So my friend found this in her shed…
(don’t click if you don’t like snakes or spiders)
(I have warned you)
Fukin oath
Is that a redback? Yikes!
yep.
… and that ain’t what it takes to love me, ya fool, ya fool.
I want to see the picture taken right after that one. The picture that shows the snake and spider stopped their death struggle and fixed their cold-blooded eyes on your friend. And then joined forces to feast upon lovely warm human flesh! It’s too late to run! Aaaaaeeeeiiii!!! Glurg, fabble, irk, aaaahhhgggg!
I will just ring her to see if she is still alive…
Is… is… is that a spider eating a snake???
Scratches Australia off travel bucket list…
The photo right next to it is a rabbit eating a cat. I think.
Why the fuck is everything in Australia so terrifying? Even the octopuses and snails can kill you. The koala bears have the clap too.
That’s not usually a problem for most other tourists I’ve met. I mean, I know they’re described as ‘cuddly’ and all that, but really…
Look, it’s not that bad down here, actually.
Provided you don’t go into the back shed where the redbacks are, don’t go near the outback (king brown snakes), don’t go into the forest (tiger snakes), don’t swim in the ocean (great whites, stonefish, box jellyfish, sea snakes), don’t swim in the creeks (platypus), don’t go near the beach (blue-ringed occys and cone shells), and don’t go anywhere in the north (salties), you only have to worry about the funnelwebs, taipans, paralysis ticks, rove beetles, and jack-jumpers.
And they’re happy with the occasional tourist;). Come on down! You’ll have a great time!.
sounds about right. All my rabbits have had a taste for cat flesh.
Don’t forget the drop bears. Oh and the drop possums - to which I was a first hand witness and near victim on more than one occasion (100% true by the way).
That is completely false. They aren’t bears.
I don’t get the fuss. You’re all carrying on like you’ve never seen a spider eating a snake before.
Here’s a cheery song for you.
I have lived in Australia for almost 15 years. I have never seen a snake, and never seen a redback spider, despite frequently being in their favourite kinds of locations.
I have seen a few uniquely Australian beasties in the wild, but none of them have been dangerous or aggressive, let alone venomous. America has bears and coyotes and mountain lions, for pete’s sake.
This is a good point. Sure we used to have large predators in Australia but not anymore. I used to do a lot of hiking with school groups and you just don’t have to worry about the kids getting eaten or mauled by a large predator or taking precautions about sealing food away in your camp site. Wearing bells & carrying pepper spray to deal with bears - screw that!
So long as you’re not up north dodging croc’s, at the most you may run into a few feral pigs or dogs but they tend to either run away (pigs) or watch you from a distance (dogs).
To get injured by the wildlife in Australia you generally have to be either very unlucky or really stupid (like this guy.
Yeah but they’re all out in the wilderness, not hiding in your shoe.
And the trees. Don’t forget the trees: no, that’s not a tasty little orange, that’s the Strychnine Tree
Gum trees are not your friend either.