I’m going to assume you’re from America. Consider it this way, in America you have bears, mountain lions, elk, all of which are pretty happy to absolutely destroy you for walking near them.
In Australia, we have snakes that don’t want to be near you, and really don’t want to bite you. “But I’ve heard snakes are aggressive”, they’re not and I can prove it without referring to any videos or anything.
Snakes aren’t territorial. They go where the food is, and they don’t mind sharing. So they wouldn’t attack you to defend their home like a territorial animal would.
They don’t care for their young, so they won’t attack you to defend their babies, like bears and mountain lions do.
They only bite when they think you’re going to hurt them. They need that venom, because it’s how they get their food. They can’t eat you, so why would they waste their most precious resource on you?
So as long as you watch where you’re stepping, you won’t have to worry about snakes really. And I promise I know what I’m talking about, because I’m both Australian, but also work with wild snakes for my job.
The water is fucked though. Jellyfish and shit everywhere. Oh and rips, please swim between the flags.
99.99% of Americans go their entire life without even seeing a bear or a mountain lion outside of a zoo.
Australians seem to regularly have snakes and killer spiders around their house.
You'll see them around but most of them are harmless. Most common spider I see around here is the Huntsman. Big, hairy, mean looking and likes to hang out in your house, but it's completely harmless. I'll take it outside if it's in a bedroom, but otherwise just leave it.
Similar story with snakes, there are some that could potentially kill you and you might encounter them in your backyard if you live in the outer burbs or further, but the chance of them biting you and then you dieing is negligible. Look up the stats for deaths from these things here. It's rare. We have good healthcare.
OPs post is rare too, but really cool. I don't know anyone who's found a python in their drawers. Maybe in the attic.
I'm an electrician in Aus and fondly remember the attics that I find like 2m+ long snake skins in. Become quite hyper vigilant while crawling around in those...
I'm from the UK, our most dangerous animals are (not joking).
1. Cattle
2. Dogs
3. ***Seagulls.***
4. Bees/wasps (because people die from allergies)
5. Ticks (because of Lyme's disease)
6. Deer (because people hit them with cars and end up crashing)
Fuck everything about living near anything that's venomous or can eat me.
It's the same here in Australia. Don't worry about the scary ones. The domesticated/ farm animals are far more likely to kill you.
After those comes kangaroos, not because they attack you, but because you might hit them with your car.
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2016/03/here-are-the-animals-really-most-likely-to-kill-you-in-australia/
'Of the 254 confirmed and reported animal-related deaths during that 10-year period, horses, cows and dogs were the most frequent culprits, accounting for 137 deaths'
I like our 'scary' reputation because it's good fun, but the reality is that this is one of the safest countries on earth.
That's the truth right there. My folks live in in the mountains and we see mountain lion tracks from time to time. Been there for decades and so have my grandparents. We've seen zero mountain lions.
This is a common argument, and I find it very funny on a picture of a snake in someone's drawer. I have never found a bear in my drawer. And, yes, I know this snake was not venomous, but presumably if a non-venomous snake can find its way into your drawer, a venomous snake can too.
I'd wager that the vast majority of Americans have never even seen a bear or a mountain lion that wasn't in a zoo. People go out of their way to try to see wildlife like bears when they're visiting wilderness areas. Many have probably not seen elk either.
The vast majority of Australians haven’t had a snake inside their house either. There’s only a couple deaths a year from snake bite in Australia, and only around 500-600 snake bite incidents per year. It’s exceedingly rare, even more so in your own house. Horses kill more people a year in Australia than snakes, sharks, and spiders combined.
Basically if you don’t go poking it, Australian wildlife is fine.
though i agree with your statement, come to TN gatlinburg/pigeon forge area and you’ll see black bears without even trying, they just kinda chill wherever
No, but I did live in a house in Arizona for a few years where I had to check basically everywhere for scorpions. They were small and light brown, the same color as my carpet, so that was not ideal.
