As an Australian I always hear people go on and on about how dangerous Australia is.
But if you’re not stupid you’re fine
Snakes: pretty fucking avoidable if you go into the bush wear thick clothes and boots ans stomp around and we have the best snake health care in the world
Spiders: no one’s died from a spider bite since the 70s , (doesn’t America get a few spider bite related deaths a year?)
Sharks: don’t swim in water where there’s sharks? Swim around life guards swim close to the coast. It’s very avoidable, especially if you’re a tourist
Crocodile; in very specific area that just don’t go into. Also America has Alligators so
And then we literally do not have any other dangerous animal that could cause you harm
Dingos: don’t go into the desert. And why are you in the desert alone as a tourist. That’s just dumb, also they’re not that big at all
Fyi if anyone brings up kangaroos. I’m telling you almost all kangaroo attacks you see online are their own fault. Kangaroos are very skittish animals. So if you managed to piss off a kangaroo I’m 100% blaming you
What does America have. bears! bears could maul you, what’s a snake gonna do have a painful bite and vomit. Bears could eat off all your limbs and leave you bleeding to death
Wolves: fucking dangerous mfers who again can maul you to death
Coyotes: also the same
America has real actual massive teeth animals that could kill you.
Also mountain lions- again an actual real predator!
In Australia: literallydont be stupid. If you’re not dumb and stay away from.places where animals live. You will be 100% fine.
Worst situation you’re getting some anti venom
A bear could leave you with all 4 limbs gone.
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Canada too and we also have polar bears!
In the US, the people are more dangerous predators than any wildlife lol when I read your post I thought you were referring to human predators.
Do you think packs of wolves roam our streets?
We don’t have bears that drop out of trees and suck out your eyeballs. No thank you.
My man, You could blindfold yourself and walk in basically any direction for miles and not encounter a bear or wolf in America.
I originally thought you were referring to a different type of predator.
a few of your warnings are “don’t go near x animal”
that’s not different from saying “don’t go near the predators”
I hear some countries have gorillas and those take like 100 dudes to fight
Lmfao bears are just not waiting behind corners and alleyways waiting to slaughter people. I’ve never even seen a bear in the wild in my life.
Than!
Bears dont want anything to do with you unless you have food or there is cubs. I see them often.
It is pretty easy to get them to fuck off.
Snakes: You still have an abnormal amount of venomous snakes.
Spiders: Australia has massive scary spiders. Fuck that shit.
Sharks: Fair enough, everyplace with a coast can get them.
Crocodiles: They are like Alligators… if you injected them with all the steroids you could find in a gym of body builders. Nasty temperament.
Dingos: I’ll take your word for it. Our wolves are definitely worse, but they generally live in more remote areas.
Bears: They are indeed massive killing machines. Just make a lot of noise so you don’t startle them and stay away from their cubs and you should be fine… most of the time.
Coyotes: They are little bitches who will, in most cases, run away from adult humans.
Mountain Lions: Can be deadly yes, but don’t turn your back in them and you will have a very good chance of coming out on top.
Americans have guns…easy to shoot a bear. Australia has spiders that eat wallabies 10000 times their size and snakes that eat anything that won’t eat them first. They come in your house. NOPE.
Because the US is so big, and mountain lions and bears are only found in small regions of the country, most people living here will never see them in their lives. As far as coyotes and wolves go, you may hear them at night, but again you’ll almost never see them. When you do see a coyote or wolf though they are not aggressive and are usually scared of you. You’re much more likely to get hurt by a human here than any other animal
I’m glad your snakes are healthy?
Coyotes aren’t super dangerous to adult humans, even small humans, they are more a threat to your pets. Bears are dangerous but also more lazy.
The mountain lions are fucking deadly though, they hunt cyclists in my area.
Though the most dangerous is the cougar, they will roll up to high schools with Xboxes and Smirnoff Ices (not sure what they drink now) and boom your son is gone.
I’d say the same things you use to dismiss Aussie fauna as not too bad could also be said of the states.
Bears? Don’t go where they are. Wolves? It’s pretty much the same. Coyotes are a bit trickier, as they don’t mind lightly populated areas (house pets are fat and delicious), but you can still avoid them by not going into the bush at night or alone. Snakes? Same as what you said. Sharks? Most of the states is landlocked or with fresh water rivers.
