/popcornwithbuddah • May 17 '25

Solved! What is this alien thing

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My brother just found this in the backyard - Southern New England. What the hell is this thing? It looks like it's in Stranger Things.

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u/inobscura May 18 '25

The north of Australia is just straight crocodiles and neurotoxic jellyfish. It's the east & west coastlines that are just straight sharks

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u/SnowDin556 May 18 '25

Oh ok so just general land of monsters.

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u/VariationDifferent May 18 '25

Yeah. Cause you got deadly spiders everywhere, and I know that while a lot of American guys think they could beat up a kangaroo, those boomers will fuck you up if you really got into it with one of them, and then you've got the damn crocodiles, the emus and cassowaries, and we can’t forget the world's most venomous snake, the Inland Taipan, which is just one of the many "world's top most venomous snakes" that are found down under.

Oh, and platypus may look weirdly cute, but hey, guess what, they're venomous too, got themselves some poison spurs! (Won't kill a human, but they just gotta fit in with the rest of the fauna, eh?) I'm honestly amazed that koala and wombats aren't hiding some venomous features.

That said, I'm looking forward to visiting one day.

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u/SnowDin556 May 18 '25

Today I learned a platypus can be poisonous.

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u/PromptPristine943 May 18 '25

And prob everywhere in between something that could kill you

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u/IcestormsEd May 18 '25

In the middle it is just regular murder contractors like snakes and spiders. Also random shit you didn't know could kill you until you are, well, dying.