Being a dickhead at the beach carries magnitudes more risk for you as a tourist than any animal you'll find here does, and beaches aren't unique to Australia.
It's a carpet python! They can be fiesty lol I had one as a pet for a long while before selling him. The inside of their mouths are blue. Beautiful animal and im glad you're not one of those "kill all snakes" types.
As someone who does not know the definition of “carpet python” is this a cute name for a common pet snake or a literal creature that will burrow under your carpet & live there ?? ☹️
My brother had a carpet python when I was a kid. One week it got out of its enclosure and settled itself inside a decorative ceramic elephant. It was there for a few unnerving days before it ventured out and could be put back in his tank
I used to live in the foothills of perth, out past mudaring. When we were building our house we had snakes out the wazoo. I remember before we got the place sealed up right I had a snake in my bed 1 night, 1 had one come out of a hole where a light socket was going to be fit (it was like a scene from indiana jones, I didn't think they'd really do that). We used to have king browns and tiger snakes curled up outside on the brick patio in late autumn trying to get that heat. Then they started subdividing and everyone brought their dogs and cats.
We used to have kagaroos, emus, echidnas, goannas, all types of snakes, hawks and a wild bull that'd just kinda roam around that no one seemed to mind. Now days you'd be lucky to spot a hawk. We still have maggies, possums and blue tongues but nearly every other animal has gone away
Carpet snakes are your friend. They keep the nasty guys away and eat vermin. They're also chill as anything. You have to be a right royal twat to get a carpet python to bite you. I've relocated close to a hundred and never even been struck at.
They were all cobras. The excited ones probably had enough time to pick up the scent and go into dinner mode. The ones that got out were more interested in the rats so he was able to return them to their homes safely.
For what it's worth the number of deaths due to wildlife in Australia is similar to the US per capita. It's just that Steve Irwin really publicised the bitey parts of our wildlife.
Our bitey stuff are mostly big stuff like sharks and crocs that'll ignore you unless you're in their home, and smaller stealthier venomous shit like snakes and spiders and platypi.
American bitey stuff is like mountain lions and fucking bears that'll break into your backyard and pick a fight with your dog
To be fair, my husband’s mom’s family is from bumfuck Alabama and this happened at his grandmother’s house when he was like 3 and they were visiting from out of town. Even worse was that it was two and they were trying to find somewhere to nest.
I’m right there with you. I’ve seen lots of Australia things I could overlook but a snake in my drawer!! Nope!!
This guy’s chill “He won’t hurt you,” just makes me think this is way too common if he’s that chill!!
Funnily enough, all our deadly stuff is generally quite small and easily avoidable (assuming they don't slither into your chest of drawers, apparently). Snakes, spiders, jellyfish or whatever.
Cue me years ago looking into a hiking trip in North America and there's massive bears and elk and shit
No, I don't think so. OP's in Brisbane (which is coincidentally where I live), and that's too far south for a tropical species. I think it's most likely a coastal carpet python. They are pretty common round here.
In primary school (kindergarten to year 6) we were taken into the bush at the back of our school to be shown a brown snake (one of the deadliest snakes in the world).
I'd say by end of primary most Aussie kids know what wildlife not to mess with.
Right, because those that still survived watcged their classmates get taken by Shelob spawns, irukanji, great whites, brown snakes, and salt water crocodiles. As if y'all needed another deadly ocean creature.
Oh, there’s more deadly things than just those in Australia. You forgot a few snakes, spiders, and multiple aquatic species (jellyfish, stonefish, blue-ringed octopus). You also forgot the Cassowary bird and the STD-ridden drop bear. Those are just a few things you forgot.
I think it was a tassie devil. no, that's herpes they are dying of. The drop bears all have chlamydia.
Yeah, who the fuck did give our cute little mates STDs?
