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Australian Golden Orb spiders can fly over the Tasman and land in NZ, the little fuckers.
So, what makes Australia so different? I realize most habitats aren't near each other, but what makes the dozens of poisonous snakes feel the need to be poisoned filled than other areas?
It was a chain reaction. One dangerous species caused evolution to favor another dangerous species and so on and so forth. The spiders have to be tough to survive the snakes. The snake have to be tough to survive the spiders. Its an ongoing war that has raged for millions of years.
This is Australia's terrestrial apex predator -
Unless you're Meryl Streep's baby, that shit is LOL-worthy.
Meanwhile, in north America -
Which is to say, U-S-A! U-S... err sorry, I meant to say, Australia doesn't have the most deadliest creatures, it does have a lot of venomous animals, it's a bit overblown but given the size of its land mass it there are a high number of them.
I don't think that we know exactly why (at least I never read a really good explanation), some of it have to do with the type of environment there and it might just be that random act off isolated evolution.
That's a cute apples and oranges analogy mate, here's a more direct comparison
http://www.nedmartin.org/v3/amused/_img/american-bald-eagle-vs-australian-wedge-tail-eagle.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]
Small pets beware.
The animal that kills most australians every year... Is the Horse.
You know Australia also went to war with Emus...and lost.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
Quote from an Orthinologist,
"The machine-gunners' dreams of point blank fire into serried masses of Emus were soon dissipated. The Emu command had evidently ordered guerrilla tactics, and its unwieldy army soon split up into innumerable small units that made use of the military equipment uneconomic. A crestfallen field force therefore withdrew from the combat area after about a month."
http://i.imgur.com/zKQAWaT.jpg[img][/QUOTE]
Lost it at "Dignity" lost.
The only massive spider an average Australian will see is the Huntsman and aside from being fast when trying to catch the buggers, they are harmless. Heck, a spider I'm pretty sure was a baby huntsman fell on my face last night when playing 3DS in bed. No bites and the thing was off before I could react. If it hadn't hit my eyelash I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have even noticed
Oh and just to have a bit of fun, this was found in Australia at Christmas last year :-D
http://www.techinsider.io/giant-goanna-lace-monitor-in-australia-is-real-2015-12
i bet theres a mammal that shoots poison from its ass, i just made this up but i bet you it lives in australia
Today is that special day every year in which we celebrate Australia's coolest bird, the cassowary!
Cassowaries are indigenous to the rainforest of northern Australia, New Guinea, and the surrounding islands. While they are omnivorous, they primarily eat fruit, which they swallow whole. The fruit travels quickly through the cassowary's digestive system, leaving the seeds intact. Cassowaries are considered a keystone species of the local rainforests due to their role in dispersing the seeds of local plant life.
Cassowaries are very territorial. Male cassowaries inhabit territories of about seven square kilometers, with females having territories that overlap several males. Cassowaries have a long, dagger-like claw attached to the end of powerful legs, which are used to kick adversaries. Cassowaries are considered dangerous, and there have been hundreds of reported cassowary attacks.
Crocodiles are remote, Kangaroos are only deadly if you fight them, and Dropbears are being becoming extinct due to their habitats being destroyed by urban development, so they are no longer a major threat to humans.
Australia seems so beautiful, but its spiders scare me. It's always been a place I've wanted to visit, and my #1 for quite some time, but...
Australia has a shit ton of tropical diseases, especially in the areas of North QLD which are tropical climates. Unlike developing countries, Australia is better at controlling them and/or eliminating local cases. Examples of disease control include dengue fever and malaria.
Isolation doesn't explain NZ, which has very few dangerous animals. No dangerous native mammals, no snakes, and only two native species of poisonous spiders, one of which is not deadly, and another one which runs away from humans consistently.
Actually scientifically, if you sit and listen to anyone from Canberra long enough, you will eventually evolve the poison and the bite needed to shut them up.