The most dangerous animal in North America is the moose and it’s not on your list lol. Any animal that can move through snow that goes up to its shoulders like it’s not there is scary.
Also coyotes have never killed a human
Bears fall into your “very specific area, just don’t go there” argument.
Wolves have killed 2 people in North America in the last 100 years. Kangaroos have also killed 2 people in Australia in the last 100 years.
Coyotes have killed less humans (2) than Golden Retrievers (3).
Mountian Lions have only killed 28 humans in recorded history in North America.
I haven’t been killed by a spider bite. Not even once.
I was killed by an alligator but that was while playing RDR2.
Common sense that most Australian “predators” are not in major cities that most tourists visit. So any foreigners scared about wild animals such as snakes really have nothing to worry about. Now spiders are around the place especially when it gets dry, but most aren’t poisonous. You guys seem scared shitless of spiders for a country that has Spider-Man as its most famous superhero.
It’s the same for both places! Leave them alone, most of the time they’ll leave you alone. But I will say, we don’t get random huntsman spiders in our bathrooms. And even if they can’t harm, they’re still terrifying. Also, places where bears, wolves, and mountain lions live are also usually very sparsely populated by humans.
We have a lot more insane animals here like Australia. I’m Canadian and off the top of my head I can think of the Rattlesnake. Black Widow and Brown Recluse Spiders. Lynx and Bobcat are basically dog sized cats on cocaine taking down anything in their path. A turkey vulture can smell something approaching death from like, really high up. THEN it can eat anything rotten or not because its stomach is acidic enough to destroy anything it touches. Oh and don’t even get me started on Wolverines. You thought the superhero was crazy? You should see the animal he’s based off.
Some pretty wild stuff going on in the North American Animal Kingdom.
I think I get your argument. Lots of countries have wildlife that could kill you or maim you. And in a lot of cases proper precautions will mean you avoid/minimise the risk or you can just keep away from the area
But I don’t know of any other place that people love to say has too dangerous wildlife to visit
A bear isn’t gonna crawl up my ass while I’m taking a shit, is it?
I think you overestimate how smart tourists are, OP.. how many vids are going around of dumb mofos playing with blue-rings?
You could literally write this same post in the opposite way and make the same amount of sense.
“Wolves? Bears? Just don’t go in the forest alone!”
“Snakes? One bite and you’re fucked m8”
Coyotes are dangerous…if you’re a chicken or small animal.
Saltwater crocs are much more aggressive then alligators and larger.
this is 100% true
I agree with you. American wildlife is scarier than Australian wildlife.
I also agree with everyone in the comments. It is not actually a problem for either country because wildlife lives in the wild.
The most dangerous animal we have in my area, and I’ll die on this hill, is a tick. Tick related diseases can fuck you up for a long time. I’ve known people who spent years bedridden and crippled due to lymes disease and others.
A lot of Americans are stupid, so they would die. Source: I’m an American.
Most Americans don’t come across bears, wolves, coyotes, or mountain lions at any point in their lives lol. Coyotes and bears may be relatively common in certain regions but even then, most people still won’t see them. And the likelihood of coming across these animals and being attacked is incredibly rare
Spiders are really scary looking though
You forgot to list cassowaries here. Those are basically living velociraptors
I’ve done a lot of hiking in the North American back country. Other than Grizzly Bears, the most dangerous large mammal by FAR is the moose. They’re enormous, dumb, and extremely territorial.
You’re right. We have something far more terrifying than anything in Australia… Florida man.
Bears kill on average about 4 people per year in North America. That’s about 1 in 100 million people per year.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America
Annual deaths from snake bites in Australia are about 6 in 100 million.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_snake_bites_in_Australia
Deaths by coyotes, mountain lions and wolves are even more rare.
Being killed by a wild animal in either country is REALLY rare. If you’re not worried about being killed in a car accident, you certainly shouldn’t be worried about being killed by a wild animal. Take precautions of course, but try not to worry about really rare occurrences.