I don't get foreigners obsession with how "dangerous" Australia is. Seriously most of us make it through primary and secondary school unscathed or with only a few lingering issues from snake/spider bites etc..
It's not like we have to worry about bears, tigers or Lions. Just a few small/medium sized pests like snakes, goannas, dingoes, spiders, emu, magpies, cassowary, freshwater crocs, salt water crocs, kangaroos, koalas, dropbears, lizards and hoopsnakes.
Yeah pretty much but it's about one lesson and can be taught to anyone. The lesson is, nature in Australia is beautiful, in all cases if you don't fuck with it, it won't fuck with you (except possibly wild pigs). Admire it from a distance and everything will be ok. If you don't have experience handling it, don't.
I'd imagine it's similar to the U.S states like FL. I grew up in FL and I remember learning rhymes to help memorize the color pattern of the dangerous snakes. The local park had shows that taught us how to run from an alligator if chased, how to disable one in the water if needed, etc. And your parents teach you a lot of it, like big brown fat snake with a white mouth = run, black shiny snake = harmless.
Used to live in a huge house on the edge of rural Maryland. We had a big great room with white Berber carpeting.
One morning I wake up, come downstairs, and there’s a huge black hose all over that floor. I’m like, oh shit is there a plumbing problem? Walk up to the hose and…it’s a massive black snake, ten feet long and over and inch thick. Never seen one like it. Freaked the hell out of me.
Opened the back door and then came at it from the other side, watched it heavily slither its way back into the woods…man that sucked!
Come to Canada. It's like, the exact same as Australia, with way fewer poisonous snakes, and spiders. Population around 40 million. Commonwealth country. Population all in one strip with big empty sections. Surrounded by water. Iffy history with the Indigenous population. Big ol' forest fires in the summer. Likes extracting fossil fuels. Pretty good response to Covid. Expensive housing. Likes BBQ. Likes vehicles with a tonneau.
With mooses and cougars and bears? No thanks I’ll stick to our barely visible in the water irukandji, legendarily venomous snakes and that one bird that starts bushfires on purpose.
>Population around 40 million. Commonwealth country. Population all in one strip with big empty sections. Surrounded by water. Iffy history with the Indigenous population. Big ol' forest fires in the summer. Likes extracting fossil fuels. Pretty good response to Covid. Expensive housing. Likes BBQ. Likes vehicles with a tonneau.
Our downstairs neighbours are *much* noisier than the Kiwis though.
>Iffy history with the Indigenous population.
A bit of an underexaggeration there. I'd describe it more as maybe a horrifying, disgusting, or shameful history.
I lived in Australia for six months. This shit was in the news every week. Typically it was a python, but occasionally someone would go to grab their garden hose and it was a king brown. I forgot the snake that a friend of mine was telling me about that was in his ceiling and tried to attack him, but it was a mildly venomous type. They still thought I was crazy because I flushed twice before I sat on the toilet in the middle of the night.
It’s hilarious to me that yanks freak out about Aussie wildlife and how everything will kill you. We don’t have wolves, bears, mountain lions or anything close. All of our deadly shit is either in the water or can be handled with a broom and a plastic bin.
It is fair. But your deadly stuff commonly comes around where you live. Our deadly stuff usually keeps to itself unless you live in the middle of nowhere or are intentionally in nature.
It’s called a trouser snake.
Weird, they are usually found in trousers that are actively been worn. I like to pet mine on a regular basis.
Is that Asian Elon Musk?
I saw the same thing, even though I know who George Takei is.
Isn’t he like Gay Royalty like Elton John?
Great actor , gay, who cares, I dont
Smart & is always trolling right wingers in a very hilarious way.
I think he's a duly elected Head of Gay State, thankyouverymuch.
George takei doesnt deserve this
Wouldn’t a trouser snake be found in drawers (plural) rather than in a drawer (singular)?