This is Australia's terrestrial apex predator -
Unless you're Meryl Streep's baby, that shit is LOL-worthy.
Meanwhile, in north America -
Which is to say, U-S-A! U-S... err sorry, I meant to say, Australia doesn't have the most deadliest creatures, it does have a lot of venomous animals, it's a bit overblown but given the size of its land mass it there are a high number of them.
I don't think that we know exactly why (at least I never read a really good explanation), some of it have to do with the type of environment there and it might just be that random act off isolated evolution.
It was a chain reaction. One dangerous species caused evolution to favor another dangerous species and so on and so forth. The spiders have to be tough to survive the snakes. The snake have to be tough to survive the spiders. Its an ongoing war that has raged for millions of years.
The only massive spider an average Australian will see is the Huntsman and aside from being fast when trying to catch the buggers, they are harmless. Heck, a spider I'm pretty sure was a baby huntsman fell on my face last night when playing 3DS in bed. No bites and the thing was off before I could react. If it hadn't hit my eyelash I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have even noticed
Oh and just to have a bit of fun, this was found in Australia at Christmas last year :-D
http://www.techinsider.io/giant-goanna-lace-monitor-in-australia-is-real-2015-12
The chances of coming a cropper to the multitudes of poisonous and dangerous sea animals in Oz far outweigh the chances of running into a bear in the US.
I mean a bear isn't exactly coming in to your apartment in New York central but the chances of being bitten by a venomous and deadly little critter in Australia is very likely wherever you are.
Also in Oz you have to be careful when sitting down on the shitter, check first:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM1hhKgg434
The only massive spider an average Australian will see is the Huntsman and aside from being fast when trying to catch the buggers, they are harmless. Heck, a spider I'm pretty sure was a baby huntsman fell on my face last night when playing 3DS in bed. No bites and the thing was off before I could react. If it hadn't hit my eyelash I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have even noticed
Oh and just to have a bit of fun, this was found in Australia at Christmas last year :-D
http://www.techinsider.io/giant-goanna-lace-monitor-in-australia-is-real-2015-12
Pretty real. Not even the biggest Goanna in AustraliaI'd die of a heart attack instantly if I found one of these on the walls of my house. Is this for real?
You know Australia also went to war with Emus...and lost.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
Quote from an Orthinologist,
"The machine-gunners' dreams of point blank fire into serried masses of Emus were soon dissipated. The Emu command had evidently ordered guerrilla tactics, and its unwieldy army soon split up into innumerable small units that made use of the military equipment uneconomic. A crestfallen field force therefore withdrew from the combat area after about a month."
I think all this stuff about Australia having all these scary creatures can be a bit much at times.
Australia doesn't have native animals like lions, tigers, cougars, bears, wolves, coyotes, etc. The dingo and crocodile are the toughest it gets in Australia (rip thylacine aka Tasmanian tiger) although I guess emus, cassowaries and kangaroos can be capable of giving a wallop, but the same exists for many animals that feel threatened.
Though when people talk about spiders, etc ok yes they are in Australia in certain areas but I've never encountered anything too bad (live near Melbourne) . Just huntsmen are the worst I've seen.
Even before humans killed a lot of the bigger ones, Marsupials werent as large or as dominant as the placental mammals were. This allowed big reptiles and birds to take up some of their niches.
Someone pointed out dingos as Austalia's apex predator. Those are just the ancestors of feral dogs that humans brought over.
This is Australia's terrestrial apex predator -
Unless you're Meryl Streep's baby, that shit is LOL-worthy.
Meanwhile, in north America -
Which is to say, U-S-A! U-S... err sorry, I meant to say, Australia doesn't have the most deadliest creatures, it does have a lot of venomous animals, it's a bit overblown but given the size of its land mass it there are a high number of them.
I don't think that we know exactly why (at least I never read a really good explanation), some of it have to do with the type of environment there and it might just be that random act off isolated evolution.
Yeah... about that...