r/interestingasfuck 17d ago

/r/all Kangaroos are freaking scary.

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u/Super_Reading2048 17d ago edited 15d ago

Don’t you guys have salt water crocs, lots of venomous snakes, lots of venomous spiders and deadly jelly fish?

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u/grownquiteweary 17d ago

Yeah they're fine, box jelly fish are fucked but not all that common, deadly snakes are mostly in the bush ie not in cities and also not really predators, they scurry away. Spiders are fine for the most part. Crocs well yeah don't swim in a lake with crocs and you'll keep all your limbs, simple.

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u/Sargentrock 17d ago

honestly we have mostly all of that in the states too, but they're in the vast empty parts of the states. I saw a few rattlesnakes in my day while in the army in Texas, but it was always out in the boonies far away from where people live. Same with scorpions in the desert. The ones that fuck with my head are alligators in the south, as they are just everywhere--if there's a pond in your backyard in the middle of a crowded suburb there's still a pretty good chance there's a gator in it. Hell, one dragged a kid off the beach in Disneyworld at a crowded resort a few years ago.

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u/ddraig-au 17d ago

THE STATES HAVE BEARS AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH

My reaction any time anyone from the US says "everything in Australia is trying to kill you"