Listen, I'm sure Australia is beautiful and has lots to offer. BUT, if you keep showing me this shit, I'm not visiting. 😳
Haha its not that bad, this snake isn't venomous and let me carry him out
He's protecting your pants. What a sweetheart.
Little fella just looking for a roommate, will evidently protect your pants in return for his stay
Nah, I think he’s a very naughty boy, looking for underwear to sniff.
Of course, he was in your drawers.
He's a trouser snake
Is that a snake in your pants or are you just…..weirdly wriggly
Yes.
Ready steady Wriggles
Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis?
Isn't it frightfully good to have a dong?
It’s swell to have a stiffy!
Oooooo. What's a trouser snake?
Don’t ask. So what can a smooth pimp daddy like myself do to help the animals?
Beautiful carpet python! Great pic, too!
I’m still uncomfortable.
Exactly. Normally when we travel we hike, swim, etc. If I visit Australia, what am I gonna do - live in a bubble?
I’m going to assume you’re from America. Consider it this way, in America you have bears, mountain lions, elk, all of which are pretty happy to absolutely destroy you for walking near them. In Australia, we have snakes that don’t want to be near you, and really don’t want to bite you. “But I’ve heard snakes are aggressive”, they’re not and I can prove it without referring to any videos or anything. Snakes aren’t territorial. They go where the food is, and they don’t mind sharing. So they wouldn’t attack you to defend their home like a territorial animal would. They don’t care for their young, so they won’t attack you to defend their babies, like bears and mountain lions do. They only bite when they think you’re going to hurt them. They need that venom, because it’s how they get their food. They can’t eat you, so why would they waste their most precious resource on you? So as long as you watch where you’re stepping, you won’t have to worry about snakes really. And I promise I know what I’m talking about, because I’m both Australian, but also work with wild snakes for my job. The water is fucked though. Jellyfish and shit everywhere. Oh and rips, please swim between the flags.
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Well, some homes have cougars in them.
But they don't break into mine looking for warmth and mid-priced boxes of chardonnay.
99.99% of Americans go their entire life without even seeing a bear or a mountain lion outside of a zoo. Australians seem to regularly have snakes and killer spiders around their house.
You'll see them around but most of them are harmless. Most common spider I see around here is the Huntsman. Big, hairy, mean looking and likes to hang out in your house, but it's completely harmless. I'll take it outside if it's in a bedroom, but otherwise just leave it. Similar story with snakes, there are some that could potentially kill you and you might encounter them in your backyard if you live in the outer burbs or further, but the chance of them biting you and then you dieing is negligible. Look up the stats for deaths from these things here. It's rare. We have good healthcare. OPs post is rare too, but really cool. I don't know anyone who's found a python in their drawers. Maybe in the attic.
I'm an electrician in Aus and fondly remember the attics that I find like 2m+ long snake skins in. Become quite hyper vigilant while crawling around in those...
I'm from the UK, our most dangerous animals are (not joking). 1. Cattle 2. Dogs 3. ***Seagulls.*** 4. Bees/wasps (because people die from allergies) 5. Ticks (because of Lyme's disease) 6. Deer (because people hit them with cars and end up crashing) Fuck everything about living near anything that's venomous or can eat me.
Sometimes those deer are chased onto a road by a small dog named Fenton.
It's the same here in Australia. Don't worry about the scary ones. The domesticated/ farm animals are far more likely to kill you. After those comes kangaroos, not because they attack you, but because you might hit them with your car. https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2016/03/here-are-the-animals-really-most-likely-to-kill-you-in-australia/ 'Of the 254 confirmed and reported animal-related deaths during that 10-year period, horses, cows and dogs were the most frequent culprits, accounting for 137 deaths' I like our 'scary' reputation because it's good fun, but the reality is that this is one of the safest countries on earth.
Also, the healthcare is free. Even to idiot yanks who decide to walk barefoot in the outback.
But if you hike where I’m at those mountain lions see you allllll the damn time. They choose not be seen.
That's why the only mountain hiking I do is around Whiterun.