So I’m a big advocate of not fing with bears, but honestly, the vast majority of encounters you see on film (not attacks, just encounters) they don’t bother people. People don’t really think about those things when going outside.
I grew up in Florida though and I’v now lived in Washington state for over 7 years. When I think back to how I was in FL on trails and stuff near our house, man. I would probably have to ease into it if I ever ent back. The amount of bugs and other critters is very narly compared to Washington. When I first did yard work in Washington and went to lift up a big rock, I was preparing myself for all that was going to crawl out. NOthing. Haha, I was so blown away because there is not one larger rock in FL that will have nothing under it.
So maybe just on bugs and critters alone, people would be more scared of AUS than most places in the US
I agree with your opinion but not the reasoning.
Opinions are based on perception. Drop an American and Australian into another continent.. say India for example, both would be concerned with safety regarding wildlife without proper education or experience. The Indians there are probably flicking cobras out of their homes with sticks, strutting around in tiger country with nothing but a mask on the back of their heads for protection, and tameing elephants. Then at night sitting around talking about how scary poison arrow frogs are in the amazon
Australia feels safe to you because it’s what you are used too. Just as the Americans commenting the reverse.
It is pretty standard for past generations of humanity, dont understand something, sounds/looks scary let’s destroy it instead of learning how to co exist. Correct me if I am wrong but Wolves snakes bears crocodiles all fall into this category plus many more. Only the last 50 or so years this has been changing and we are seeing numbers of ‘scary’ animals increase again to restore the balance.
I find the fact Australia doesnt have rabies or as many diseases carried by mosquitoes than alot of places in the world is what makes the wildlife less scary.
Than* Australia.
Only things that freak me out are the irukandji and blue ring octopus.
Don’t forget mountain lions and wendigos
You’re more likely to die from getting shot here than even encountering a bear.
In the US, it’s the exact same thing, don’t be stupid. Don’t wander around in the wilderness where you know there are bears without knowing what to do if a bear shows up. And you’re very unlikely to be attacked by a bear going about your everyday business. Large predators simply don’t thrive the closer you get to any kind of civilization.
In Australia, you could run into snakes wherever there are enough rodents for snakes to live off. Also, when it comes to snakes, it’s not simply a rational concern, more straight up fear as a result of, say, seeing Indiana Jones movies when you were a little too young. Like, I’ve seen pictures of huntsman spiders, I know they’re basically harmless, but if I saw one of those things as I was stepping out of the shower, I’d have a fucking panic attack.
Dont forget rabid raccoons
What about those jellyfish the size of your pinkie nail that kill you in excruciating pain? Something something Irukandji Syndrome?
I have seen pics of the fields full of spider webs, and I know about swooping season and that tree where touching it gives you unbelievable nerve pain for months. Nice try, Bureau of Australian Tourism, but no thanks.
This completely ignores the many types of toxic ocean animals like box jellyfish, stonefish and blue ringed octopuses
Counterpoint: Man O War and Box Jellyfish
You forgot box jellies and cassowary in can’t hurt you category but yeah y’all don’t have massive dangerous animals like here
Don’t forget about the wild boars.
You think that’s bad you should see the cost of our healthcare god forbid any of those things happen to us. We may survive but we’re most likely going to die with debt to the companies that save us.
I thought this was another bash on their election skills
I’m uncertain of other states, but your list of American predators all exist in California.
I thought the point of your post was going to be that the US is plagued with sexual predators, and that is why it is scarier. Honestly, the people here in the US scare me way more than any animal.
What about the drop bears? 🐻
Also rabies…. the worst of all imo
There’s a LOT of thins that make America scarier than Australia.
America also has Americans. Which based on the statistics are a lot more dangerous than a black bear or a few coyotes.
Cassowaries can fuck you up as well
Lol. I live in the US south west desert and it’s not that unsimilar to the hotter parts of Australia. The same rules apply tbh. Stay out of the desert and you can avoid the yotes. Where thick boots and get stompy to avoid the rattlers(in all my 15 years here I’ve NEVER seen a snake,) you’re only likely to meet a bear on the mountains, and most of these animals are way more scared of you. Wolves aren’t in every state.
I think you need to apply your thoughts about Aussie animals to US animals.
And the jellyfish?