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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Not anywhere near built up areas... there's one, the brown snake. he's a bit ornery but he'll leave you be almost all the time if you make some noise while walking and fatalities are ~2 a year and mostly in highly remote areas... don't walk in the tide pools without shoes on? you'll cut your foot on oysters at the best of times silly... just leave random critters in tide pools alone? it's not like they seek you out or attack you while you swim... yeah boxies are a nuance but only at the far north at certain times of year, you can swim when they're not around... never heard of them so they can't be that bad... what are you doing? naked bush bashing in FNQ? fucking relax, it's a random poisoned tree in some of the most remote regions of australia. Not like you'll get stung in any tourist region lmao... are you in the habit of disturbing bats? they fly up in the sky yo, just don't try ambush some sleeping bats? are you afraid of licking pidgeons or something?... white tails are not harmful https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/04/the-truth-about-white-tail-spiders/ and like all spiders you have to really really try to get bitten. You can handle them and they'll leave you alone... again are you naked bush bashing in FNQ? haha do you think our major cities are plagued by jungle fevers you idiot...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Man I live in Darwin, a kid I went to school with died from stepping on a stone fish, my cousin was taken by a crocodle. My brother was bit by a king brown and ended up in hospital for 2 weeks. My sister was bit by a redback spider.

My uncle caught Ross River virus and my other uncle died of meliodosis.

Your part of Australia in the blue mountain's might be good and safe, except for the incest mountain family.

My part of Australia is reasonably dangerous still

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

You live in one of the most remote, populated places. Like obviously things are different.

Also redbacks aren't generally lethal without an allergic reaction. Hurts like hell though!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

The only really dangerous animal we have is the crocodile, but only far north

We all learn how to treat a snake bite, but the only people who get bitten by snakes are snake handlers