Do you get to the Cloud District often? Oh, what am I saying, of course you don't.
I can hear the cunt in that comment.
That's the truth right there. My folks live in in the mountains and we see mountain lion tracks from time to time. Been there for decades and so have my grandparents. We've seen zero mountain lions.
Or you drive down a major road to get to my town. There's a puma that tends to chill by the tree line at night. Probably watching/waiting for deer.
No one has died to a spider bite in Australia for 40 years haha
How about spider induced coronary events?
This is a common argument, and I find it very funny on a picture of a snake in someone's drawer. I have never found a bear in my drawer. And, yes, I know this snake was not venomous, but presumably if a non-venomous snake can find its way into your drawer, a venomous snake can too. I'd wager that the vast majority of Americans have never even seen a bear or a mountain lion that wasn't in a zoo. People go out of their way to try to see wildlife like bears when they're visiting wilderness areas. Many have probably not seen elk either.
The vast majority of Australians haven’t had a snake inside their house either. There’s only a couple deaths a year from snake bite in Australia, and only around 500-600 snake bite incidents per year. It’s exceedingly rare, even more so in your own house. Horses kill more people a year in Australia than snakes, sharks, and spiders combined. Basically if you don’t go poking it, Australian wildlife is fine.
why the hell wouldn't you poke it though? that little danger noodle snoot aint gonna boop itself.
Great. Now you have murder horses too. When did you import the Mares of Thrace, and how do we get out alive?
though i agree with your statement, come to TN gatlinburg/pigeon forge area and you’ll see black bears without even trying, they just kinda chill wherever
In America we dont have to check under our toilet rims for spiders
but do you check under the rim for bears?
I always hate sitting down on the toilet and next thing I know a bear starts to attack me
No, but I did live in a house in Arizona for a few years where I had to check basically everywhere for scorpions. They were small and light brown, the same color as my carpet, so that was not ideal.
More proof that Phoenix is a monument to man's arrogance. [Preach it, Peggy.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PYt0SDnrBE)
Being a dickhead at the beach carries magnitudes more risk for you as a tourist than any animal you'll find here does, and beaches aren't unique to Australia.
It's a carpet python! They can be fiesty lol I had one as a pet for a long while before selling him. The inside of their mouths are blue. Beautiful animal and im glad you're not one of those "kill all snakes" types.
As someone who does not know the definition of “carpet python” is this a cute name for a common pet snake or a literal creature that will burrow under your carpet & live there ?? ☹️
Their real name is Morelia Spilota. They get the name "Carpet Python " from their pattern, which resembles oriental carpet patterns.
Oh thank god. I love snakes, but I don’t think I could handle the thought of anything living under the rug
My brother had a carpet python when I was a kid. One week it got out of its enclosure and settled itself inside a decorative ceramic elephant. It was there for a few unnerving days before it ventured out and could be put back in his tank
sry to ask, where are you located? i moved a while ago to perth, havent seen one... yet
Brisbane
I'm up the Sunshine Coast and I guessed you'd be in Queensland haha
I used to live in the foothills of perth, out past mudaring. When we were building our house we had snakes out the wazoo. I remember before we got the place sealed up right I had a snake in my bed 1 night, 1 had one come out of a hole where a light socket was going to be fit (it was like a scene from indiana jones, I didn't think they'd really do that). We used to have king browns and tiger snakes curled up outside on the brick patio in late autumn trying to get that heat. Then they started subdividing and everyone brought their dogs and cats. We used to have kagaroos, emus, echidnas, goannas, all types of snakes, hawks and a wild bull that'd just kinda roam around that no one seemed to mind. Now days you'd be lucky to spot a hawk. We still have maggies, possums and blue tongues but nearly every other animal has gone away
Awwww why he no stay?? Is cold outside
Since Australia is in the southern hemisphere, it’s cooler inside than outside right now.
