12-12-2013, 02:55 PM
Yeah we have tons of huntsmen, I see them inside my house often enough.
I'm not a fan of spiders, so usually I kill huntsmen even though they're not venomous. Unsurprisingly, I think they're accountable for the most deaths in Australia though, as sometimes they'll find their way inside your car, give someone a fright and they'll die in an accident - I don't have any proof to support this claim though. They are good to have in your house if you're not bothered, because generally having a huntsman means you don't have any white tails or redbacks.
I don't think Black Widows live in Australia, they have more of a reputation in America (plus, they're fucking tiny). We do have the Sydney Funnel Web Spider though (though not in Melbourne), which is much bigger and slightly more venomous. I don't think anyone's died from a spider bite in a few years in Australia though- even a Funnel Web bite probably won't kill you unless you're a kid or elderly. It will, however, make your life a living hell for a few days.
In Melbourne, it's the white-tails and the redbacks that pose bigger threats.
Bird-eating spiders aren't particularly common, you'd be more likely to find them in rainforests. Again, they're not harmful (though when they scrape their back, shooting up thousands of tiny hairs, they can apparently irritate the eyes pretty badly), but they'd scare the fuck out of most people, myself included.
Wild kangaroos can be dangerous but most people don't really fuck with them. The 'big 100 leg poison things' I'm assuming are centipedes. You can find a few centipedes or millipedes if you lift up some heavy rocks, but usually they're not the venomous kind. I haven't heard of anybody having any issues with them.
I suppose Australia's similar to most places- if you live in or near the city, you shouldn't have a problem with insects or animals, in most cases.
Of course, there are places like India where King Cobras can venture close to cities, and Japan and China where Japanese Hornets can pose serious fucking issues, and have claimed a number of lives- more than any Australian spider in the past few years.
Today I killed my 1st giant Japanese hornet... Possibly a queen?
(Seriously, look at the size of that fucking thing!)
The only thing is, Australia has a lot of dangerous shit outside of the cities. Crocodiles, Alligators, the most venomous land-snake (the Inland Taipan), the most venomous creature (the Box Jellyfish), and some pretty badass spiders (though not as bad as the Brazillian Wandering Spider). It's not as bad as other countries that have smaller cities and poorer cultures, though. Hippopotamuses are supposedly one of the most dangerous creatures out there, and easily kill many people, just as the King Cobra does (on account of being fairly venomous, and in locations with lots of people and poor medical help).
In Australia, generally if you don't swim in areas where there are Box Jellyfish, you'll be fine.
I'm not a fan of spiders, so usually I kill huntsmen even though they're not venomous. Unsurprisingly, I think they're accountable for the most deaths in Australia though, as sometimes they'll find their way inside your car, give someone a fright and they'll die in an accident - I don't have any proof to support this claim though. They are good to have in your house if you're not bothered, because generally having a huntsman means you don't have any white tails or redbacks.
I don't think Black Widows live in Australia, they have more of a reputation in America (plus, they're fucking tiny). We do have the Sydney Funnel Web Spider though (though not in Melbourne), which is much bigger and slightly more venomous. I don't think anyone's died from a spider bite in a few years in Australia though- even a Funnel Web bite probably won't kill you unless you're a kid or elderly. It will, however, make your life a living hell for a few days.
In Melbourne, it's the white-tails and the redbacks that pose bigger threats.
Bird-eating spiders aren't particularly common, you'd be more likely to find them in rainforests. Again, they're not harmful (though when they scrape their back, shooting up thousands of tiny hairs, they can apparently irritate the eyes pretty badly), but they'd scare the fuck out of most people, myself included.
Wild kangaroos can be dangerous but most people don't really fuck with them. The 'big 100 leg poison things' I'm assuming are centipedes. You can find a few centipedes or millipedes if you lift up some heavy rocks, but usually they're not the venomous kind. I haven't heard of anybody having any issues with them.
I suppose Australia's similar to most places- if you live in or near the city, you shouldn't have a problem with insects or animals, in most cases.
Of course, there are places like India where King Cobras can venture close to cities, and Japan and China where Japanese Hornets can pose serious fucking issues, and have claimed a number of lives- more than any Australian spider in the past few years.
Today I killed my 1st giant Japanese hornet... Possibly a queen?
(Seriously, look at the size of that fucking thing!)
The only thing is, Australia has a lot of dangerous shit outside of the cities. Crocodiles, Alligators, the most venomous land-snake (the Inland Taipan), the most venomous creature (the Box Jellyfish), and some pretty badass spiders (though not as bad as the Brazillian Wandering Spider). It's not as bad as other countries that have smaller cities and poorer cultures, though. Hippopotamuses are supposedly one of the most dangerous creatures out there, and easily kill many people, just as the King Cobra does (on account of being fairly venomous, and in locations with lots of people and poor medical help).
In Australia, generally if you don't swim in areas where there are Box Jellyfish, you'll be fine.
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Don't fuck with Australians they'll send their pet Venomous Chickens after you xD I don't mind the dangerous shit here some of them are pretty bad ass I think.