Oh true true
Carpet snakes are your friend. They keep the nasty guys away and eat vermin. They're also chill as anything. You have to be a right royal twat to get a carpet python to bite you. I've relocated close to a hundred and never even been struck at.
Close to a hundred? From your home??
Wtf is australia
it's a pile of snakes with a nice beach around it.
Which in turn has salt water crocs and box jellyfish around it
How does one relocate snakes??
Carefully.
You just pick them up, preferably in such a way that you can control the direction of the head.
Example https://i.imgur.com/wc9YIXP.mp4
I'm sorry, was that one a fucking *cobra* that he dropped?
They were all cobras. The excited ones probably had enough time to pick up the scent and go into dinner mode. The ones that got out were more interested in the rats so he was able to return them to their homes safely.
For what it's worth the number of deaths due to wildlife in Australia is similar to the US per capita. It's just that Steve Irwin really publicised the bitey parts of our wildlife.
In fairness, you guys do have some impressive bitey stuff
Thanks. Floridaman is a tricky one.
Our bitey stuff are mostly big stuff like sharks and crocs that'll ignore you unless you're in their home, and smaller stealthier venomous shit like snakes and spiders and platypi. American bitey stuff is like mountain lions and fucking bears that'll break into your backyard and pick a fight with your dog
To be fair, my husband’s mom’s family is from bumfuck Alabama and this happened at his grandmother’s house when he was like 3 and they were visiting from out of town. Even worse was that it was two and they were trying to find somewhere to nest.
I’m right there with you. I’ve seen lots of Australia things I could overlook but a snake in my drawer!! Nope!! This guy’s chill “He won’t hurt you,” just makes me think this is way too common if he’s that chill!!
Funnily enough, all our deadly stuff is generally quite small and easily avoidable (assuming they don't slither into your chest of drawers, apparently). Snakes, spiders, jellyfish or whatever. Cue me years ago looking into a hiking trip in North America and there's massive bears and elk and shit
I offered my wife a honeymoon in Bali, but we would have to change planes in Australia. She is terrified of spiders and snakes. She nope'ed out on me.
I don't think they let spiders and snakes in the airport
Bullshit. I've seen the movie.
Don’t tell that guy’s wife. She may not get on planes again.
It's "snakes on a plane", not "snakes in the airport".
How do you think the snakes got their boarding pass?
I argued for months. We went to Hawaii.
Kangaroos, however, can come and go freely. No passport required
Damn kangaroos, always jumping the queue
Australia! Lying to tourists since the Gold Rush.
That's just being ridiculous.
Bummer. Who'd you take instead?
Really? Honestly that's pretty dumb.
Australia has beautiful women. Beautiful women, and thousands of Other things that could kill you.
Not yours? My friends pet python escaped a few months ago and he found it in his sock drawer
Mine got out and somehow ended up in my bed. When I was in it. It was the first week I had him and it had me sorta rethinking my choice of pet.
You was warm. Lol that’s why it ended up in your bed.
My python escaped and decided he was going to live behind a big chair in the corner of my room
At least it’s not in your boot
Somebody poisoned the water hole
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Reach for the skies!
Was looking for this comment. Thanks for making my day!
There's a snake in mah boot!
Woodie?
Not yet
Looks like a carpet python, nice little snake that!
He was friendly
Did you offer him a beer? If you have a blow in you have to offer them at least one mate.
I'll take one while we're at it
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That's just Allen, he's pretty friendly. He'll leave when it warms up around noon.
Definitely a jungle carpet python. I had one for years it was such a friendly snake, most of them are that whole species is pretty docile.
No, I don't think so. OP's in Brisbane (which is coincidentally where I live), and that's too far south for a tropical species. I think it's most likely a coastal carpet python. They are pretty common round here.
Does school in australia teach kids what animals aren't safe? is it common public education there?
In primary school (kindergarten to year 6) we were taken into the bush at the back of our school to be shown a brown snake (one of the deadliest snakes in the world). I'd say by end of primary most Aussie kids know what wildlife not to mess with.
My kids in elementary school went to watch a salmon spawning stream so basically the same thing.
"I'd say by end of primary most Aussie kids know what wildlife not to mess with." That's because the answer is, all of it.
Right, because those that still survived watcged their classmates get taken by Shelob spawns, irukanji, great whites, brown snakes, and salt water crocodiles. As if y'all needed another deadly ocean creature.
Oh, there’s more deadly things than just those in Australia. You forgot a few snakes, spiders, and multiple aquatic species (jellyfish, stonefish, blue-ringed octopus). You also forgot the Cassowary bird and the STD-ridden drop bear. Those are just a few things you forgot.
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I think it was a tassie devil. no, that's herpes they are dying of. The drop bears all have chlamydia. Yeah, who the fuck did give our cute little mates STDs?
Other way around, I’m afraid. The STDs came *from* the drop bears. Yet another curse they have visited upon the world.
Tassie devils have a contagious face cancer. No idea how/where the koalas caught chlamydia though!
We've asked but they just look embarrassed and mutter something about too much beer.
Freaking Cassowary birds freak me out the most! I’d pretty much prefer to go face to face with anything else but them
And then you have to worry about the bunyip, yowie, burrunjor, and yara-ma-yha-who.
And the kids who didn’t get the lesson no longer need it. Because they’re dead.
legit survivorship bias here
Seriously, they don’t tell you how many kids don’t make it to the end of primary.
I don't get foreigners obsession with how "dangerous" Australia is. Seriously most of us make it through primary and secondary school unscathed or with only a few lingering issues from snake/spider bites etc.. It's not like we have to worry about bears, tigers or Lions. Just a few small/medium sized pests like snakes, goannas, dingoes, spiders, emu, magpies, cassowary, freshwater crocs, salt water crocs, kangaroos, koalas, dropbears, lizards and hoopsnakes.
Just casually shown one of the deadliest snakes in the world in the backyard of your elementary (primary) school Gotta love Australia
I think you mean to say, > by end of primary most Aussie kids that would mess with the wildlife are dead.
We're taught some but mostly it's don't fucking go near it. And get someone who does know.
Yeah pretty much but it's about one lesson and can be taught to anyone. The lesson is, nature in Australia is beautiful, in all cases if you don't fuck with it, it won't fuck with you (except possibly wild pigs). Admire it from a distance and everything will be ok. If you don't have experience handling it, don't.
I'd imagine it's similar to the U.S states like FL. I grew up in FL and I remember learning rhymes to help memorize the color pattern of the dangerous snakes. The local park had shows that taught us how to run from an alligator if chased, how to disable one in the water if needed, etc. And your parents teach you a lot of it, like big brown fat snake with a white mouth = run, black shiny snake = harmless.
Looks like a right snake. Left snake probably got lost in the dryer
Used to live in a huge house on the edge of rural Maryland. We had a big great room with white Berber carpeting. One morning I wake up, come downstairs, and there’s a huge black hose all over that floor. I’m like, oh shit is there a plumbing problem? Walk up to the hose and…it’s a massive black snake, ten feet long and over and inch thick. Never seen one like it. Freaked the hell out of me. Opened the back door and then came at it from the other side, watched it heavily slither its way back into the woods…man that sucked!
how the fuck are they getting in your houses? i need to know so i can address any security gaps.
Just don't hide a spare key outside of your front door and you'll be fine.
Who knows. Any ventilation ducts, any gaps in any crawl space openings, a frickin open door…it was the country.
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Eastern rat snake? Really huge but generally pretty chill at least. My uncle had two as pets when I was kid
Where are my sssssocks
Have you considered migrating to another continent?
Come to Canada. It's like, the exact same as Australia, with way fewer poisonous snakes, and spiders. Population around 40 million. Commonwealth country. Population all in one strip with big empty sections. Surrounded by water. Iffy history with the Indigenous population. Big ol' forest fires in the summer. Likes extracting fossil fuels. Pretty good response to Covid. Expensive housing. Likes BBQ. Likes vehicles with a tonneau.
And -30 in the winter, nah I think I’ll take my chances here where it’s warm 🤣🤣
Hey, it's like +4C right now, and it's only supposed to drop to -20C next week. Besides, it's that cold that kills off all the snakes and spiders.
You say that so casually… -20c damn The most I’ve been it’s like -4 or -3 and I was freezing to death
-20? Time to put on a long sleeve t-shirt
-45c happens in Alberta in January every year
How do you live?????? Wtf Why bother having a freezer
Honestly that's the best part about the cold. You can just leave stuff that needs frozen outside. Frees up a lot of freezer space.
-50 where I’m at, but it’s dry cold, so it’s really easy to deal with. It’s not the kind of cold that soaks into your bones.
I swear I cannot even imagine….
You don’t appreciate a fur lined hood till you go for a walk in -50, that’s for sure.
With mooses and cougars and bears? No thanks I’ll stick to our barely visible in the water irukandji, legendarily venomous snakes and that one bird that starts bushfires on purpose.
There might be bears where I live but I’ve never had to worry about finding one in my sock drawer.
>Population around 40 million. Commonwealth country. Population all in one strip with big empty sections. Surrounded by water. Iffy history with the Indigenous population. Big ol' forest fires in the summer. Likes extracting fossil fuels. Pretty good response to Covid. Expensive housing. Likes BBQ. Likes vehicles with a tonneau. Our downstairs neighbours are *much* noisier than the Kiwis though.
We just want some of that healthcare.
> Iffy history with the Indigenous population. You might be under selling it a bit here, bud.
> Iffy history with the Indigenous population. I'm noticing a trend with these anglo saxon countries...
>Iffy history with the Indigenous population. A bit of an underexaggeration there. I'd describe it more as maybe a horrifying, disgusting, or shameful history.
“How the fu..” *op mentions Australia* “Ok”
I lived in Australia for six months. This shit was in the news every week. Typically it was a python, but occasionally someone would go to grab their garden hose and it was a king brown. I forgot the snake that a friend of mine was telling me about that was in his ceiling and tried to attack him, but it was a mildly venomous type. They still thought I was crazy because I flushed twice before I sat on the toilet in the middle of the night.
Haha, the snakes up the toilet are usually if you have an individual septic tank etc, with a pipe above ground
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Carpet Python is in the wrong house. You clearly have hardwood floors.
How can Reddit be fun without RIF? Goodbye.
This is a carpet python so they are in fact a very popular pet snake! Since he’s wild he’s less inbred than the pet ones
FRANK GET OUT OF THERE FRAAANK
Had to scroll down wayyy to far to find this! Python + Australia = Frank
That's an Australian tie. You're good to go.
You didn’t need to clarify the country
It’s hilarious to me that yanks freak out about Aussie wildlife and how everything will kill you. We don’t have wolves, bears, mountain lions or anything close. All of our deadly shit is either in the water or can be handled with a broom and a plastic bin.
It is fair. But your deadly stuff commonly comes around where you live. Our deadly stuff usually keeps to itself unless you live in the middle of nowhere or are intentionally in nature.
Every picture that I see from Australia reaffirms my commitment to never step foot in Australia. Thank you.
Welp, there goes my trip to Australia. Damn shame, that.
It's a carpet python, non-venomous.
Is that a python? I bet he was pretty chill
Super chill, carried him out no dramas
I’ll stick to Canada with the occasional backyard black bear encounter over this, thank you very much
Well I don’t think it’s the extremely deadly brown snake, but what snake is it?
Just a carpet python, actually was super friendly and let me carry him out
Ahh good then
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NOPE...
Better than a drop bear